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New and Noteworthy OER 10/28

October 28, 2022 / / 0 Comments

New and Noteworthy is the City Tech Library O.E.R. Team’s monthly roundup of new and noteworthy O.E.R. We try to include at least one O.E.R. relevant to each school at City Tech in every post. At the end of the month, these resources will be compiled and distributed by the library liaison for your department. Please contact us if you know of new or particularly interesting O.E.R. to share with our colleagues or would like more information about O.E.R. initiatives at City Tech.

Arts & Sciences 

  1. Chem 103/104 Resource Book, by UW Madison Chemistry faculty, University of Wisconsin. License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “The purpose of this condensed education resource is to support the activities of the pre-class, whole class, discussion, and laboratory gatherings…[organized with a] student-focused, active learning philosophy.”

  2. Contemporary World Cinema: an introduction to moving pictures, by James Skidmore, eCampus Ontario (2022). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “An introduction to film that explores film structure and analysis, with attention being paid to film in its contemporary global context.”

  3. Culturas hispanas a traves de la pantalla / Hispanic cultures through the screen, Minnesota Libraries Publishing Project (2021).  License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “Culturas hispanas a través de la pantalla busca fomentar el visionado crítico de productos audiovisuales contemporáneos y el reflexionar sobre la representación de las culturas hispanas en webseries y vídeos musicales. La difusión y la popularidad de estos dos géneros justifican que se les dedique espacio en el currículo junto a otros géneros audiovisuales más consagrados, caso de los cortos y los largometrajes.”

    “In short, Hispanic Cultures Through the Screen aims to promote critical viewing of contemporary audiovisual products and thinking about the representation of Hispanic cultures in web series and music videos. Increasing popularity of these two genres justify dedicating part of the curriculum to them along with other more established audiovisual genres, such as short and feature films.”

  4. Economic Aspects of the Indigenous Experience in Canada, 2nd ed., by Anya Hageman, eCampus Ontario (2022). License: CC BY-NC
    “In this text we are going to explore the economic history and economic potential of Indigenous peoples in Canada. What institutional arrangements hold them back economically and what institutions assist them going forward? What norms do Indigenous communities hold that inform their priorities and economic behavior?”

  5. Technical Mathematics, by Morgan Chase, Open Oregon Educational Resources (2022). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    This developmental-level mathematics textbook is intended for career-technical students.

  6. US History and Primary Source Anthology, vol. 1, by Dan Allosso, Minnesota State Opendora (2022). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    This is a textbook for US History I, Pre-colonial through Reconstruction. 


Professional Studies

  1. Pathology: From the Tissue Level to Clinical Manifestations and Inter-professional Care, by Jennifer Kong and Helen Dyck, BCCampus. License: CC BY-NC
    “This multimedia resource provides the science behind the disease that a health care professional is managing and an explanation of the signs and symptoms a patient is experiencing, starting at the tissue level. Videos and photos of gross pathological specimens & histological slides are included in every topic, with video lessons guiding viewers on the observable pathological changes.”
  1. Nursing Management and Professional Concepts, by Open Resources for Nursing (Open RN), Chippewa Valley Technical College (2022).
    License: CC BY
    “This book introduces concepts related to nursing leadership and management, prioritization strategies, delegation and supervision, legal implications of nursing practice, ethical nursing practice, collaboration within the interprofessional team, health care economics, quality and evidence-based practice, advocacy, preparation for the RN role, and the avoidance of burnout with self-care.”
  1. Introduction to Implant Prosthodontics: A Case-Based Clinical Guide, by Stefanos Kourtis, Panagiotis Lampropoulos, and Nikolaos Polychronakis, Kallipos Open Academic Editions (2022). License: CC BY-NC
    “The purpose of this book is to offer a thorough introduction to current Implant Prosthodontics, combining theory and practice in an easy-to-read manner. In each chapter the needed theoretical background and principles are reported, and the techniques are presented with clinical examples in step-by-step manner.”
  1. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA), by Darla Benton Kearney, eCampus Ontario (2022). License: CC BY
    “[This textbook] will help instructors and others to incorporate principles of UDL and considerations of EDI and Indigenisation in their learning environments.”


