Acknowledgements
This living guidebook is a collaborative project developed and designed by the Library’s evolving OER team of students who work with me at Concordia University Library. In developing our in-house knowledge by working with open-textbook grant recipients, we aim to inspire current and future Pressbooks users while demonstrating how the platform can be easy to use.
Special thanks to our co-authors, namely Sana Ahmad for her work on the preliminary draft, Rahil Kakkad for his work on the Default Theme Designs section and for facilitating knowledge transfer to other co-authors, and Zo Kopyna for their work on the Accessibility Matters section. Thanks to Chhayhee Sok and Asifur Rahman for our HTML and CSS sections. Zo and Chhayhee were integral in helping me to finesse the guidebook towards its initial launch.
Our local user guide has evolved with the students working on the Library’s OER team. It began in 2023 when Sana Ahmad designed the initial sketch in response to our OER Team discussions on how best to assist and inspire OER grant recipients. Several students on the team have tested and explored Pressbooks, which has been an essential part of our growth and process. Sana Ahmad, Rahil Kakkad, Zo Kopyna, Lena Palacios, and Arial Harlap (Centre of Teaching and Learning) helped test the platform. Between 2024 and 2025, Rahil Kakkad and Zo Kopyna contributed to our understanding of best self-publishing practices and Pressbooks’ functionalities. Zo refined the overall design for consistency and accessibility standards, working with Rahil’s in-house platform expertise. Asifur Rahman and Noémie Sauvé contributed to copyright and attribution statements. Sarah Fakhri designed the cover.
Special thanks to developer Francisco Berrizbeitia for maintaining the back-end of our local instance and for his consultations with the Library’s OER team.
- Authorship, OER Team at Concordia University Library
- Rachel Harris, Scholarly Publishing Librarian
