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Data-informed open education advocacy: A new approach to saving students money and backaches

The North Carolina State University Libraries has long recognized the financial burden textbook costs place on students. By crosswalking information on use of our textbook collection with textbook cost and course enrollment data, we have begun to map the environment for textbook use at the universit...

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Published in:Journal of access services 2017-07, Vol.14 (3), p.118-125
Main Authors: Thompson, Sydney, Cross, William, Rigling, Lillian, Vickery, John
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Language:English
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Summary:The North Carolina State University Libraries has long recognized the financial burden textbook costs place on students. By crosswalking information on use of our textbook collection with textbook cost and course enrollment data, we have begun to map the environment for textbook use at the university and identified opportunities for faculty outreach in promoting alternatives to traditional textbooks, including our Alt-Textbook program. This article describes our programs, our investigation of textbook use patterns, and how we are using these data to inform our practice.
ISSN:1536-7967
1536-7975
DOI:10.1080/15367967.2017.1333911