Affordable and Open Educational Resources: Home

Welcome to the University of Louisville Libraries' resource guide for Open Educational Resources (OER) and affordable course materials. This guide provides faculty with essential information about our university’s initiative, available support services, and practical ways to integrate cost-effective, high-quality resources into your teaching. By leveraging these materials, you can help enhance student access, reduce financial barriers, and contribute to improved academic success.

Course Notes are a system for labeling sections in the schedule of classes in a way that students will know the course materials are low-cost or no-cost.

If you teach courses using no-cost or low-cost materials, please use or ask your course schedulers to use the standardized codes for your course sections. Below are the CourseLeaf/People Soft codes and the text of the notes as it will appear in the course schedules:

• 0282: This section uses zero-cost course materials/textbooks ($0)

• 0283: This section uses low-cost course materials/textbooks (under $50)

   

If you are looking for open or affordable course materials, including library eBooks, suitable to replace commercial materials in your class, please visit Finding OER, email lidiya.grote@louisville.edu, or schedule a consultation with the UofL  Affordable Learning Coordinator.