Technology & Design

  1. Inclusive Spectrums: Preliminary Research Exhibition, by OCADU 2019/2021 Inclusive Design Masters Cohort, eCampus Ontario (2020). License: CC BY
    “This exhibition presents the preliminary major research project ideas of OCAD University’s Inclusive Design 2019/2021 cohort. These projects explore a spectrum of themes, ranging from healthcare, to sensory experiences, to storytelling and services for cultural communities, to neurodiversity, and finally, to design practices and processes themselves.”
  1. Introduction to Permaculture, by Andrew Millison, Oregon State University (2019). License: CC BY-NC
    “Permaculture Design is a method of land planning that can be applied at scales from the home garden to city block to village to farm. It is an ethically based whole-systems design approach that uses concepts, principles, and methods derived from ecosystems, indigenous technologies, and other time-tested practices to create sustainable human settlements and institutions. Although rooted in horticulture and agriculture, Permaculture design is interdisciplinary, touching on a wide range of subjects including regional planning, ecology, animal husbandry, appropriate technology, architecture, social justice, and international development..
  1. Engineering Systems Dynamics Modelling, Simulation, and Design: Lagrangian and Bond Graph Methods, by Mehrzad Tabatabaian, British Columbia Institute of Technology (2022). License: CC BY-NC
    “This open education resource presents effective system modeling methods, including Lagrangian and bond graph, and the application of a relevant engineering software tool, 20-sim. The content is designed for engineering students and professionals in the field to support their understanding and application of these methods for modeling, simulation, and design of engineering systems. The text also includes videos showing selected worked-out examples.”
  1. Programming Fundamentals: A Modular Structured Approach, 2nd Edition, by Dave Braunschweig and Kenneth Leroy Busbee, Harper College (2018). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “The original content for this book was created by Kenneth Leroy Busbee and written specifically for his course based on C++. The goal for this second edition is to make it programming-language neutral, so that it may serve as an introductory programming textbook for students using any of a variety of programming languages, including C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, and Swift.”

Cailean Cooney, Assistant Professor, OER Librarian: ccooney@citytech.cuny.edu Joshua Peach, Adjunct Reference & OER Librarian: jpeach@citytech.cuny.edu
Jo Thompson, Adjunct Reference & OER Librarian: jthompson@citytech.cuny.edu

New and Noteworthy OER 09/28

September 28, 2022 / / 0 Comments

New and Noteworthy is the City Tech Library O.E.R. Team’s monthly roundup of new and noteworthy O.E.R. We try to include at least one O.E.R. relevant to each school at City Tech in every post. At the end of the month, these resources will be compiled and distributed by the library liaison for your department. Please contact us if you know of new or particularly interesting O.E.R. to share with our colleagues or would like more information about O.E.R. initiatives at City Tech.

Arts & Sciences 

  1. Douglas College Human Anatomy & Physiology I (2nd ed.) by Douglas College Biology Department, BCCampus (2022). License: CC BY
    This is an adaptation of the OpenStax Anatomy & Physiology textbook, organized in three sections with subsequent units: levels of organization, nervous regulation and integration, and support and movement.
  1. Foundations of Chemical and Biological Engineering I by Jonathan Verrett, BCCampus (2020) License: CC BY-SA
    “This textbook will give you a good basic understanding of a number of chemical engineering concepts, which you can take with you as you progress in your engineering degree and career. This book covers the basics of process diagrams, reaction chemistry, phase equilibrium, energy balances, unsteady-state operations, process control, process economics and safety, and green engineering.”
  1. Introducción al estudio de las culturas hispánicas by University of Minnesota Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Minnesota. License: CC BY-NC
    “This book was edited for an upper-division writing-intensive course centered on major issues of culture in the context of the Spanish-speaking world. It is not a history of civilization, nor is it a survey of either Latin American or Peninsular literature. Rather, our objective here is to familiarize ourselves with the different issues central to the development of the Hispanic world as a cultural entity, and to practice analyzing and questioning received notions of culture in this context.”
  1. Introduction to Evolution & Human Behavior: An Anthropological and Comparative Approach by Shelly Volsche, Boise State University    (2022). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    An introductory text that takes a conversational tone about evolutionary anthropology. 
  1. Open Music Theory (v.2) by Mark Gotham, Kyle Gullings, Chelsey Hamm, Bryn Hughes, Brian Jarvis, Megan Lavengood, and John Peterson, Virtual Library of Virginia (2021). License: CC BY-SA
    “…intended to serve as the primary text and workbook for undergraduate music theory curricula. OMT2 has been designed inclusively. For us, this means broadening our topics beyond the standard harmony and atonal theory topics to include fundamentals, musical form, jazz, pop, and orchestration.”
  1. Para vivir con salud: leyendo la salud y la literatura by Kathryn Joy McKnight and Jill Kuhnheim (2022). License: CC BY-NC
    “We have developed this open access book for universities and colleges responding to the needs and interests of students preparing for careers in health or even seeking to add a “health track” to their majors or minors. Para vivir offers an introduction to reading different literary and cultural texts from the Spanish-speaking world with a thematic focus on health. It can be used as an alternative to the standard Introduction to Hispanic Literature course texts, as it also teaches techniques of close reading.”
  1. Social Cost Benefit Analysis and Economic Evaluation by Suzanne Bonner, The University of Queensland (2022). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “This book provides detailed foundational tools to assess and evaluate the costs and benefits associated with public or private decision making through a cost-benefit analysis (CBA). This book is targeted at students with preliminary foundations in economics.”
  1. Student Companion for Mathematical Economics by J. Zachary Klingensmith, Penn State. License: CC BY-NC-SA
    Practice problems in matrix algebra, univariate calculus, and multivariate calculus and constrained optimization. 

