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LibreTexts News & Updates | May 2026
Greetings, LibreTexts Community!
Keep reading for the latest updates from the LibreTexts team.
Be sure to subscribe to our new calendar of events to stay up-to-date on all our workshops, webinars, conferences, and other events!
That's a Wrap: ZTC Summit
May 1 brought us to College of the Canyons for the third annual ZTC Summit, co-hosted by the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office and OERI, and it was exactly the kind of in-person connection we always look forward to.
It was genuinely energizing to spend the day with open advocates and partners from across the California Community Colleges. If we didn't get a chance to connect, we'd love to hear from you. Reach out to us at [email protected] with questions about what this partnership means for your campus, and how we can help you create sustainable open education initiatives built to last.
Also making his debut in new plush form, LibreTexts mascot, Benny the Owl. Coming soon to a conference or workshop near you!
To everyone with whom we were fortunate to interact, thank you for your continued passion and dedication to the work of creating a more open and equitable experience for students across California. We love OER and YOU!
LibreFest Registration Opens Next Week
Be sure to check your inboxes next week for this year's annual LibreFest workshop registration, held virtually the week of July 13. We are trying something a little different this year, but you can count on a week full of all things LibreTexts from creating a book, editing and remixing existing OER content, to an introduction to our writing analytics tool, the Forge, and our ADAPT open homework and assessment platform.
The first ten people to register will receive free admission (a $50 value). Don't forget if you're part of a LibreNet Consortium campus, please email [email protected] for your fee waiver code.
We can't wait to see everyone this summer!
Noteworthy
Since our start in 2008, the LibreTexts team has facilitated faculty collaborations across the country, helping instructors work together on building new course content while making powerful connections across institutions and disciplines. Making it easier for our community to work together and build their own communities starts here! Currently we have faculty looking to work on the following projects over the next year:
- Introduction to Special Education for K-12 Classrooms - especially on describing how to implement best-practices in the classroom (textbook)
- Organic Chemistry Structure-based Question Writing (using ADAPT Sketcher)
- Voice and Video thread-based question writing for language courses (ADAPT Discuss-It); Especially in Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic, and Italian
- Collaboration opportunities for Education Research
- Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Nanomaterials
- Mathematics in Context, Intro to Physics, Sport Studies,
- Emerging technologies, UDL in ID, Learning theories in action, instructional strategies for e-learning, ID models through experiential learning
If you are interested in finding collaborators, asking questions about how LibreTexts are used in other people’s classes, or other communities of practice, please head over to the new LibreTexts Connections Forum and join the conversations!
Is your institution part of our LibreNet consortium? If not, consider joining and become part of a growing community of OER practitioners and advocates unlike any other. More information about the numerous benefits of LibreNet membership can be found on our website.
Have you heard about our professional development opportunities through LibreTexts Academy? From year long cohorts to asynchronous webinars, Academy has something for all of the OER advocates and practitioners in your life. Head over to our website and fill out an interest form to get started.
Don't forget about our First Friday Features held virtually the first Friday of each month. There will be no First Friday for May 1. Please join us June 5 for the next one!