{"id":81,"date":"2019-06-14T14:07:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T14:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.ryerson.ca\/publishing\/?page_id=81"},"modified":"2025-06-17T20:52:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T20:52:28","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/books\/","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Toronto Metropolitan University Library has published a range of titles.\u00a0Over 200 of them can be found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.directory\/?net=Toronto+Metropolitan+University+Pressbooks\">Pressbooks Directory<\/a> as well as on the <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/\">TMU Pressbooks<\/a> site. Most of these books are Open Educational Resources (OER), but we also work with faculty and staff who want to explore other publishing option. We offer a wide range of <a href=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/services\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"39\">publishing services<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center bookjacket whitebg\" style=\"grid-template-columns:22% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/books\/oer-textbooks\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"613\" height=\"881\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/files\/2020\/07\/NowistheTime.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-541 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/files\/2020\/07\/NowistheTime.png 613w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/files\/2020\/07\/NowistheTime-209x300.png 209w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 613px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 613\/881;\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading smallh2\"><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/catalog\/oertitles\">Open Educational Resources <br>(OER) Books<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Open Educational Resources are freely available to students. They are also licensed in such a way that you can take and adapt these texts for use in your own classroom as long as you credit the original authors.&nbsp; These books are freely available on the web and are also available in a variety of downloadable formats.&nbsp; If you would like to make use of these books in your course, check the licensing terms for each book to see what options you have.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile bookjacket whitebg\" style=\"grid-template-columns:22% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/books\/public-domain-texts\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"525\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/files\/2022\/07\/pdcc_guide.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-725 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/files\/2022\/07\/pdcc_guide.png 350w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/files\/2022\/07\/pdcc_guide-200x300.png 200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 350px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 350\/525;\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading smallh2\"><br><br><br><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/catalog\/openryerson\">Public Domain Core Collection<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Public Domain Core Collection project consists of a collection of over 50 public domain texts and a faculty guidebook for using those texts either as standalone resources or as the basis of open assignments.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top bookjacket whitebg\" style=\"grid-template-columns:22% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"385\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/files\/2019\/09\/detailingarchitecture-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-418 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/files\/2019\/09\/detailingarchitecture-1.png 500w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/files\/2019\/09\/detailingarchitecture-1-300x231.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/385;\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading smallh2\"><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/books\/hybrid-publishing-projects\/\">Hybrid Publishing Projects<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile whitebg\" style=\"grid-template-columns:22% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/files\/2021\/05\/mediaucracy_cover.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-659 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/files\/2021\/05\/mediaucracy_cover.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/files\/2021\/05\/mediaucracy_cover-200x300.jpeg 200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 683px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 683\/1024;\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading smallh2\"><br><br><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/books\/open-scholarly-publishing\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"663\">Scholarly Publications<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Metropolitan University Library has published a range of titles.\u00a0Over 200 of them can be found in the Pressbooks Directory as well as on the TMU Pressbooks site. Most of these books are Open Educational Resources (OER), but we &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/books\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-81","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":940,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions\/940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/publishing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}