[LIBRARYDIR] Pressbooks Subscription for all Washington CTCs

[Boyoung Chae]

Reminder: Pressbooks Webinar for Administrator

Don't miss the Pressbooks Webinar today at 11 am! Today's webinar is for the college administrator.

  *   Purpose: This webinar will cover the first steps for college administrators, what your Pressbooks subscription includes, and best practices for collegewide implementation.
  *   Date/Time: Nov 28, 2022, 11:00 AM Pacific Time
  *   Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/my/boyoungc

The webinar will be recorded and shared. Hope to see many of you!

Boyoung

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From: Boyoung Chae
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2022 1:59 PM
To: an open discussion list for WA CTC Library Directors (librarydir at lists.ctc.edu) <librarydir at lists.ctc.edu>
Subject: Pressbooks Subscription for all Washington CTCs

Pressbooks Subscription for all Washington CTCs

SBCTC is excited to announce a statewide subscription for Pressbooks, an online platform for self-publishing books in multiple formats: e-books, webbooks, and print-ready PDFs.

With generous sponsorship from the Washington State Library<https://www.sos.wa.gov/library/>, SBCTC is providing a 1-year subscription to Pressbooks for all 34 Washington community and technical colleges.

The subscription begins today and will end on 11/21/2023. No worries if your campus is already subscribed. With this offer colleges with existing subscriptions to Open Washington Pressbooks will be granted an extended subscription period.

Can’t wait to start? Visit Open Washington Pressbooks Network Implementation Guid<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b0k0vEIfqxpPt8YrNpu0WPXNqUL9O39FCJjiFo0bhko/edit?usp=sharing>e to learn about:

  *   Set Up Steps for Pressbooks Administrators
  *   What this Subscription Includes
  *   Training Opportunities

Two training sessions are scheduled:

  *   Webinar for Pressbooks Administrators, 11/28/2022 at 11 AM (PST)
  *   Webinar for Faculty Authors, 12/2/2022 at 11AM (PST)

They will be recorded and shared. For details, see Training Opportunities <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b0k0vEIfqxpPt8YrNpu0WPXNqUL9O39FCJjiFo0bhko/edit#bookmark=id.zfvyb3k1pv0j> of the implementation guide.

Please let me know if you have any questions. Happy book authoring with Pressbooks!

Boyoung



Boyoung Chae, Ph.D. (hear me say it<https://namedrop.io/boyoungchae>)

Policy Associate, Educational Technology & Open Education

Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

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