Dear Open Community,
I am writing to let you know that BCcampus will be archiving the Pressbooks versions of OpenStax books that we have hosted in our Pressbooks instance since 2019.
They will be taken down officially on July 29, 2022. Right now, all of these books have notices at the top of the webbook that points people to the up to date version of the book by OpenStax. (The date on the notice says July 6, but we have extended the availability of these Pressbooks copies it to the end of the month).
We have decided to archive these versions for two reasons:
1. A number of formatting errors were introduced during the original import from OpenStax. As such, a lot of clean up work is needed to make these books usable.
2. The books are now quite out of date and we are unable to update them. In addition, OpenStax has published new editions for a number of them. We want to make sure people are referring to the most up to date versions in their courses.
If you would like to copy any of these books into your own Pressbooks instance, you are welcome to clone them. They will be available until July 29. You can find all of the books at the following link: Pressbooks Versions of OpenStax books – Hosted by opentextbc.ca<https://pressbooks.directory/?net=BCcampus%20Open%20Publishing&pub=OpenStax>
Let me know if you have any questions!
Best,
Josie
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Manager, Production & Publishing, BCcampus
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As a settler, I am grateful to live, work, and study on the unceded lands of the Lkwungen-speaking Peoples of the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations and the lands of the W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples. I am also grateful for the time I spent on unceded Tsimshian lands, where I grew up, and Treaty 6 territory, where much of my extended family lives.
Some instructors at USask are looking for OER for the Landscape Design course. I have found these and sent them on to them, but I'm wondering if there is anything that might meet their needs (see below).
https://collection.bccampus.ca/textbooks/red-seal-landscape-horticulturist-…https://open.lib.umn.edu/nativegrasses/https://openpress.usask.ca/soilscience/ (this one was a cross-Canada partnership that Fran Walley led.
They're looking for materials that cover:
Design styles, elements, and techniques
- History of landscape design
- Indigenous, English, German, and Japanese styles
- Hard scaping, construction, working containers with turfgrass
- Communication and working with clients
Landscape design principles and concepts
- Humans in the natural and urban worlds
- Urban environments and urban planning
- Future cities and urban communities
- The landscape design process
Plants in the landscape
- Landscape and site analysis, drafting programs
- Plant selection, hardiness, climate, water, soils, color, and light
- Edible, perennial, and annual landscapes; stock standards, pruning
- Botanical gardens and prairie gardens
Environmental philosophy, landscape ecology and sustainability
- Concept of nature; the connection between nature and humankind
- Sustainable development goals and urban horticulture
- Ecological functioning of landscapes, and landscape restoration
- Soil-plant-air-water continuum
Thank you.
Heather M. Ross, BA BEd MEd
Educational Development Specialist
University of Saskatchewan
Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning
Ph: 306-966-5327<tel:306-966-5327>
Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on:
http://open.usask.ca<http://open.usask.ca/>
