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Grants are now available for open textbook publishing
From: Tracy Donelly
Valid from: Thursday 18 April 2024 to Friday 26 April 2024
Open textbooks help bring equity and access to education by enabling authors to publish free, openly licensed content to support the university’s SDG Goals.
Western University Library are participating in the CAUL OER Collective providing institutions an opportunity to publish open textbooks written by their authors on the Pressbooks platform.
After last year’s success, CAUL (Council of Australian Libraries) are once again welcoming expressions of interest for grants offered through their OER Collective.
You can view local examples at: https://oercollective.caul.edu.au/catalogue/
There are six grant opportunities available across three award categories:
• Kickstarter Grant
• Indigenous Content or Knowledge Grant
• Targeted Subject Commission – Health Sciences, including nursing.
Grants of up to $5,000 are available for the development of open educational texts through the CAUL’s Open Textbook Collective Project < https://oercollective.caul.edu.au>
Key Dates:
Expressions of interest close: 3 May
Recipients announced: 17 May
Completed submissions: 31 December
Expressions of interest close at midnight (AEST) on Friday 3 May.
Expression of interest template, grant guidelines and further details are available on the OER Collective website < https://oercollective.caul.edu.au/grants>