This document summarizes a presentation about affordable textbooks and open educational resources (OER) at the University of Connecticut. It defines OER as educational materials that can be freely used and modified. The presentation traces UConn's efforts to promote OER through student activism and an affordable textbook initiative. It notes rising textbook costs as a problem and discusses OER as an alternative, including open textbooks and adapting existing open content. The presentation provides examples of OER adaptations and directs attendees to UConn library guides on finding OER. It concludes by thanking OER leaders for sharing and providing presenter contact information.