Professional Studies

  1. Dress, Appearance, and Diversity in U.S. Society, by Kelly L. Reddy-Best (2020). License: CC BY
    “This book introduces topics about identity, dress, and the body. Through the content, readers explore how individuals and communities use dress as a way to communicate (i.e. “negotiate” in fashion studies) their various identities.”

  2. The Fundamentals of Healthcare Administration: Navigating Challenges and Coordinating Care, by Deanna L. Howe, Andrea L. Dozier, and Sheree O. Dickenson (2021). License: CC BY-SA
    “This book is written for those interested in acquiring a thorough knowledge base relative to the intricacies of the organizational theories, customs, and insights significant to the management of health service organizations.”

  3. Game Based and Adaptive Learning Strategies, by Carrie Lewis Miller, Odbayar Batsaikhan, and Elizabeth Pluskwik, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (2022). License: CC BY-NC
    “This book is designed to accompany a graduate-level instructional design course: Game-Based and Adaptive Learning, but could also be used for undergraduate teacher education or instructional design courses.”
  1. Nursing: Mental Health and Community Concepts, by Chippewa Valley Technical College. License: CC BY
    “This textbook is an open educational resource with CC-BY licensing developed specifically for prelicensure nursing students. […] Content is based on the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) statewide nursing curriculum for the Nursing Mental Health and Community Concepts course (543-110), the NCLEX-RN Test Plan, and the American Psychiatric Nurses Association Education Council’s Crosswalk Toolkit: Defining and Using Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Skills in Undergraduate Nursing Education.”

Technology & Design

  1. Audio Production Course Manual, by Mark J. Lindquist, Minnesota Libraries Publishing Project (2022). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “This course is designed to help beginners get a feel for what audio production is, while also helping more advanced students expand their own production skills.”

  2. Building Information Modeling using Revit for Architects and Engineers, by Atefe Makhmalbaf, Mavs Open Press (2022). License: CC BY
    “This book offers a web-based multimedia platform to enable students in Architecture, Civil Engineering, and Construction Engineering to learn fundamentals of BIM using Revit and be able to create building architectural, mechanical and structural models, develop construction documentation and analyze building performance.”
  1. Cut/Copy/Paste: Fragments from the History of Bookwork, by Whitney Trettien, Minnesota (2022). License: CC BY-NC-ND
    “In Cut/Copy/Paste, Whitney Trettien journeys to the fringes of the London print trade to uncover makerspaces and collaboratories where paper media were cut up and reassembled into radical, bespoke publications. Bringing these long-forgotten objects back to life through hand-curated digital resources, Trettien shows how early experimental book hacks speak to the contemporary conditions of digital scholarship and publishing.”
  1. Introduction to Engineering Thermodynamics, by Claire Yu Yan,  BCcampus (2022). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “The book is most suitable for a one-term, introductory engineering thermodynamics course at the undergraduate level. It may also be used for self-learning of fundamental concepts of classical thermodynamics.”

  2. Tutorials of Visual Graphic Communication Programs for Interior Design, Volume 2, Yongyeon Cho, Iowa State University (2022). License: CC BY-NC
    “This book is for advanced-level architecture and interior design students who have in-depth knowledge and skills with computer-aided visualization software. The author developed a total of twenty-two chapters to teach practical graphic presentation techniques for architectural presentations.”

