Open Access Psychology Textbook Has Saved UWM Students $2 million

The UWM Open Textbook and OEAR Project is pleased to recognize Psychology 101 for reaching the $2,000,000 open textbook savings milestone. Psychology 101 faculty have been teaching with OpenStax Psychology since 2016, impacting 12,000 students over 26 semesters. OpenStax Psychology …

UWM Libraries Support Open Access Publishing and Discovery

The UWM Libraries are celebrating International Open Access Week 2020 (October 19-26) by highlighting below some of the ways that we support open access publishing and discovery. MDPI The UWM Libraries recently joined MDPI’s International Open Access Program (IOAP). Founded …

Libraries Expand Affordable Textbook Program

Now in its fourth year, the UWM Open Textbook and Open Educational Resource Adoption Project—a partnership between the UWM Libraries and Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning—continues to expand affordable course material options across campus. To date, the project …

Getting Started with Open Textbook Workshop March 7

UWM’s Open Textbook and OER Project, led by the UWM Libraries and the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, has, to date, resulted in $1.3 million in student savings and bringing textbook access to 11,500 students. This week, March 4-8, is International …

Celebrating International Open Access Week, October 22-28: Open Textbooks

During open access week, the UWM Libraries are highlighting ways we can remove barriers to information. Open access provides an opportunity to eliminate obstacles to learning and student success, such as prohibitive textbook costs. Communication 103 faculty took the open …

Celebrating International Open Access Week, October 22-28: Scholarly Publishing

UWM Libraries are celebrating 2018 International Open Access Week, October 22-28. This year’s theme is “designing equitable foundations for open knowledge,” underscoring the value of making scholarship more open and inclusive. Open Access refers to the free, immediate, online availability of …

Open Access Publication Fund Supports UWM Author Fees

Since 2012, the Libraries have provided to UWM authors funding that covers the costs associated with publication of their scholarship in open access journals. Open access publication ensures that the research of our faculty is available to the widest possible …