Category: Open Education News
A New Faculty Survey about Open Course Materials
Posted March 29, 2024
Faculty, whether or not you use open course materials, we need to hear from you! What would help you to use open educational resources (OER)? What are the barriers to using OER? Your insights will help us to support faculty […]
Opening Up: A Fellowship for Open Pedagogy (with Stipend)
Posted March 21, 2024
Deepen your experience with open education, including open pedagogy and open educational resources, while building community with other JMU faculty. You’ll also receive a $1500 stipend.

3 JMU Faculty Members Awarded Grants to Adopt Open Textbooks
Posted March 1, 2024
Three JMU faculty members were recently selected as recipients for the statewide Open Adopt Grants program. Thanks to their efforts, about 2,095 JMU students will avoid spending a total of $102,056 on textbooks over the next five years! JMU’s 2023 […]
Publishing Open Textbooks at JMU: A Self-Paced Online Workshop for Faculty
Posted February 6, 2024
Check Out the Latest JMU Libraries Magazine
Posted January 17, 2024
We’re excited to share the second issue of the JMU Libraries Magazine, with stories about our work and successes in 2022 and 2023. This biennial magazine celebrates the students, scholars, staff, supporters, and faculty who collaborate with us and help […]
Get Help With the Costs of Open Access Publication
Posted November 29, 2023
Did you know that you can apply for funding to help cover the cost of publishing an open access article? It’s true! Our Open Access APC Fund provides subsidies for some article processing charges (APC) for articles by JMU faculty […]
International OA Week: Online Events & Open Access APC Fund
Posted October 24, 2023
It’s International Open Access (OA) Week! To celebrate, we’re promoting several online OA Week events and sharing important context on our Open Access APC Fund to help faculty and staff with the costs of publishing open access articles: Why is […]
Open Access Week 2023: Community over Commercialization
Posted October 17, 2023
Not all approaches to scholarly communication prioritize the best interests of the public and the academic community. Open Access Week provides an opportunity to discuss open scholarship—and whose interests are served by it. This year’s Open Access Week theme, “Community […]
Try Open Textbooks (And Apply by Oct. 6 for $200 Stipend)
Posted September 28, 2023
Instructors: it’s textbook adoption time! The deadline to nail down your Spring 2024 textbook choices with the bookstore is October 15. Want to try open textbooks? They offer a more affordable alternative for students without compromising on quality. How to get […]
Faculty: Adopt an Open Textbook
Posted April 5, 2023
It’s textbook adoption time! The deadline to nail down your spring textbook choices with the bookstore is almost here. Next semester, try open textbooks. They offer a more affordable alternative for students without compromising on quality. Get started here: Reminders: Need […]