Licensed e-books, online magazines & journals, streaming media, and other online resources available through the SWIC Library subscriptions are not considered OER. These resources are restricted to SWIC 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 SWIC librarians 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
The content of this guide was adapted from "Faculty/staff guide to Open Educational Resources (OER)" by Jennifer Snoek-Brown is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0