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VOLUME 33, NUMBER 2
APRIL 2021 TM
“Linking Publishers, Vendors and Librarians”
ISSN: 1043-2094
Access to Affordable Educational Resources By Lars Meyer (Associate Dean, Access & Resource Services, Emory University Libraries) <lars.meyer@emory.edu>
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cademic libraries have traditionally avoided buying textbooks for general or reserves collections. Typically, students have been expected to buy textbooks. Over the course of a fouryear academic period, students may expect to spend about $4,000 on textbooks and supplies, according to the University of Georgia, for example (2020). For some students, these costs present challenges. To address those challenges, librarians, faculty, administrators, consortia, and publishers are developing alternatives to supplying textbooks and other course materials to students at low cost or no cost. The topic of access to affordable learning materials continues to evolve, and in this issue Against the Grain au-
thors share a variety of perspectives and experiences. Themes examined include, among others: • • • • • •
Open Educational Resources Leveraging LibGuides Course reserves Library budgets Faculty collaborations The role of the bookstore
To help frame the discussion, Meg White’s article compares several models that describe access to educational resources. Anne Osterman, Genya O’Gara, and Sophie Rondeau review Virginia’s state funded program to supply library owned and affordable course materials to students for subjects where there
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elcome to almost Spring! After some serious bouts with cold weather that made us doubt the accuracy of the groundhog, some warmer weather has arrived. Hooray!
Movers and Shakers We Must Mention Heather Staines has joined the Delta Think team as Community Engagement Director and Senior Consultant. She comes to Delta Think with extensive experience in strategy and business model creation for established and startup organizations. Prior to joining Delta Think, she’s held positions with both not-for-profit and commercial organizations including Hypothesis, MIT Knowledge Futures Group, Springer Nature SIPX, and Proquest.
is typically a lack of open educational resources. Sandra Bozarth and Amanda Grombly discuss California State University Bakerfield’s agility in supplying and sustaining access to digital course reserve alternatives throughout the pandemic. Lastly, Jeffrey M. Mortimore and Nikki Cannon-Rech demonstrate how LibGuides can be used to provide an OER textbook by collaborating with the chemistry faculty.
Reference Office of Financial Aid, University of Georgia. https://osfa.uga.edu/costs/
What To Look For In This Issue:
As part of her new role at Delta Think, Heather will focus on business development and community support for the Delta Think Open Access Data & Analytics Tool (OA DAT), fostering relationships with publishers, libraries, consortia, service providers, and aggregators. As Senior Consultant, she will use her expertise to support consulting engagements focused on analysis, strategy, and industry infrastructure in scholarly communications. Meg White has also joined Delta Think as Senior Consultant bringing with her deep experience in content, technology, and educontinued on page 6
Booklover.................................. 25 Learning Belongs in the Library...................................... 39 Expert Commentaries from CEOs................................. 42 TOC for ATG Online Articles..... 46 Biz of Digital............................. 47
Interviews Mitchell Davis........................... 54 David Parker............................. 56
Profiles Encouraged Profiles Encouraged................... 60 Plus more...................... See inside
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