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![Hi, I’m Steel
Earned MLIS & Ph.D. [English] from
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Taught English lit & composition
courses and served as administrator
for a freshman writing program
Worked 6+ years as an educational
technology consultant in the College
of Letters & Science at UW-Madison
Ran grassroots OER publishing
program at UW-Madison, grew to
love Pressbooks, joined Pressbooks
full-time in November 2018.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/pressbooks-wagstaff-wilsworld2019-190725190630/75/The-Library-as-Publisher-How-Pressbooks-Supports-Knowledge-Sharing-2-2048.jpg)
![Librarians can help!
Libraries are helping!
Libraries, both academic and public,
have become increasingly involved in
the production and sharing of
knowledge as publishers.
Two important directions have been
1. Helping scholars and researchers
share their work with the public
[open access journals/monographs]
2. Helping educators write and distribute
textbooks & other teaching materials
[open educational resources (OER)]
Image credit: Meggie Wright, Twitter](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/pressbooks-wagstaff-wilsworld2019-190725190630/75/The-Library-as-Publisher-How-Pressbooks-Supports-Knowledge-Sharing-7-2048.jpg)
![Graphs depicting the US consumer price index for ‘educational books & supplies’ since 1967;
since March 2014 [5 years]; & since September 2016 [2 ½ years]. Generated May 2019 at
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis & U.S. Bureau of Labor websites.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/pressbooks-wagstaff-wilsworld2019-190725190630/75/The-Library-as-Publisher-How-Pressbooks-Supports-Knowledge-Sharing-12-2048.jpg)
![Growth in the market of digital solutions ... enables us to
capture a greater share of the total market, given the
embedded and gradeable/assessable orientation of our
digital products as well as lack of alternative substitutes. …
[H]igher education core digital gross sales have grown at
~11% CAGR over the last three years. … Our revenues are
now predominantly derived from our courseware
technology. … Our sales, marketing & services teams have
shifted over the last few years from a textbook to a
software sales & support model.
— Cengage’s Annual Report to Shareholders (2018)](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/pressbooks-wagstaff-wilsworld2019-190725190630/75/The-Library-as-Publisher-How-Pressbooks-Supports-Knowledge-Sharing-14-2048.jpg)
![OER Delivery = Content + Platform
CONTENT
The actual book, activity, or object
that learners use
Examples: everything in the
Open Textbook Library, Merlot,
OER Commons, & LibreTexts
libraries; OpenStax books.
Content can be copyrighted,
permissively licensed, or in the
public domain. Openly licensed
textual content is increasingly
common, but requires a platform
to edit, remix, integrate w/ LMS.
PLATFORM
Where content is authored,
edited, assembled, & distributed.
Examples: Mindtap; Connect;
Revel; Top Hat Textbook; Open
Author; Waymaker; OpenStax
CNX [retired]; Pressbooks
Platforms can be proprietary or
open-source. Can be free/$ to use
(for creators); free/$ to implement
(for instructors or institutions);
and free/$ to access (for learners).](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/pressbooks-wagstaff-wilsworld2019-190725190630/75/The-Library-as-Publisher-How-Pressbooks-Supports-Knowledge-Sharing-15-2048.jpg)
![Common Uses for Pressbooks
Replace $$$
Textbooks
Free textbooks for
high-enrollment
courses
Remixed versions of
existing OER
Manuals, guides,
handbooks, course
‘teasers’
Copyleft
Anthologies
Collections of
Creative-Commons
licensed work
Anthologies of work
published (in the US)
before 1923
Government docs or
other public material
Student/Community
Authored Projects
University-Community
Partnerships [GLAMs]
Renewable assignments,
“object studies,” field
work
Student writing, class
projects, ePortfolios](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/pressbooks-wagstaff-wilsworld2019-190725190630/75/The-Library-as-Publisher-How-Pressbooks-Supports-Knowledge-Sharing-21-2048.jpg)
![Webbook Homepage
Each book has a unique web address. Books can
have different structures, themes, licenses &
permissions. Each book’s homepage includes:
1. Title, author, description, license
2. Cover image
3. Download options
4. Table of contents
5. Additional book info/metadata [not shown]
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![Selecting An Appropriate License
At right: Licensing options at both
the book [L] and chapter [R] level.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/pressbooks-wagstaff-wilsworld2019-190725190630/75/The-Library-as-Publisher-How-Pressbooks-Supports-Knowledge-Sharing-33-2048.jpg)
![Uses Broadly Accepted Standards
Supported Web Standards
HTML5 + CSS
Schema.org [microdata]
Supported Export Formats
EPUB
MOBI
PDF
HTMLBook
XHTML & XML
ODT
Accessibility Standards
WCAG 2.0 A & AA
Supported IMS Global
Standards
LTI 1.1
Thin Common Cartridge
Supported SSO Protocols
CAS
SAML2](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/pressbooks-wagstaff-wilsworld2019-190725190630/75/The-Library-as-Publisher-How-Pressbooks-Supports-Knowledge-Sharing-38-2048.jpg)
![Examples of embedded media in Pressbooks:
1. embedded YouTube video [top left],
2. audio playlist [top right],
3. audio file [bottom right].
