Library content plays an important role in textbook cost reduction for students. It is neither free nor openly licensed, but students already pay for access through their tuition and fees. Common uses are linking out to articles in library databases instead of creating a coursepack, and replacing textbooks with library ebooks that are licensed for multiple simultaneous users.
Librarians across the country are working on exciting projects to not only integrate library content into courses, but also to make the discovery process simpler for faculty and less labor-intensive for library staff. Join this webinar to learn about several libraries’ solutions, share your own work, and consider next steps at your library.
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Presenters:
Richenda Hawkins, Linn-Benton Community College, wrote a campus report for Open Oregon about a project that used bookstore data to discover and purchase ebooks that replaced textbooks.
Ann Agee, San Jose State University, and Naomi Moy, CSU Dominguez Hills, are part of a project that posts Textbooks available as eBooks in the Library (at SJSU) and Free E-textbooks (at CSUDH) on the library website.
Liz Siler, UNC Charlotte, has helped create an “E-Textbook” database of library ebooks that faculty can select for their courses. All of the titles in the database are vetted for unlimited simultaneous user access, no DRM, and perpetual access. To learn more about this project, watch a 3-minute how-to video: eTextbooks at Atkins Library.
Dana Ospina, Cal Poly, worked on a project to post a table on the library website that directs students to library ebook versions of required textbooks.
Niamh Wallace, University of Arizona, has worked with the campus bookstore to link directly to the library’s multiuser ebooks at the point of purchase.
