On this "Library resources" page, learn:
Licensed e-books, online magazines & journals, streaming media, and other online resources available through the SPSCC Library subscriptions are not considered OER. These resources are restricted to SPSCC students, faculty and staff, and they are already-licensed materials that do not allow for customization and re-use or redistribution the same way as OER. Although library online resources are not "open," they are available at no extra cost to students. Therefore:
Consider filling in some of the gaps by using library resources, such as e-books and articles.
So how you go about filling in those gaps with library resources? Contact your Open Education or liaison librarian to get started.
Text source: Adapted from "Austin Community College (ACC) Library Services Guide on Open Educational Resources" by Carrie Gits licensed under CC BY 4.0
This 5:26 minute video explores how library materials can be an important component in solving the problem of high textbook prices.
This webinar from 2013, hosted by the Open Education Consortium, explores how libraries and librarians are involved in supporting open courses, OER, and helping develop open policies.
Watch this short video (2:12 mins) about how to easily embed Films on Demand videos into your Canvas courses.
Watch this short video (2:30 mins) about how to link to library database articles in Canvas courses.
Watch this short video (2:39 mins) about how to add a library research guide (LibGuide) into your Canvas course menu:
Watch this short video (4:28 mins) about how to find ebooks in the library's collection.
Watch this short video (4:32 mins) about how to link to an ebook, link to a chapter in an ebook, or download a chapter and embed it into a Canvas page:
Interactive open educational resources: A guide to finding, choosing, and using what's out there to transform college teaching by 
Pedagogy of the open society: Knowledge and the governance of higher educationExcept where otherwise noted, the content in this page has been adapted from Faculty/Staff Guide to Open Educational Resources by Tacoma Community College Library, which is licensed under CC BY SA 4.0.
