ULAC Resiliency Project: eBook Collection

Project History

Funding for this project was awarded to ULAC (UNC University Library Advisory Council) by the NC Governor's Emergency Education Relief (GEER) fund and distributed through the UNC System Office. ULAC received funding in summer 2023 to purchase the first set of system-wide perpetual access e-Books on Resiliency to have a common set of resources for all UNC System students, create LibGuides to promote these to student support units on campuses, and to provide classroom resources for affordability. Ebook records have been added to all UNC library databases and are accessible to students, faculty, and staff. In January of 2024, official work on the LibGuides began after adding two UNC School System MSLIS systems to the project. 

For more information about GEER, you can visit the online announcement for this project here.

Project Goals

This project will create open LibGuides as templates that use an OER framework so that all UNC campus libraries can easily adapt the content to promote shared resources on student resiliency. Topics for these LibGuides are all related to Resiliency, such as mental health, physical health, and similar themes. In addition to materials purchased through this grant, we will integrate resources from NC LIVE. Libraries will be able to integrate their own local materials into the LibGuides, and we encourage librarians to partner with Student Affairs, Counseling and other student support units to create these. This is an ongoing project that will continue to develop over time, and needs your input!