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The Library as Publisher: How Pressbooks Supports Knowledge Sharing
The document discusses the role of libraries as publishers in the digital era, highlighting how they facilitate knowledge sharing through platforms like Pressbooks. It outlines the transition from traditional publishing to open educational resources (OER) and the importance of non-proprietary platforms that support user collaboration and content modification. Additionally, it emphasizes the evolving nature of education materials and the need for ethical analytics to prioritize learner-centered outcomes.
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- 1. The Library asPublisher How Pressbooks Supports Knowledge Sharing Steel Wagstaff, Educational Client Manager, Pressbooks WiLSWorld | Madison, WI | July 23, 2019 Slides posted to Twitter @steelwagstaff this afternoon Slide template by SlidesCarnival, released under a CC-BY license
- 2. Hi, I’m Steel EarnedMLIS & Ph.D. [English] from University of Wisconsin-Madison Taught English lit & composition courses and served as administrator for a freshman writing program Worked 6+ years as an educational technology consultant in the College of Letters & Science at UW-Madison Ran grassroots OER publishing program at UW-Madison, grew to love Pressbooks, joined Pressbooks full-time in November 2018.
- 3. What is apublisher? On “value added” and library values
- 4. Publishing books was difficult& expensive For most of human history, making even one copy of a print book has been costly. Printing required significant capital outlays, technical expertise, skilled labor, & time. Image credit: Jan Van Der Street, Wellcome Collection.
- 5. What Publishers Do Publishershave historically provided value by filling 3 broad roles: 1. EDITORIAL: Find, acquire, develop & prepare new material. 2. PRODUCTION: Provide capital, assume risk, & supervise printing. 3. DISTRIBUTION: Bring books to market (publicize, advertise, sell). Image credit: Renate & Roger Rössing, Deutsche Fotothek
- 6. Scholarly Publishing in DigitalEra is Weird For scholarly & educational publishing today, the value provided by traditional publishers is less clear. 1. EDITORIAL: Professional organizations & learned societies often provide peer review 2. PRODUCTION: Digital tools & POD have changed workflows and the economics of printing 3. DISTRIBUTION: Little market outside of libraries & group #1 Image credit: Jeff Miller, UW-Madison. Elise Schimke holding a copy of her photo book, Libraries of UW-Madison.
- 7. Librarians can help! Librariesare helping! Libraries, both academic and public, have become increasingly involved in the production and sharing of knowledge as publishers. Two important directions have been 1. Helping scholars and researchers share their work with the public [open access journals/monographs] 2. Helping educators write and distribute textbooks & other teaching materials [open educational resources (OER)] Image credit: Meggie Wright, Twitter
- 8. Open content on openplatforms? The struggle over the future of educational content
- 9. Original Art byMichelle Reed
- 10. Libraries already understand free! Whereelse can any member of the community get a card that entitles them to borrow, at no charge, just about any media that has ever been widely published? Image credit: Stenaros.com
- 11. The Permissions ofOER The 5Rs In addition to being free, these five basic permissions (as described by David Wiley) are constitutive of “open content.” Retain The right to make, own, and control copies of the content (e.g., download, duplicate, store, and manage) Reuse The right to use the content in a wide range of ways (e.g., in a class, in a study group, on a website, in a video) Revise The right to adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself (e.g., translate the content into another language) Remix The right to combine the original or revised content with other material to create something new Redistribute The right to share copies of the original content, your revisions, or your remixes with others (e.g., give copies away to students)
- 12. Graphs depicting theUS consumer price index for ‘educational books & supplies’ since 1967; since March 2014 [5 years]; & since September 2016 [2 ½ years]. Generated May 2019 at Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis & U.S. Bureau of Labor websites.
- 13. “ Major educational publishershave abandoned the traditional ‘textbook’. We live in an era of courseware.
