Versioning History
This page provides a record of changes made to this guide. Each set of edits is acknowledged with a 0.01 increase in the version number. The exported files for this toolkit reflect the most recent version.
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| Version | Date | Change |
| 1.01 | May 15/16 | Guide published in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection. |
| 1.02 | Jul 28/17 | Added section called The Adopting Open Textbooks Workshop. |
| 1.03 | Feb 22/18 | Removed unnecessary chapters from “Learn More” section and Glossary from appendix. |
| 1.04 | Nov 2018 – Sept 2019 | Guide underwent an open revision [1] |
| 1.05 | Jun 27/19 | Changed from Open Textbook theme to Clarke theme. |
| 2.00 | Sep 27/19 | Released 2nd edition. Updated and expanded original guide. |
| 2.01 | Oct 23/19 | Added interactive OpenStax map that allows search by adopting institutions and savings |
| 2.02 | Jul 15/20 | Excerpt taken from “Librarian Advocacy for Open Educational Resource Adoptions and Programs” in The International Journal of Open Educational Resources was added as a chapter called Responses to Common Concerns. |
| 2.03 | Oct 29/20 | Changed “ancillary resources” to “supplementary material.” |
| 2.04 | Jun 9/21 | Added new content to How to Track chapter. |
| 2.05 | Mar 14/22 | Added Adoption Finder to Finding Open Textbooks chapter. |
| 2.06 | Sep 12/22 | Updated broken links and ensured links opened in the same tab. |
| 2.07 | Oct 31/23 | Updated cover image. |
- An open revision is an openly licensed work that is publicly viewable during an upgrade or other modification. Editable files and a list of changes are provided during the process. ↵
