UTRGV Connections
Library Publishing Project
In alignment with UTRGV’s commitment to affordable and accessible education, the library acquired an institutional subscription to Pressbooks in 2021. This open publishing platform enables faculty to create and share OER that are accessible worldwide. Listed below are the products of innovative UTRGV faculty members who have developed their own OER materials demonstrating their dedication to advancing open education practices and enhancing access for all students.
- INDS 2390: Humanities in the World
- Author: Karina Stiles-Cox
- Building My Professional Identity
- Authors: College of Health Professions Student Success Team
- ENGL6360 Descriptive Linguistics for Teachers
- Author: Ramses Ortin
- Reflexiones Sobre Nuestra Lengua
- Authors: Yania Hernandez, Jose Esteban Hernandez
- ENG 3360 – Introduction to Language Studies
- Author: Regine Pellicer
- Borderlands Course Reader, Volume One
- Authors: Jamie Starling
- NURS 3301 Professional Mobility
- Author: Dania Ochoa
Services Provided by the University Library
- Access to Pressbooks
- Pressbooks support and training
- Migrating projects into Pressbooks
- DOI minting
- Project support for Open Pedagogy Projects
- Externally funded Scribe editing which includes
- Copyediting
- Proofreading
- Indexing
- Typesetting
- Page and Cover Design
- Ancillary Development
- Multilingual Editing
- Prepress Services and Electronic Formats
- Learn more about working with Scribe
- Metadata through Thoth
To discuss any of these topics, please fill out the Request a Consultation form, and a librarian will contact you to answer your questions.