- 14. Growth in themarket of digital solutions ... enables us to capture a greater share of the total market, given the embedded and gradeable/assessable orientation of our digital products as well as lack of alternative substitutes. … [H]igher education core digital gross sales have grown at ~11% CAGR over the last three years. … Our revenues are now predominantly derived from our courseware technology. … Our sales, marketing & services teams have shifted over the last few years from a textbook to a software sales & support model. — Cengage’s Annual Report to Shareholders (2018)
- 15. OER Delivery =Content + Platform CONTENT The actual book, activity, or object that learners use Examples: everything in the Open Textbook Library, Merlot, OER Commons, & LibreTexts libraries; OpenStax books. Content can be copyrighted, permissively licensed, or in the public domain. Openly licensed textual content is increasingly common, but requires a platform to edit, remix, integrate w/ LMS. PLATFORM Where content is authored, edited, assembled, & distributed. Examples: Mindtap; Connect; Revel; Top Hat Textbook; Open Author; Waymaker; OpenStax CNX [retired]; Pressbooks Platforms can be proprietary or open-source. Can be free/$ to use (for creators); free/$ to implement (for instructors or institutions); and free/$ to access (for learners).
- 16. “Courseware is amixture of content and platform, each of which can be licensed separately. Content is increasingly OER, but most platforms remain proprietary.
- 17. What do wewant from our platforms? Why it matters who owns the pipes, not just the flow
- 18. Our Platform Principles 1.Non-proprietary: Is open-source & uses open-source components 2. Lets users come & go freely: Avoids vendor lock-in by allowing easy import & export of content 3. Can be made personal/local: Supports open ‘permissions’ by letting users quickly clone, revise, & remix content 4. Plays well with others: Uses broadly accepted standards 5. Is broadly inclusive & participatory: Invites and enables public (& private) standards-based web annotation 6. Helps learners achieve their goals: Includes interactive components where feedback is designed for learners first 7. Skeptical of surveillance: Only permits ethical, learner-centered analytics and reporting. Learners (and maybe institutions) should own behavioral data, not toolmakers.
- 19. Non-proprietary Is open-source &uses open-source components
- 20. “Pressbooks is anonline book publishing platform that makes it easy to generate clean, well-formatted books in multiple outputs. Pressbooks is built on WordPress and is open source. — Hugh McGuire, Pressbooks founder
- 21. Common Uses forPressbooks Replace $$$ Textbooks Free textbooks for high-enrollment courses Remixed versions of existing OER Manuals, guides, handbooks, course ‘teasers’ Copyleft Anthologies Collections of Creative-Commons licensed work Anthologies of work published (in the US) before 1923 Government docs or other public material Student/Community Authored Projects University-Community Partnerships [GLAMs] Renewable assignments, “object studies,” field work Student writing, class projects, ePortfolios
- 22. Is Open Source Atleft: Pressbooks.org At right: Pressbooks on GitHub
- 23. Each Pressbooks instanceis a centrally-managed network.
- 24. At left: EachPressbooks network features a sortable catalog of publicly listed books
- 25. Webbook Homepage Each bookhas a unique web address. Books can have different structures, themes, licenses & permissions. Each book’s homepage includes: 1. Title, author, description, license 2. Cover image 3. Download options 4. Table of contents 5. Additional book info/metadata [not shown] 21 4 3
- 26. Editing Interface AT RIGHT:Pressbooks features a standard WordPress visual/text HTML editor. Editing text and inserting media is as easy as using a word processor. Many collaborators can work together on the same book with different roles & permissions (admin, editor, author, contributor, etc.).
- 27. Organizing a Book ATRIGHT: Pressbooks features a drag-and-drop chapter organization interface. You can create front & back matter, as well as two-level ‘part’ & ‘chapter’ organization for main content. Content can be published/hidden from web & included/excluded in exports (ePUB, PDF, etc.) separately.
- 28. Lets users come &go freely Avoids vendor lock-in by allowing easy import & export of content
- 29. Importing Content If youfind openly licensed content that isn’t already in Pressbooks, you can import it. We’ve added shortcode support to make it even easier to import from Word docs.
- 30. At left: Pressbooksexport page. We support one-click creation of a dozen different formats.
- 31. At right: Pressbooks PDFexport options.
- 32. Can be made personal/local Supportsopen ‘permissions’ by letting users quickly clone, revise, & remix content
- 33. Selecting An AppropriateLicense At right: Licensing options at both the book [L] and chapter [R] level.
- 34. Cloning Content Any public,openly licensed book can be quickly cloned from one Pressbooks network to another.
- 35. Below: Source attributionin a cloned book.
- 36. At Left: Aview of the ‘Show Comparison’ tool for a cloned book which has been edited from the original.
