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Information Literacy Toolkit

This guide is intended to support Penn State University librarians, faculty, instructors, and teaching assistants in incorporating information literacy topics and tools into their teaching.

What are Open and affordable course materials?

The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) defines Open Educational Resources (OERs) as teaching, learning, and research resources released as a public domain or under an open license that permits their free use and repurposing by others. OERs can be textbooks, full courses, lesson plans, videos, tests, software, or any other tool, material, or technique that supports access to knowledge.

This page has both Penn State and external OER sites that have information literacy resources you can use for your course, lessons, or as additional educational materials.

Resources