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Open Access Librarianship Textbooks PDF

Open Access textbooks are licensed by authors and publishers to be freely used, and were published or updated in recent years. You may also find here other learning resources, such as course lesson plans.

Library and Information Studies

Annie Knight

Achieving the Dream

This textbook is an introduction to a variety of information literacy skills as they relate to library and information science.

Information Literacy: Research and Collaboration across Disciplines

Barbara J. D’Angelo, Barry Maid, Sandra Jamieson

WAC Clearinghouse 2019

This collection brings together scholarship and pedagogy from multiple perspectives and disciplines, offering nuanced and complex perspectives on Information Literacy in the second decade of the 21st century.

Legal Issues in Libraries and Archives

Carla Myers, Cindy Kristof, et al

Minnesota Libraries 2021

An open access textbook designed specifically for library and information science courses and is authored and edited by copyright experts in libraries.

Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for Digitization for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums

Andrew T. Kenyon, Emily Hudson, Petr B. Hirtle

Cornell Univ. 2021

A full length monograph aimed at helping libraries, archives, and museums navigate copyright law involving digitization. In the course of the book, though, the authors helpfully unpack many areas of copyright law including Section 108 of the Copyright Act, Fair Use, Licensing, and Risk Management.

Intellectual Property: Law & the Information Society—Cases and Materials

James Boyle, Jennifer Jenkins

CALI 2021

This book is an introduction to intellectual property law, the set of private legal rights that allows individuals and corporations to control intangible creations and marks—from logos to novels to drug formulae—and the exceptions and limitations that define those rights.

Library 160: Introduction to College-Level Research – Library Science Textbook PDF

Iowa State Univ. Library Instruction Services

Iowa State Univ. 2021

You will learn how scholarly information is produced, organized, and accessed; how to construct and use effective search strategies in a variety of web tools and scholarly databases; how to choose finding tools appropriate to the type of information you need; critical thinking skills in the evaluation of resources; and best practices in the ethical use of information.

The Information Literacy User’s Guide: An Open, Online Textbook

Allison Hosier, Daryl Bullis, et al

Milne 2015

Textbook that introduces students to critical concepts of information literacy as defined for the information-infused and technology-rich environment in which they find themselves. This book helps students examine their roles as information creators and sharers and enables them to more effectively deploy related skills.