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This open textbook is being utilized in an English course for undergraduate students by Teresa Huffman Traver at California State University, Chico. The open textbook provides an annotated copy of Virginia Woolf’s classic essay, A Room of One’s Own. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was that the primary text is already in the public domain, but the public domain version does not include explanatory notes. Creating an open annotated version means that students do not need to spend money to get access to notes. Most students access the open textbook on the class learning management page.

The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational Resources (OER) to facilitate equitable access to their students’ course materials. This Faculty Showcase represent Open Educational Practices where faculty are sharing their "know-how" for adopting OER in their courses.