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Getting Textbooks to Zero Student Cost: ZTC and OER

Merced College Library guide with resources for lowering student textbook costs.

Get in Touch

  • Drop by the Research Help Desk at either campus
  • Call Merced: (209) 384-6083
  • Call Los Baños: (209) 381-6434
  • Text (209) 666-3235
  • Email refdesk@mccd.edu
  • Chat 24/7

Merced

  • Monday-Thursday: 8 AM - 8 PM 
  • Friday: 8 AM - 5 PM
  • Weekends: Closed

Los Baños

  • Monday-Thursday: 8 AM - 6 PM 
  • Friday: 8 AM - 2 PM
  • Weekends: Closed

After-Hours

  • Get help after hours, weekends, holidays, and other non-instructional days through the library chat.
  • The chat is staffed by librarians outside of Merced College when MCCD librarians are not available

Merced

  • Monday-Thursday: 8 AM - 8 PM 
  • Friday: 8 AM - 5 PM
  • Weekends: Closed

Los Baños

  • Monday-Thursday: 8 AM - 6 PM 
  • Friday: 8 AM - 2 PM
  • Weekends: Closed

While there is not an official OER librarian, Lindsay and Nancy serve this function in addition to their teaching, reference, and collection work. Lindsay is the Merced College ASCCC OERI liaison, and Nancy, with a background as an electronic resources librarian, is the Council of Chief Librarians Electronic Access & Resources (CCL-EAR) Committee Chair.