Research Guides: Open Educational Resources (OER) Overview: Libraries, OERs, and You

How can the Libraries help?

Your subject liaison librarians can assist with

Finding OER content relevant to your class
Verifying licensing of potential content to make sure you can use and/or adapt the content as you see fit
Choosing the right license for any content you create
Integrating library content into your class

Most library materials are NOT open educational resources because TCC pays to acquire or license them, and they may have restrictions on what you can modify. However, because there is no additional charge to students, library materials can be seamlessly integrated into your OER class. In practical terms, this means you can use library streaming videos, ebooks, and other materials in an OER class as long as these library materials are not shared outside of TCC.

What Is An OER License?

Learn About Creative Commons Licenses
Creative Commons licenses give everyone from individual creators to large institutions a standardized way to grant the public permission to use their creative work under copyright law. From the reuser’s perspective, the presence of a Creative Commons license on a copyrighted work answers the question, "What can I do with this work?"

Brief Introduction to Creative Commons Licenses and OERs
A five-minute video tutorial on Creative Commons Licenses, the five “R’s”, and where to find OERs.

Open Attribution Builder
This is a tool to help you build attributions. As you fill out the form, the app automatically generates the attribution for you.

The Spectrum of Rights

"The Spectrum of Rights" by Arturo Ozuna is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0/ A derivative from the original work.