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Participation in professional meetings?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Jacky Hood Nov 17.

Math for liberal arts major text
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Judy Baker Sep 3.

Bookstore issues
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Margaret Horner Sep 3.

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Participation in professional meetings?

Are there any plans with the CCOTP to start having a "vendor" booth at some of the professional faculty meetings? I just got back from the AMATYC (2-year college math) conference. Barbara Illowsky gave a nice session on open textbooks, but it woul...

November 15

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Participation in professional meetings?

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Perspectives on Open Textbooks from Two WA Faculty Authors at Elluminate: use website link for access

November 18, 2009 from 3pm to 4:30pm

Wednesday, November 18, 3pm PACIFIC TIME Part 1: “Open Textbooks from an Author's Perspective” (30 min) Abstract: What motivates someone to write an open textbook? How much of the editorial and production process is within reach of an individual...

November 15

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Math for liberal arts major text

I'm happy to announce the first edition release of a "survey of math" textbook appropriate for college level math courses targeted towards liberal arts majors, sometimes titled "Contemporary Mathematics" or "Math in Society". In the Washington sta...

September 3

Margaret Horner replied to David Lippman's discussion 'Bookstore issues'

I think many campus bookstores, especially those institutionally owned and operated, would welcome the opportunity to facilitate the sale of print versions of OER materials. In our case we have a campus print shop that produces high quality work a...

September 3

Judy Baker replied to David Lippman's discussion 'Bookstore issues'

Yes, the issue of no-return policies by print-on-demand vendors presents a challenge and you have made an interesting suggestion. But before adding middleman to the whole open textbook adoption/dissemination process, I like us to first figure out...

August 28

Judy Baker replied to David Lippman's discussion 'Best way to get new open texts?'

Please consider posting a link to your math exercise sets in MERLOT. Find out how by visiting their site at http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm. As a MERLOT Member, (free) you can: Contribute learning materials, Create a personal collection, De...

August 28

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Bookstore issues

I posed this question as a reply to an earlier discussion, but think this might warrant its own discussion. How do people using open texts negotiate things with your bookstores? My bookstore is willing to have the books run off loose-leaf at our ...

August 26