Pressbooks is a leading platform for authoring, adapting, and publishing openly licensed textbooks and other educational materials. In this session, we will provide a practical introduction to the platform, demonstrating how faculty and libraries can use Pressbooks to create, remix, and share high-quality OER.
We’ll explore the core features of Pressbooks, discuss its strengths and limitations, and compare several collaboration options available to institutions and individual authors. Through examples from UNO Criss Library’s own OER publishing program, we’ll examine the complete publishing workflow, from manuscript creation to analytics, showing how usage and impact can be measured after publication.
Because accessible publishing is essential to effective OER, we’ll also discuss practical strategies for digital accessibility and remediation. Participants will learn why a surprisingly small number of recurring issues account for the majority of WCAG accessibility errors—and how addressing those common problems can dramatically improve the accessibility of a Pressbooks publication.
Presenters: Craig Finlay, OER and STEM Librarian, and Jay Sealy, Patron Services Associate, University of Nebraska at Omaha Criss Library.
Upcoming NCompass Live shows:
- Sept. 9 – NO NCOMPASS LIVE THIS WEEK
- Sept. 23 – E-rate 101: Just the Basics for 2027
- Sept. 30 – Pretty Sweet Tech
- Oct. 7 – Letters About Literature 2026
- Oct. 14 – NO NCOMPASS LIVE THIS WEEK – ENJOY NLA/MPLA!
- Oct. 21 – Nebraska Celebration of Books 2026
- Oct. 28 – What Are We Doing With Our Homeschoolers?
To register for an NCompass Live show, or to listen to recordings of past shows, go to the NCompass Live webpage.
NCompass Live is broadcast live every Wednesday from 10am – 11am Central Time. Convert to your time zone on the Official U.S. Time website.
The show is presented online using the GoTo Webinar online meeting service. Before you attend a session, please see the NLC Online Sessions webpage for detailed information about GoTo Webinar, including system requirements, firewall permissions, and equipment requirements for computer speakers and microphones.
