New and Noteworthy is the City Tech Library OER Team’s weekly roundup of new and noteworthy OER. We try to include at least one OER 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 OER to share with our colleagues or would like more information about OER initiatives at City Tech.
Arts & Sciences
- Introduction to College Research, by Walter D. Butler, Aloha Sargent, and Kelsey Smith (2021). License: CC BY.
“This book acknowledges the changing information landscape, covering key concepts in information literacy to support a research process with intention. It starts by critically examining the online environment, looking at algorithms, the attention economy, information disorder and cynicism, information hygiene, and fact-checking. It then explores information source types, meaningful research topics, keyword choices, effective search strategies, library resources, Web search considerations, the ethical use of information, and citation.” - Elementary Calculus, by Michael Corral, Schoolcraft College (2020). License: GNU Free Documentation License.
“This textbook covers calculus of a single variable, suitable for a year-long (or two-semester) course. Chapters 1-5 cover Calculus I, while Chapters 6-9 cover Calculus II. The book is designed for students who have completed courses in high-school algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.”
Professional Studies
- Basic Tools for Quality Improvement in Health Care Informatics, by Jerome Niyiora, Milne Open Textbooks (2020). License: CC BY-NC-SA.
“This textbook introduces students to the essential tools of quality improvement. The emphasis is placed on health care informatics, as reflected in the several examples contained in the text. The book is written to be accessible to any student in the areas of health information management, health care informatics, and health care industrial engineering. Although having some statistical background would be a plus, such knowledge is not a prerequisite to understanding and applying the tools presented here. Several How-To sections are included to demonstrate the hands-on implementation of the dis-cussed concepts using software such as Minitab, Visio, and Excel.” - Kansas State University Human Nutrition (FNDH 400) Flexbook, by Brian Lindshield, New Prairie Press (2018). License: CC BY-NC-SA.
“The Kansas State University Human Nutrition (FNDH 400) Flexbook is a textbook for students taking Kansas State University FNDH 400 course.FNDH 400 is a 3-hour, intermediate-level, human nutrition course at Kansas State University take primarily by sophomores and juniors because it has prerequisites of a college biology and chemistry courses.”
Technology & Design
- Rain or Shine, by Tyson Ochsner, Eric Howerton, and Braiden Ellis, Oklahoma State University (2019). License: CC BY.
“The purpose of this book is to serve as a multi-faceted learning resource for people who want or need to learn introductory concepts of soil physics. This book focuses particularly on the processes in the soil water balance and the surface energy balance and how those processes are influenced by soil physical properties.” - Meaning in Architecture: Affordances, Atmosphere and Mood, by Bob Condia, Michael Arbib, Colin Ellard, Brent Chamberlain, Kevin Rooney, New Prairie Press (2018). License: CC BY-NC-SA.
“Meaning in Architecture: Affordances, Atmosphere and Mood, began as a public forum about human awareness of building, specifically speaking to the significance of affordances, embodied simulation theory, atmosphere and mood… The authors of Meaning in Architecture: Affordances, Atmosphere and Mood will escort you to the intersection of deep brain function, as studied by neuroscientists, and our built-environment the expertise of architects. Unmistakably, these subjects are no longer separate matters of analysis, rather a collective pursuit to discover the physiological framework when confronted with our natural and built environment.”
Cailean Cooney, Assistant Professor, OER Librarian: ccooney@citytech.cuny.edu
Joshua Peach, Adjunct Reference & OER Librarian: jpeach@citytech.cuny.edu
Joanna Thompson, Adjunct OER Librarian: jthompson@citytech.cuny.edu
