LibreTexts

{{Short description|Open access educational resource collection}}

{{Infobox website

| name = LibreTexts

| logo = File:LibreTexts logo.png

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| type = Open educational resources

| language = English, Spanish, Ukrainian

| country_of_origin = United States

| owner = LibreTexts

| founder = Delmar Larsen

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| url = {{URL|https://libretexts.org}}

| commercial = No

| registration = Contents publicly accessible. Registration required only for contributing instructors.

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| launch_date = {{Start date|2008}}

| current_status = Active

| content_license = Creative Commons with some exceptions

| programming_language = Mindtouch platform

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LibreTexts (formerly called STEMHyperlibrary{{Cite web|title=NSF Award Search: Award#1525057 - Collaborative Research: Developing and Assessing Effective Cyberlearning within the STEMWiki Hyperlibrary|url=https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1525057|website=www.nsf.gov|access-date=2020-01-20}} and ChemWiki{{Cite journal|last1=Rusay|first1=Ronald J.|last2=Mccombs|first2=Michelle R.|last3=Barkovich|first3=Matthew J.|last4=Larsen|first4=Delmar S.|date=2011-06-01|title=Enhancing Undergraduate Chemistry Education with the Online Dynamic ChemWiki Resource|journal=Journal of Chemical Education|volume=88|issue=6|pages=840|bibcode=2011JChEd..88..840R|doi=10.1021/ed101119d|issn=0021-9584}}) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit{{cite web |title=Internal Revenue Service |url=https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/displayAll.do?dispatchMethod=displayAllInfo&Id=34023556&ein=845160503&country=US&deductibility=all&dispatchMethod=searchAll&isDescending=false&city=&ein1=84-5160503&postDateFrom=&exemptTypeCode=al&submitName=Search&sortColumn=orgName&totalResults=1&names=&resultsPerPage=25&indexOfFirstRow=0&postDateTo=&state=All+States |website=apps.irs.gov}} 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. 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.{{Cite web|title=Department of Education awards pilot OER grant to UC Davis open textbook project {{!}} Inside Higher Ed|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2018/10/02/department-education-awards-pilot-oer-grant-uc-davis-open|website=www.insidehighered.com|date=2 October 2018 |language=en|access-date=2020-01-20}} LibreTexts currently has 13 library disciplines.{{Cite journal|last1=Allen|first1=Gregory|last2=Guzman-Alvarez|first2=Alberto|last3=Smith|first3=Amy|last4=Gamage|first4=Alan|last5=Molinaro|first5=Marco|last6=Larsen|first6=Delmar S.|date=2015-10-06|title=Evaluating the effectiveness of the open-access ChemWiki resource as a replacement for traditional general chemistry textbooks|journal=Chemistry Education Research and Practice|language=en|volume=16|issue=4|pages=939–948|doi=10.1039/C5RP00084J|issn=1756-1108}}{{Cite web|title=LibreTexts - Free The Textbook|url=https://libretexts.org/mission.html|website=libretexts.org|access-date=2019-03-26}}{{Cite web|title=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|url=https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-awards-49-million-grant-university-california-davis-develop-free-open-textbooks-program|website=www.ed.gov|access-date=2020-01-20}}{{Cite journal|last1=Halpern|first1=Joshua B.|last2=Larsen|first2=Delmar S.|year=2017|title=Driving Broad Adaptation of Open On Line Educational Resources|journal=MRS Advances|language=en|volume=2|issue=31–32|pages=1707–1712|doi=10.1557/adv.2017.256|issn=2059-8521}}{{Cite web|title=Student Savings at Scale: LibreTexts|url=https://sparcopen.org/impact-story/libretexts/|website=SPARC|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-20}}