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Julie A. Murphy; Rachel E. Scott; Anne Shelley; Mallory Jallas; Rachel Park – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2024
As academic librarians become aware of the challenges textbook expenses pose to student success, they have increased efforts to provide free access to required course materials. Librarians at Illinois State University initiated a program to license course-assigned e-books, surveying participating students and faculty regarding their perspectives…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, Barriers, Textbooks
Ioana G. Hulbert; Deirdre Harkins; Mark McBride – ITHAKA S+R, 2025
Over the past several years, there has been an expansion in the use and awareness of open educational resources (OERs) in postsecondary institutions in the United States. Some states have invested funds to expand the use of OERs across their campuses as an alternative or supplement to traditional course materials that students typically pay for…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Sustainability, Postsecondary Education, Alignment (Education)
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Jenny McBurney; Sarah Jane Brown; Mariya Gyendina; Shanda Hunt; Rebecca Orozco; Michael Peper; Greta Valentine; Benjamin Wiggins; Karna Younger – College & Research Libraries, 2024
The Research Sprints program offers faculty partners the opportunity to collaborate intensively and exclusively for one week with a team of librarians to achieve significant progress on research or teaching projects. This longitudinal study extends previous immediate and short-term assessments by interviewing Research Sprints participants at two…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, Teacher Collaboration, Program Evaluation