Reference and Instruction Librarian
Lori Lysiak
she/her
Contact:
Consultations by appointment:
814-949-5252
lal29@psu.edu
220 Robert E. Eiche Library
Penn State Altoona
3000 Ivyside Park
Altoona, PA 16601
Altoona Campus Liaison for:Accounting, Business, Economics, Electro-Mechanical Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Information Science & Technology, Marketing, Open and Affordable Educational Resources, Rail Transportation Engineering
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814-949-5252
lal29@psu.edu
220 Robert E. Eiche Library
Penn State Altoona
3000 Ivyside Park
Altoona, PA 16601
Altoona Campus Liaison for:Accounting, Business, Economics, Electro-Mechanical Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Information Science & Technology, Marketing, Open and Affordable Educational Resources, Rail Transportation Engineering
Thank a Library Worker:
Subjects: Campus: Altoona, Rail Transportation Engineering
Purpose
The purpose of this guide is to reduce the cost of course materials for students.
Altoona faculty may contact their OER Liaison, Lori Lysiak, with questions about OERs and affordable educational resources, including:
- How many pages of this book may I post on electronic reserve?
- Are there e-books that might be good alternatives for print materials?
- Where can I get support for writing an Open Access textbook?
- Where can I find free ancillaries and low-cost courseware?
- How can my students get low-cost texts through Top Hat?
PSU Created OERs
- Discover OERIntroduction to OERs and low-cost materials at Penn State.
- Penn State PressbooksBrowse Penn State’s catalog of faculty-created open textbooks and courses. If you’re interested in authoring your own textbook or course materials, schedule a consultation with the OER Team. You can request access to Pressbooks by completing the Pressbooks registration form.
- ROAM Repository of Open and Affordable MaterialsPenn State’s ROAM offers high-quality learning materials created by Penn State faculty. These materials are freely available for you to reuse, revise, remix, retain, and redistribute under a Creative Commons license.
Course Marking Directions
- Adopting OER Materials with Barnes & NobleUsing OERS in your course? Let your students know by entering your OER “adoption” into Barnes & Noble’s Adoption and Insights Portal.
Open Pedagogy
- Open Pedagogy Project RoadmapA module-based resource to assist you in planning, finding support for, sharing, and sustaining your open pedagogy project.
- Accessibility and Usability at Penn StateInformation on accessibility and usability for digital content.