- 37. Plays well with others Usesbroadly accepted standards
- 38. Uses Broadly AcceptedStandards Supported Web Standards HTML5 + CSS Schema.org [microdata] Supported Export Formats EPUB MOBI PDF HTMLBook XHTML & XML ODT Accessibility Standards WCAG 2.0 A & AA Supported IMS Global Standards LTI 1.1 Thin Common Cartridge Supported SSO Protocols CAS SAML2
- 39. Pressbooks LTI Integration ATRIGHT: Users can produce Thin Common Cartridge exports with LTI links and bring books directly into the LMS. Demo video: https://www.youtube.co m/watch?v=7tqL-9z_fFA.
- 40. ABOVE: Pressbooks allowsnetwork managers to set up SSO with CAS or SAML2 authentication systems.
- 41. Is inclusive & participatory Invitesand enables public (& private) standards-based web annotation
- 42. Open Web Annotation TheHypothesis plugin adds flexible annotation layers which invite public annotation, ‘publisher’ commentary, class discussion or editorial review in private groups, and/or highlighting and personal note taking (marginalia). AT RIGHT: A Pressbooks chapter with public annotation layer embedded in Canvas.
- 43. “ Web annotation can includemore than text on text
- 44. At left: Pressbooks chapterwith public annotation 1. Embedded image 2. Embedded video 3. Annotation with external link 4. Embedded audio 5. Edit, delete, reply, share buttons for each annotation See more ideas for using Pressbooks & Hypothesis in Steel & Jeremy Dean’s OpenEd week talk. 1 2 3 4 5
- 45. Helps learners achieve theirgoals Includes interactive components where feedback is designed for learners first
- 46. Embedded Interactive Elements ATRIGHT: Authors can add interactive components (like YouTube/Vimeo videos, PHET simulations, open assessments, TimeLine JS, and more) just by pasting the URL into the editor.
- 47. Examples of embeddedmedia in Pressbooks: 1. embedded YouTube video [top left], 2. audio playlist [top right], 3. audio file [bottom right]. 1 2 3
- 48. H5P Interactive Activities PressbooksEDUnetworks allow users to make interactive H5P activities directly from the Pressbooks dashboard. These H5P activities are included when books containing them are cloned. AT RIGHT: An H5P multiple choice quiz being created from the Pressbooks dashboard.
- 49. ABOVE: Full listof 40+ unique H5P Content Types at https://h5p.org/ content-types-and-applications
- 50. H5P activities inPressbooks. Left: An image hotspot interactive built by Emily Hunt at Indiana University. Right: A flashcard activity built by Naomi Salmon at UW-Madison.
- 51. Graceful Fallback inExports Placeholder links for interactive elements are automatically added to export formats which do not support interactivity. AT RIGHT: An embedded YouTube video as seen in an example PDF export file.
- 52. Português Para Principiantesis a Brazilian Portuguese language textbook first published in 1964 (last revised in 1993). The digital edition of this free, online text now includes 30 audio dialogues, 1000+ vocabulary words (pronounced by native speakers), and 120+ interactive H5P activities.
- 53. Skeptical of surveillance Only permitsethical, learner-centered analytics and reporting
- 54. Learner-Centered Analytics Pressbooks doesnot track or store any information about learner activity in our texts. See our privacy policy. We have begun to talk with existing clients and others in the open education community about what ethical, learner-centered analytics might look like. Two possibilities we are considering: 1. Adding outcomes reporting to our LTI plugin 2. Instrumenting Pressbooks to transmit learning analytics statements directly to institution-owned Learning Record Stores.
- 55. Using Pressbooks as youropen platform Understanding your options
- 56. Pressbooks Public For public libraries,Pressbooks Public (a version of Pressbooks best suited for self-publishing authors) is now available to every resident of the state of Wisconsin. Access has been provided by the Wisconsin Public Library Consortium with grant support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
- 57. New WiLS Partnership We nowoffer a 30% discount on PressbooksEDU hosted silver networks to WiLS cooperative purchasing members. Pressbooks has already been adopted by dozens of global educational institutions, including UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee, and several members of the Wisconsin Technical College System.
- 58. Learn More AboutPressbooks 1. Hosted plans for institutions: contact [email protected] 2. Our blog: https://pressbooks.com/blog/ 3. Detailed user guide: https://guide.pressbooks.com 4. Training videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/pressbooks 5. Open source project: https://pressbooks.org and community forum: https://pressbooks.community/ 6. GitHub repositories: https://github.com/pressbooks
- 59.