Smithsonian open access

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Milner Library loves working with creators to lower barriers to the access of their scholarly and creative works through ISU ReD and other resources like the Smithsonian.

Open Access Digital Theological Library

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Collections of open access materials often have different focuses, such as Open Access Digital Theological Library which collects materials about religious studies and related disciplines.

Finding a future at the library

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Sometimes, students find more than books and information at the library. In Maddi Loiselle’s case, she found her calling.

How do you make a book free for everyone? Unglue.It

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Unglue.It is a nonprofit program that works with authors and publishers to place books into the public domain by agreeing on a price and then crowdsourcing the funds to pay the rights holder to issue the book under a Creative Commons license.