The OER Collective maintains two guides to support library staff and authors in developing open textbooks and participating in the OER Collective.
Open Educational Resources Collective Publishing Workflow
The OER Collective Publishing Workflow is designed to guide authors and library staff through the basics of open textbook publishing, including:
- deciding whether to adapt or author open textbooks
- planning and managing open textbook publishing projects
- choosing a Creative Commons licence for your open textbook
- copyright for open textbooks
- using Pressbooks to author and publish open textbooks
- making open textbooks diverse, inclusive and accessible
- implementing quality control measures for open textbooks
- making open textbooks discoverable
- measuring the impact of open textbooks.
Open Educational Resource Collective Administration Guide for Library Staff
The Open Educational Resource Collective Administration Guide for Library Staff is a key reference tool for OER Collective Coordinators and other library staff. It provides:
- an overview of essential procedures (for example, how to arrange for a book to be published)
- a breakdown of roles and responsibilities
- answers to frequently asked questions.