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  • Teach effectively and creatively with open content and other affordable solutions

    Several library blogs this week have focused on locating and using open resources.  However, it can be challenging to determine the most effective way to...
    Topics
    • Education
    • For Faculty
    • Instruction
    • Services
  • Authoring Online Content: Create, Remix, Share….

    Oftentimes, when creating content, authors want to incorporate materials such as photos, video clips, book chapters, and other materials created by others.  The easiest way...
    Topics
    • Education
    • For Faculty
    • For Students
    • General
    • Instruction
  • Professional quality open textbooks…and more….much more…

    Locating free, high-quality, online learning materials that are licensed for distribution and adaptation for teaching a course can be a challenge.  Currently, there is a...
    Topics
    • Education
    • For Faculty
    • General
    • Instruction
  • Sort by Relevance in PubMed

    PubMed has added a new Display Settings option to sort your search results by relevance. The relevance sort order for search results is based on...
    Topics
    • Biology
    • Chemistry
    • Databases
    • Education
    • For Faculty
  • “One brilliant idea… high-quality, free, open texts, and resources.” –openstaxcollege.org

    Concerns over the high cost of college and student debt extends to the high costs of textbooks. But oftentimes, it doesn’t need to. There are...
    Topics
    • Biology
    • Economics
    • Education
    • For Faculty
    • Instruction
  • Open Education Week, March 10-15

    Open Education Week  starts today!  Check back with the GSU library blog each day this week to learn more about open education. By the way,...
    Topics
    • Education
    • For Faculty
    • Resources
  • GSU Library’s Digital Collections Now Include Video

    The first of Georgia State University Library’s digital collections to feature video content is the Research Atlanta, Inc. Reports. This collection includes eight video recordings,...
    Topics
    • African American Studies
    • Criminal Justice
    • Digital Collections
    • Economics
    • Education
  • How does the cost of textbooks and other course materials affect your students?

    Instructors often only consider costs after locating the best resources they can find for their course.  This makes sense because we want our students to...
    Topics
    • Education
    • For Faculty
    • Instruction
  • University Library Digitizes Research Atlanta Reports

    Georgia State University Library is creating a digital collection of reports from Research Atlanta, Inc.  We hope that this collection will serve as a significant...
    Topics
    • African American Studies
    • Business
    • Communication
    • Criminal Justice
    • Digital Collections
  • “…the opposite of poverty is not wealth but justice.” –Bryan Stevenson

    Stevenson’s quote can be viewed in this video. Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) will speak at the 25th Annual Benjamin E....
    Topics
    • Books
    • Criminal Justice
    • Education
    • Educational Policy Studies
    • Educational Psychology & Special Education