Hello Everyone,

As our OER repository is relatively new, we’re still nailing down all of the service components and best practices. One topic that arose recently is the question of applying for ISBNs and or minting DOIs for books created/adapted on our Pressbooks network.  One thought, although not the only one in the discussion, is that ISBNs add a legitimacy to an open textbook in the eyes of some faculty members that might encourage creation/adaptation.

Do any of you have apply for ISBNs and/or mint DOIs for the books in your repositories? Or have you had discussions in your own communities about this, and would be willing to share your rationales for why you do or do not do one or either? Thanks!

Sincerely,

Cynthia

Cynthia Holt

Executive Director / Directrice générale

Council of Atlantic University Libraries / Conseil des bibliothèques universitaires de l’Atlantique (CAUL-CBUA)

120 Western Parkway, Suite 202, Bedford, NS  B4B 0V2 | W: caul-cbua.ca | T: 902-830-6467 | E: execdir@caul-cbua.ca

CAUL-CBUA represents member libraries across the region, all of whom sit on the unceded and traditional territories of First Peoples.  In Newfoundland and Labrador, our libraries sit on the homelands of the Inuit of Nunatsiavut and NunatuKavut, the Innu of Nitassinan, the Beothuk and the Mi’kmaq peoples.  In Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, we find our friends and colleagues situated on the territory of the Mi’kmaq.  In New Brunswick, libraries are found on the land of the Wəlastəkwiyik, Mi’kmaq, and Passamaquoddy Peoples.  We at CAUL-CBUA wish to express our sincerest gratitude to the First Peoples who share their ancestral homelands with us all.

CAUL-CBUA représente les bibliothèques membres de la région, qui sont toutes situées sur les territoires non cédés et traditionnels des Premiers Peuples. À Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, nos bibliothèques sont situées sur les terres des Inuits du Nunatsiavut et du NunatuKavut, des Innus de Nitassinan, des Béothuks et des Mi’kmaq. À l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard et en Nouvelle-Écosse, nous retrouvons nos amis et collègues situés sur le territoire des Mi’kmaq. Au Nouveau-Brunswick, on trouve des bibliothèques sur les terres des peuples Wəlastəkwiyik, Mi’kmaq, et Passamaquoddy. Nous souhaitons exprimer notre plus sincère gratitude aux peuples autochtones qui partagent avec nous leurs terres ancestrales.