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Direct linkJulie 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
Scott, Rachel Elizabeth; Shelley, Anne; Murphy, Julie; Park, Rachel; Jallas, Mallory – College & Research Libraries, 2023
This paper reports the results of a pilot project conducted Spring 2021 in which Milner Library licensed seventy-five assigned texts to fifty-two courses at Illinois State University. The authors used the pilot as a springboard to explore faculty perspectives on textbook selection, textbook affordability, and the role of the academic library in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Textbooks, Costs
