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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi Hazel-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If you’re looking for open-source textbooks specifically, I wonder if trying:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Your state’s Disabilities Council or a local college’s disability services. I know those types of things are frequently on their lists for serving folks with disabilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Good luck! Also, if you find anything out, I’d be curious
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Hazel Onsrud via SLI-Public<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 27, 2025 7:14 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [SLI-public] Open source textbooks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I could use some assistance, especially from any open source textbook literate librarians. I am trying to update our nonfiction sections and I am always looking for good basic books on science and engineering topics and sustainable solutions
appropriate for (geeky) public library consumption. I sent the following ask to the State of Maine listserv, but I didn't get much back. Any leads on your favorite books are appreciated! We are a large lender statewide, so they'll get a lot of use. :)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">Hazel Onsrud | Ms./Mx./she/her/they/them | Adult Services Librarian</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">From:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Hazel Onsrud <<a href="mailto:honsrud@curtislibrary.com">honsrud@curtislibrary.com</a>><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Sent:</span></strong> Friday, February 7, 2025 10:16:57 AM<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">To:</span></strong> <a href="mailto:MELIBS-L@LISTS.MAINE.EDU">
MELIBS-L@LISTS.MAINE.EDU</a> <<a href="mailto:MELIBS-L@LISTS.MAINE.EDU">MELIBS-L@LISTS.MAINE.EDU</a>><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Subject:</span></strong> Re: [MELIBS-L] Open source textbooks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Open access librarians please help! Any advice, guidance or corrections are appreciated.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">First, please know I'm a supporter. Open textbooks have come a long way since they started. I am and always will be a fan. (I also think all teachers and professors should use them or put all their stuff online
like <a href="http://scipp.ucsc.edu/outreach/index2.html">http://scipp.ucsc.edu/outreach/index2.html</a> </span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif;color:black">😉</span><span style="color:black">) However... I could currently still use some
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Here is the scenario: I've been updating our public library's nonfiction Science & Technology Sections with open textbooks on basic knowledge.
<b>Folks still want physical books they can hold, not just ones available online.</b> Please see below for what I purchased. That said, I ran into a number of challenges:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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I discovered that many textbooks were not published in the last 5 years, or had not officially been reviewed in the last 5 years, making it hard to purchase some. That noted, you'll see I did purchase some from OpenStax, which was easy to access and I had already
purchased prior. <a href="https://openstax.org/">https://openstax.org/</a> (From Rice University) I recognize that a basic algebra book could still be absolutely stellar from 2016. However, I also don't want to get a book that isn't being used by the universities
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TUDelft had some great stuff relevant to sustainability action in our northern climate...but IMHO not worth the cost with shipping for this first round.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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In the past I purchased the "without all the hot air" series and a few others. Each, for example, are freely available online, and not listed on any of those composite websites, so I would be very interested if anyone had favs like those that they could recommend.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thank you all for any suggestions you have. Remember, now your folks can access our books too!
</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif;color:black">🙂</span><span style="color:black"> Go team.
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<b>To:</b> Fort Kent Public Library Director <<a href="mailto:fortkentpubliclibrary1@gmail.com">fortkentpubliclibrary1@gmail.com</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi! Well, here we really need updated basic textbooks in our collection. We tried to lend USBs with textbooks and put up signage for access to the digital oar libraries but folks still need and want traditional books. Thus we need to purchase
physical copies and before I did so I thought I'd check and see what the favorite open access calc book would be for example in Maine. :) Any suggestions would be appreciated! The old horrid textbooks we have still go out all the time, so I predict this will
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at 10:06<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>PM Hazel Onsrud <<a href="mailto:honsrud@curtislibrary.com">honsrud@curtislibrary.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What are your favorite open-source textbooks appropriate for the average public (i.e. good for a public library)?<br>
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We're going to purchase a few in print and I want to make sure I add your favs too!<br>
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Hazel Onsrud | Ms./Mx./she/her/they/them | Adult Services Librarian<br>
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Curtis Memorial Library<<a href="https://curtislibrary.com/">https://curtislibrary.com/</a>> | The public library in Brunswick, Maine<<a href="https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/wabanaki-confederacy/">https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/wabanaki-confederacy/</a>>
& a Climate Resilience Hub<<a href="https://www.climatecrew.org/resilience_hubs?locale=en">https://www.climatecrew.org/resilience_hubs?locale=en</a>><br>
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207.725.5242 ext. 228 | <a href="mailto:hazel@curtislibrary.com">hazel@curtislibrary.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:hazel@curtislibrary.com">hazel@curtislibrary.com</a>><br>
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Check out our Library of Things<<a href="https://curtislibrary.com/adults/library-of-things/">https://curtislibrary.com/adults/library-of-things/</a>> and ask us how we're working to support the Sustainable Development Goals<<a href="https://librarymap.ifla.org/">https://librarymap.ifla.org/</a>>.
Yes, we're part of the Sustainable Libraries Initiative<<a href="https://sustainablelibrariesinitiative.org/">https://sustainablelibrariesinitiative.org/</a>> , LOT Mutual Aid Group<<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1V2_73jOO8F-tGP8boQ2g3oMevf9-rzo&usp=sharing">https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1V2_73jOO8F-tGP8boQ2g3oMevf9-rzo&usp=sharing</a>>
and MECollab<<a href="https://groups.google.com/g/mecollab">https://groups.google.com/g/mecollab</a>>. Join our sharing ecosystem!<o:p></o:p></p>
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