City Tech O.E.R. team
Cailean Cooney, Assistant Professor, OER Librarian: ccooney@citytech.cuny.edu
Joshua Peach, Adjunct Reference & OER Librarian: jpeach@citytech.cuny.edu
Jo Thompson, Adjunct Reference & OER Librarian: jthompson@citytech.cuny.edu

New and Noteworthy OER 04/29

April 29, 2022 / / 0 Comments

New and Noteworthy is the City Tech Library O.E.R. Team’s bi-weekly roundup of new and noteworthy O.E.R. We try to include at least one O.E.R. relevant to each school at City Tech in every post. At the end of the month, these resources will be compiled and distributed by the library liaison for your department. Please contact us if you know of new or particularly interesting O.E.R. to share with our colleagues or would like more information about O.E.R. initiatives at City Tech.

Arts & Sciences 

  1. Start Here, Speak Anywhere!: Empowering Our Voices for a Global Audience, by the Faculty of the Department of Speech, Communication, and Theatre Arts of the Borough of Manhattan Community College, edited by Angela Elbanna and Joe Hutcheson, CUNY PressBooks (2022).
    License: CC BY-NC
    A text on public speaking “with a purpose of ‘advancing equity and the intellectual and personal growth of students’ and strengthening ‘a culture of care inside and outside the classroom. The book is also intended to further the value of ‘creating exceptional teaching and learning environments inside and outside the classroom; valuing the experience and knowledge students bring to the classroom, and engaging them in the construction of knowledge.’”

  2. Showing Theory to Know Theory: Understanding Social Science Concepts Through Illustrative Vignettes, by Patricia Ballamingie and David Szanto, Showing Theory Press (2022). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “A collaborative, open educational resource, Showing Theory brings together a collection of short pedagogical texts that help new learners understand complex theoretical concepts and disciplinary jargon from the critical social sciences. Each entry “shows” an element of theory using an “illustrative vignette”—a short, evocative story, visual or infographic, poem, described photograph, or other audio-visual material.”
  1. Let’s Chat!: Spanish Conversation Activities, by Amber Hoye et al., the Pathways Project at Boise State (2022). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “In our Let’s Chat! Series, we hope to make it easier for language teachers to implement spontaneous conversation into their curriculum by providing “classroom-ready” activities that are exciting and culturally relevant, with the goal of providing teachers interactive lessons that are easily adaptable in order to facilitate active language learning.”


Professional Studies

  1. Restorative Mastery for the Dental Hygienist, by Renee Alexandre and Rick Aronstein, Mount Hood Community College Library Press (2021). License: CC BY
    “Dental hygienists and auxiliaries with restorative skills will become increasingly in demand as their scope of practice expands. Restorative Mastery for the Dental Hygienist presents practical demonstrations and the core knowledge needed for successfully placing and finishing class II restorations in first molars using video demonstrations, checklists, and exercises.”

  2. Undergraduate Diagnostic Imaging Fundamentals, by Brent Burbridge, MD, FRCPC, University of Saskatchewan, Distance Education Unit (2017/2021). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “Diagnostic Imaging principles and concepts are augmented by the presentation of images for common clinical conditions. Guiding principles related to minimizing radiation exposure and requesting the most appropriate imaging examination are addressed.Static images are enhanced by the ability to access images stored and displayed on an Html-5 compatible, Dicom image viewer that simulates a simple Picture Archive and Communication system (PACS). Users can also access other imaging from the Dicom viewer (ODIN), beyond the basic curriculum provided, to further advance their experience with viewing diagnostic imaging pathologies.”


Technology & Design

  1. Introduction to Drafting and AutoCAD 2D by Wally Baumback. BCcampus (2021). License: CC BY
    Introduction to Drafting and AutoCAD 2D was written as a tool to guide and teach readers to master AutoCAD. No two students learn at the same pace, therefore the book was written with competency-based modules. The competency-based modules are bite-size pieces that can be used to learn by distance education, correspondence, online, instructor-led classes, or by individuals teaching themselves to use AutoCAD in their own home or office.
  1.  Introduction to Architecture by Kelsey Ferreira. Open Oregon Educational Resources (2021). License: CC BY-NC
    This Open Educational Resource (OER) is designed for learners interested in discovering how to appreciate the built environment. The text assumes no prior knowledge of architectural history and focuses on the vocabulary of architectural analysis, as well as case studies on individual architects and structures. The emphasis is on learning to look and evaluate buildings in context and to foster a greater appreciation for the world around us. This text does not focus on defining structural systems or move chronologically, and instead is intended as a series of mini-lessons on specific topics. Each chapter also contains recommendations for additional readings and videos to provide opportunities for further learning

City Tech O.E.R. team

Cailean Cooney, Assistant Professor, OER Librarian: ccooney@citytech.cuny.edu
Joshua Peach, Adjunct Reference & OER Librarian: jpeach@citytech.cuny.edu
Rachel Jones, Adjunct Librarian

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