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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am sure that George Dragich (EBSCO) has been visiting everyone to talk about the
<b>new OER tool from EBSCO called Faculty Select</b>. I was pleased to see how simple it is to use. It seems to me that it is a good starter for faculty new to OER and needing a way to find OER textbooks that are easy to add links into Canvas. I like that
we can import other resources found or owned by the library. Since this platform is compatible with Canvas and helps lower or eliminate costs for students, I think it might be of interest to eLearning as well. Here is a link to more information:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><a href="https://www.ebsco.com/products/ebsco-faculty-select">https://www.ebsco.com/products/ebsco-faculty-select</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am interested in agreeing to a pilot year if there are others willing to pilot as well. The starting price is $1,000 for a community college. EBSCO is willing to lower the price from there, if there are more colleges interested in a
consortial purchase.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mark and Boyoung, is this a product that the state board might underwrite to encourage faculty to move to low/no price text books?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Christie, could we look at EBSCO (e.g. a demo) as a possible consortial purchase?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mindy<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mindy Coslor, PhD<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Director of Library Services<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Skagit Valley College<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mount Vernon, WA 98273<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">360.416.7761<o:p></o:p></p>
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