LibreTexts

LibreTexts
Type of site
Open educational resources
Available inEnglish, Spanish, Ukrainian
Country of originUnited States
OwnerLibreTexts
Founder(s)Delmar Larsen
URLlibretexts.org
CommercialNo
RegistrationContents publicly accessible. Registration required only for contributing instructors.
Launched2008 (2008)
Current statusActive
Content license
Creative Commons with some exceptions
Written inMindtouch platform

LibreTexts (formerly called STEMHyperlibrary[1] and ChemWiki[2]) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit[3] online educational resource project. The project provides open access to its content on its website, and the site is built on the proprietary Mindtouch platform.[4] LibreTexts was started in 2008 by Professor Delmar Larsen at the University of California Davis and has since expanded to 400 texts in 154 courses (as of 2018), making it one of the largest and most visited online educational resources.[5] LibreTexts currently has 13 library disciplines.[4][6][7][8][9]

  1. ^ "NSF Award Search: Award#1525057 - Collaborative Research: Developing and Assessing Effective Cyberlearning within the STEMWiki Hyperlibrary". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  2. ^ Rusay, Ronald J.; Mccombs, Michelle R.; Barkovich, Matthew J.; Larsen, Delmar S. (2011-06-01). "Enhancing Undergraduate Chemistry Education with the Online Dynamic ChemWiki Resource". Journal of Chemical Education. 88 (6): 840. Bibcode:2011JChEd..88..840R. doi:10.1021/ed101119d. ISSN 0021-9584.
  3. ^ "Internal Revenue Service". apps.irs.gov.
  4. ^ a b Allen, Gregory; Guzman-Alvarez, Alberto; Smith, Amy; Gamage, Alan; Molinaro, Marco; Larsen, Delmar S. (2015-10-06). "Evaluating the effectiveness of the open-access ChemWiki resource as a replacement for traditional general chemistry textbooks". Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 16 (4): 939–948. doi:10.1039/C5RP00084J. ISSN 1756-1108.
  5. ^ "Department of Education awards pilot OER grant to UC Davis open textbook project | Inside Higher Ed". www.insidehighered.com. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  6. ^ "LibreTexts - Free The Textbook". libretexts.org. Retrieved 2019-03-26.
  7. ^ "U.S. Department of Education Awards $4.9 Million Grant to University of California, Davis to Develop Free, Open Textbooks Program | U.S. Department of Education". www.ed.gov. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  8. ^ Halpern, Joshua B.; Larsen, Delmar S. (2017). "Driving Broad Adaptation of Open On Line Educational Resources". MRS Advances. 2 (31–32): 1707–1712. doi:10.1557/adv.2017.256. ISSN 2059-8521.
  9. ^ "Student Savings at Scale: LibreTexts". SPARC. Retrieved 2020-01-20.