UT Libraries

Since 2019, Open Educational Resources materials have served at least 63% of UT Austin students and have saved students approximately $1,878,238 annually, as they can access valuable textbook and online materials for free through UT Libraries.

Open Educational Resources are open license materials that can be accessed by anyone, and this endowment will provide resources for UT Austin professors to create OER materials. They are generally free of cost for students to access. OERs may be textbooks, full courses, lesson plans, videos, tests, software, or any other tool, material, or technique that supports access to knowledge.

By supporting Open Educational Resources at UT Austin you are not only removing financial and material barriers to student success, but you are also ensuring that UT Libraries are on the forefront of accessibility, innovation, and collaboration.

For more than 125 years, the University of Texas Libraries have committed to building one of the greatest library collections in the world. Maintaining more than 10 million volumes and providing access to the latest digital journals, databases and web resources, UT Libraries collects and preserves the finest achievements of human knowledge in support of not only research and instruction needs, but also the exploration of ideas and intellectual innovation.