Open Textbooks and Resources for Faculty

Adapting Course Materials for Equity Faculty Grant

George Washington University Libraries & Academic Innovation (GWLAI) requests applications for its Adapting Course Materials for Equity Faculty Grant. This program awards stipends ($250-$1000) to GW faculty who want to adopt and adapt open or zero-cost course materials in courses taught between Fall 2023 and Fall 2024. To learn more about this program and apply, visit http://go.gwu.edu/acmegrant.  Applications are due February 19, 2023, at 11:59pm.

Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC) Open Textbook Incentive Program

Faculty at WRLC member institutions (including GW) are eligible to receive a $200 stipend for attending a workshop and writing a review of a textbook in the Open Textbook Library. Dates and times for workshops are forthcoming. Find out more at Open@WRLC.

The following workshops are offered by the Washington Research Library Consortium.  GW Faculty are welcome and encouraged to attend. 

• January 31st, 1:00 pm- Open@WRLC Faculty Course Transformation Adopt Grant
• February 15th, 1:00 pm- Open@WRLC Faculty Course Transformation Adopt Grant 
• March 21st,  1:00 pm:-  Open@WRLC Faculty Course Transformation Adopt Grant
• April 12th, 1:00 pm - TBA

Faculty who attend these workshops also become eligible to receive a $200 stipend for reviewing a textbook in the Open Textbook Library. For more information, visit Open@WRLC. 

The high cost of textbooks continues to negatively impact student access, success, and completion...

Source:  Florida Virtual Campus, 2018 Student Textbook and Course Materials Survey:  Results and Findings

"GW Open Textbooks" by GW Libraries can be reused under the CC BY license

Open Textbooks:

• textbooks that are freely available with nonrestrictive licenses
• cover a wide range of disciplines
• available to download and print in various file formats from several web sites and OER repositories
• range from public domain books to existing textbooks to textbooks created specifically for OER.
• solve the problems of the high cost of textbooks, book shortages, and access to textbooks as well as providing the capacity to better meet local teaching and learning needs.