8 Marketing a specific OER to faculty email template

Hi _____,

 My colleagues and I want to let you know about a potential textbook for your _____ course from Rice University’s OpenStax. We believe this textbook is similar to the one you use, but, unlike your current textbook, it is free for students to access online, and could save them at least $____ based on the bookstore’s price of your current textbook. If you’d like to take a look, we have a desk copy you could borrow or you could look at the PDF in ____ (box, Google drive etc.) It also comes with supplemental resources (link to OpenStax supplemental resources page for resource) such as question banks.

The cost of textbooks and learning materials has been identified as barrier to success by____Committee. This is especially detrimental to under-resourced students. Using free, open educational resources is one of the easiest ways to help create equitable access and student participation in the classroom.

Please let me know if you have any questions. My colleagues and I are happy to meet and talk more.

Thanks,