Greetings Colleagues, Ruth Hodges, South Carolina State University, shares the information below. Share widely among your contacts. Respectfully, Sandra The HBCU Academic Librarians Open Education Resources (OER) Project is now accepting applications for the Textbook Transformation Grant. The grant awards a minimum of $1,600 to HBCU academic librarians ($800) and General Education faculty ($800) to work collaboratively to redesign a General Education course to replace a commercial textbook with low or no-cost course materials including open education resources. Academic librarians and faculty teams who attended the HBCU Academic Librarians OER Summit on February 10-11, 2020 sponsored by South Carolina State University, are eligible to apply for the grant. The grant application form, eligibility criteria, and other information are available on the project website by clicking on the Textbook Transformation Grant tab at the top of the home page: http://hbcuaffordablelearning.scsu.edu/ An informational webinar recording is also available on the website that provides an overview of the grant. The deadline proposals is April 1, 2020, 5:00 PM EST. All questions regarding the Textbook Transformation Grant should be emailed to: hbcuoer@scsu.edu<mailto:hbcuoer@scsu.edu> Thank you, HBCU Academic Librarian OER Project Team South Carolina State University Orangeburg, South Carolina SANDRA M. PHOENIX HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> Honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to come. Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - Become an ally and partner with us to protect, preserve and share a more authentic record of American history. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/humanities-2019.html for more information. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/ and click on the Donate Now button to invest in this project. Your support is appreciated. Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter at https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/