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The University of Nevada, Reno is a partner in advocating for both affordable educational resources and open educational resources (OERs). Affordable educational resources increase the affordability of educational materials for students. Open educational resources (OERs) are any material used in the classroom to help students learn that have been made freely available online and licensed for other to reuse them.
Faculty services
Services for faculty include answering questions about copyright and Creative Commons, help finding OERs for your class, help deciding how to evaluate OERs, and answering questions about adapting or creating OERs.
Workshops
Consultations
OER Grant
Student services
Helpful resources for you to advocate for affordable textbooks:
- Contact your ASUN Senator and ask them to advocate for affordable textbooks.
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Provide this handout on the benefits of open textbooks to your professors.
Find low cost and free materials for your course:
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Take a look at low cost textbook options and share them with your friends.
- Search the Bookstore page to see if your professor is using already using OERs. Thank them!
Need help with OERs, affordable textbooks, or integration of resources into WebCampus?
University Libraries

Scholarly Communications & Social Sciences Librarian
Anthropology - Cultural & Linguistic, Honors, Journalism, Judicial Studies, Political Science, Sociology
(775) 682-5638

Head of DeLaMare Science & Engineering Library
Chemistry, Computer Science & Engineering, Engineering, Mathematics & Statistics, Physics
(775) 682-7374