Free and Low-Cost Textbook Showcase Launches at 13 California State University Libraries
From the OpenStax College (at Rice U.):
Thirteen California State University (CSU) libraries announced today the nation’s largest coordinated library showcase to increase the usage of open educational resources (OER) textbooks—high-quality, free and low-cost digital and print textbook options. The library initiative will display Rice University-based OpenStax College textbooks for the Spring 2015 term and is funded by the Gary Michelson Twenty Million Minds Foundation (20MM), which seeds technologies to lower the cost of education. The combined participating CSU campus libraries represent more than 285,000 students and more than 60 percent of CSU enrollment.
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Participating CSU Libraries include Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CSU Bakersfield, CSU Chico, CSU East Bay, CSU Fresno, CSU Fullerton, CSU Northridge, CSU San Bernardino, CSU Sacramento State University, Humboldt State University, San Diego State University, San Francisco State University and Sonoma State University. Library stacks pilot programs successfully ran this fall at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Ohio State University, Auburn University, Virginia Tech University and the University of Oklahoma.
Read the Complete Announcement
In Other California State University News…
Report on Cal State University Plan to Build Unified Library Management System (ULMS) Across 23 Campuses (February 10, 2015)
California State University Libraries Drop System-Wide Subscription to Wiley E-Journals Collection (January 8, 2015)
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.