The USF Libraries’ Textbook Affordability Project (TAP) may be able to purchase electronic versions of key texts for your courses! TAP’s Ebooks for the Classroom+ program works to provide free access to required course readings which helps to mitigate high textbook costs …Continue Reading
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Textbook Affordability–E-books for the Classroom
The USF Libraries’ Textbook Affordability Project (TAP) may be able to purchase electronic versions of key texts for your courses! TAP’s Ebooks for the Classroom+ program works to provide free access to required course readings which helps to mitigate high textbook costs …Continue Reading
Pearson announces a transition to digital-only textbooks
Inside Higher Education reports that Pearson is abandoning the traditional print textbook model in favor of a digital-first strategy. While renting books can save money, the option to resell or purchase used print books will disappear, giving Pearson more control over student choice and student access says, Phil Hill who blogs about the changes here.
Why Education Graduate Students Do Not Need to Buy the APA Publication Manual
If you have listed the APA Publication Manual on your syllabus, you might want to remove it as a required item because it is contained full text in the product Academic Writer through the USF Libraries. Below is a video about Academic Writer and how to access the full text of the Publication Manual.
Course Packs and the Library–Go Cheaper, Greener, and Paperless
Course Packs and the Library–Why Not Go Cheaper, Greener, and Paperless? Awhile back an instructor at USF contacted a publisher to put together a course pack for his course. He and the publisher identified 22 readings from a variety of sources which …Continue Reading
Five Things You Need to Know about Course Reserves
1. Requesting items for course reserves is done through Canvas. Click here for instructions. 2. Items do not stay on reserve through the year. You will need to renew your request every semester for each individual item you need in your course. …Continue Reading
Donate Now to the Textbook Affordability HerdFunder
From the USF Textbook Affordability Project College textbook prices are at an all-time high. More so than tuition and living expenses, textbooks have become less affordable—sometimes even influencing which subject areas students choose to study. In some cases, students have even dropped …Continue Reading