Textbook Affordability Options: Assessing E -book Purchase Models for Value and Impact

Author(s)

Athena Hoeppner, University of Central Florida
Sarah Duff, University of Central FloridaFollow

Keywords

OER; Textbook Affordability; Library Acquisitions; Purchase Options; DRM

Abstract

Textbook affordability (TA) is gaining momentum in academia. University libraries are well positioned to leverage their online books acquisitions to initiate and support TA efforts. However, library e-books are acquired with a variety of purchase models on different platforms with differing digital rights management (DRM) restrictions, simultaneous user (SU) limits, and user interfaces. Currently, libraries make best guesses about best practices for e-book acquisitions for books that might be used as textbooks. This paper describes efforts by the University of Central Florida (UCF) Libraries’ acquisitions department to establish quantitative and qualitative data to inform library e-book acquisitions in support of TA efforts.

Date Created

October 2019

Notes

Presentation Slides: https://www.libraryassessment.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Hoeppner-Duff-TextbookAffordabilityOptions.pptxFull proceedings are available: https://www.libraryassessment.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Proceedings-2018-rs.pdf

STARS Citation

Hoeppner, Athena and Duff, Sarah, "Textbook Affordability Options: Assessing E -book Purchase Models for Value and Impact" (2019). EGS Content. 207.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/egs_content/207

https://works.bepress.com/athenahoeppner/77/download/