NERS 2021 - Pressbooks Directory
The Pressbooks Directory (https://pressbooks.directory/) indexes over 2000 open access books created by educational institutions. As many of these are not indexed separately, it would be great if the contents of the directory could be included in the Alma Community Zone and/or the Central Discovery Index.
NERS 2021 Request ID: 7539
Lachlan Young
shared this idea
Hello,
Following a discussion with the provider and review of their linking, we unfortunately cannot proceed to ingest this content as there is currently insufficient linking support.
Should the situation change, we would be more than happy to reconsider and reopen this request.
Best,
Rael
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Lucy
commented
When will Pressbooks be added as open access content?
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Lucy
commented
Yes, please add PressbooksEDU to the Alma Community Zone as well as the CDI.
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Ryan Edwards
commented
Hello,
I second Lachlan's idea to add the Pressbooks Directory of 2000 plus open access books to the Alma Community Zone (CZ) as well as the Central Discovery Index (CDI).
One example of a new Pressbook textbook, created collaboratively by some of the California Community Colleges is "Introduction to College Research": https://introtocollegeresearch.pressbooks.com/ This textbook could be used for information literacy classes and workshops. The textbook also includes supplementary Canvas modules available for import/download in the Canvas Commons: https://lor.instructure.com/resources/c365c982ba214696ae1b10afe73e6551?shared
Thank you,
Ryan
Ryan Edwards
Systems Librarian
West Los Angeles College Library
West Los Angeles College OER Liaison
Primo Product Working Group: https://el-una.org/working-groups/primo/leaders/
California Community Colleges Discovery and User Experience Work Group: https://cccnext.jira.com/wiki/spaces/CLSPP/pages/800096361/Discovery+and+User+Experience+Work+Group