Collaborations in Textbook Affordability: Using Library-Sourced Materials as a Possible Solution
ORCID
0000-0002-7077-6408
Keywords
textbook affordability, library-sourced materials, open educational resources
Abstract
Many institutions focus textbook affordability efforts through open educational resources, but that isn’t the only option available to provide students with affordable course materials. This chapter describes how the University of Central Florida responded to the challenge, with emphasis on how the library successfully leveraged its e-book collections to support textbook affordability efforts. A description of the initiative is provided from three perspectives: an associate director, the textbook affordability librarian, and an acquisitions librarian. Included will be discussion of the genesis of the program, methodology used, and how data collected from the initiative were used to gain a new position at the university, a textbook affordability librarian. As part of this initiative, various avenues were developed for faculty outreach and collaboration. Instead of a solo effort, there was a strong emphasis on collaboration with internal and external library partners. Also addressed are considerations for purchasing materials for use as a course text and a case study of the partnership between the acquisitions and textbook affordability librarian.
Publication Date
2020
Original Citation
Miller, K., and S. Duff and P. Beile. (2020). “Collaborations in Textbook Affordability: Using Library-Sourced Materials as a Possible Solution,” in L. Meyer, (Ed.) Charleston Voices: Perspectives from the 2019 Conference. Against the Grain (Media), LLC. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.12078329
Document Type
Book Chapter
Language
English
Source Title
Charleston Voices: Perspectives from the 2019 Conference
Copyright Status
Publisher retained
Publication Version
Publisher's version
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
College
Information Technologies & Resources
Location
Orlando (Main) Campus
Department
UCF Libraries
STARS Citation
Miller, Katy A.; Duff, Sara; and Beile, Penny, "Collaborations in Textbook Affordability: Using Library-Sourced Materials as a Possible Solution" (2020). Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 1245.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/ucfscholar/1245