Author and Attribution

About the author

L.J. Bothell has taught with both Seattle Central College in Seattle, and Shoreline Community College in Seattle/Shoreline. Subjects include: web design, business technology concepts, Adobe Creative Suite programs, Microsoft Office applications, and keyboarding skillsbuilding.

Before teaching, L.J. Bothell worked as a permanent employee, a short-term temp, a contractor, and a consultant/freelancer in several industries and in salaried, hourly, and stipend jobs. L.J. Bothell is also the author of the OER Web Authoring Bootcamp, various career-related articles, and assorted fiction items.

Education

• Master’s in Education, Learning & Technology
• BA in Liberal Arts/History minor
• AAS in Graphic Design
• Certificate program in Web Design
• Certificate program in Web Development

Open Education Resources attributions

Business Technology Essentials is an independent publication and is not affiliated with, nor has it been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. This work uses all Microsoft screenshots under fair use. If you plan to redistribute this book, please consider whether your use is also fair use.

This book has been developed with a good deal of additional content, new examples, and fresh assessments that are very different from previously adapted versions of the source OER materials noted in this attribution section. It aims at working with Universal Design and with an eye to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) considerations. It also simplifies the design format of the book(s)/course(s) from the attributed versions to help them be as accessible as possible, regardless of format (computer, mobile, accessible pdf or ePub, etc.) This work has also been greatly expanded to add sections in order to offer a more comprehensive look at various skills, issues, and challenges in current business technology.

This book has been published with a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial license. This means that others may use this content with attribution to the author, for non commercial/non profit-making needs. Also, given the growing presence and of generative AI, if this book is used by others as a starting point for rewrites/new generation based on the book/my work, I also expect a full attribution for that content.

This book repurposes content and examples from:

Business Computer Applications by NSCC, which is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Intro to Microsoft Office by Abby Rusu & Maricopa Millions is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Key Concepts of Computer Studies by Meizhong Wang is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Current & Emerging Computing Technology by Don Bentley which is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Personal Email Management by Joy Perrin published by Texas Tech University Libraries under a CC BY-NC license.

Learning in the Digital Age by Wilmon Brown, Ph.D. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Instructor’s courses at Seattle Central College.

Instructor’s courses at Shoreline Community College.

Additional attributions include generalized information from:

• In-the-moment search engine results
• Pew Research
• Public domain images and icons
• Techpedia
• Wikipedia

Cover design used public domain images.

This book was not written/generated or aggregated with generative AI tools. (except one example image attributed in the particular chapter)