From: "Evans, Gwen" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2018 20:51:04 +0000

My email is blowing up, so I thought I’d answer a few basic questions here.



This isn’t a deal involving libraries at all. It’s still a “student pays”
model, using the inclusive access model of textbook provision. OhioLINK got
involved because our consortium of academic higher education libraries, as
a practical matter, covers more than 85% of Ohio Department of Higher
Education accredited non-profit institutions in the state (and all the
public institutions) and we were the only entity in the state that was 1)
used to negotiating with publishers and 2) could cover public and private
institutions with one agreement. In addition, our libraries tend to be the
leaders for other affordable learning initiatives in the state, like OER
and alt-textbook programs, and OhioLINK is supporting both those sorts of
initiatives already.



It's a price agreement – implementation at each campus is entirely up to
the campus. If they are already doing inclusive access, they’ll just do it
a lower price from these publishers. If they aren’t doing it, this may
provide an incentive to start the process on their campus. There are a lot
of necessary partners – students, faculty, campus bookstores, provosts,
etc. and each campus is different (especially with respect to bookstore
contracts). That’s why we settled on a “net to publisher” model.



We are concentrating on publishers with demonstrated cost savings across
our 91 institutions – first priority is high enrollment in lower division
courses, with a title catalog widely assigned in Ohio. That has meant the
big five and/or textbook publishers where we already have an existing
contract for OhioLINK (Wiley fits both categories).



We do have a vetting procedure for publishers if they are interested –
actual demonstrated impact in the state of Ohio is key. If you are a
textbook publisher interested in this initiative and think you can make it
worth OhioLINK’s time, contact Johnathan Michael at [log in to unmask]
We know there is a tremendously long tail so we’ll be prioritizing based on
cost savings impact for Ohio undergraduates.



Best, Gwen





Gwen Evans

Executive Director, OhioLINK

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From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>

Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2018 07:50:07 -0500

OhioLINK announces statewide textbook price agreements with Wiley,

Pearson, and McGraw Hill

by Gwen Evans on March 6th, 2018

OhioLINK is proud to announce that it has negotiated with major
publishers to offer significant discounts on inclusive access
e-Textbooks to its members — 91 institutions of higher education
statewide. We have price agreements with Wiley, McGraw Hill, and
Pearson that will result in savings up to 80% on inclusive access
e-textbooks, discounts on courseware, and a potential savings of up to
$35 million each year for the students of Ohio.

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http://affordablelearning.ohiolink.edu/blog/ohiolink-
announces-statewide-textbook-price-agreements-with-wiley-
pearson-and-mcgraw-hill