Timeline

• Due to staffing issues, we are stopping Proactive Course Reserves & purchasing textbooks
• Experimenting with Proactive Course Reserve--Spring 2023
• Offering a series of Faculty Open Education Workshops + stipend for completing a review of an Open Textbook--Fall 2022 & Winter & Spring 2023
• Launching "Check the Library" campaign to raise awareness among students and faculty of course materials available through the library--Fall 2022
• Library plans to have most First Year Seminar books through eBooks or Course Reserves--Fall 2022
• Kelly working on a Certificate in Open Education Librarianship--February-September 2022
• Joined Open Education Network--January 2022
• Contacted First Year Seminar faculty who had books & eBooks available through the library--August 2021
• Purchased new materials, contacted instructors teaching introductory classes--August 2021
• Restarted Course Reserves Pilot Project--Fall 2021
• Presented at Support Staff Meeting--February 14, 2020
  • Presented "textbook problem," summary of survey, pilot project, and discussed next steps
• Presented at Admin Staff Meeting--January 24, 2020
  • Presented "textbook problem," summary of survey, pilot project, and discussed next steps
• Discussed textbooks--November 8, 2019
  • Member of Provost, Financial Aid, Business, and Student Development Offices in attendance
• Presented at Fridays at Four--October 4, 2019
  • Shared survey results with 12 interested faculty & Assistant Provost
• Presented at New Faculty Teaching & Learning Lunch--September 5, 2019
  • Shared Textbook Alternatives bookmark
• Surveyed Students--September 2019
• Launched Course Reserves Pilot Project--Fall 2019
• Met with Intercultural Director to discuss their textbook library--August 2019
• Met with Bookstore Director to discuss textbooks at K--August 2019

Presentation Materials

Statistics & Data: The Textbook Problem

Textbooks in Academic Libraries: Suggested Readings

Articles