From: JJE Esposito <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:44:05 -0400 The College Board has some figures: https://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures- tables/average-estimated-undergraduate-budgets-2017-18#Key%20Points CNBC distilled this and came to a figure of $1,200 per student per year: https://www.cnbc.com/2014/01/28/college-textbook-costs- more-outrageous-than-ever.html Many, many variables in this question. Joe Esposito On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 5:32 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: "Holland, Claudia" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 18:56:26 +0000 > > Just curious, Rick, how many students received these savings and how much > savings would there have been, had there been a switch to totally open > resources? Not knocking the $400k savings, mind you. > > > > Thanks, > > Claudia Holland > > > > > > > From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 15:56:15 +0000 > > At my institution, we have a group called the Course Material Services > Team, which includes staff from the bookstore, the registrar’s office, > campus printing and mail services, the library, and a couple of other > areas. I serve on the team, as does our Copyright & Scholarly Communication > Librarian. We’ve been working for a couple of years now on strategies to > reduce textbook costs for students, and we’ve found that inclusive access > is – for better or worse – a much easier sell to faculty than OERs. During > the school year that just ended we had 21 courses with inclusive access > arrangements – that’s not very many courses, but we calculate the total > savings to students at roughly $400,000. > > > --- > > Rick Anderson > Assoc. Dean for Collections & Scholarly Communication > Marriott Library, University of Utah > Desk: (801) 587-9989 > Cell: (801) 721-1687 > [log in to unmask] > > > > From: JJE Esposito <[log in to unmask]> > > Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2018 16:08:00 -0400 > > I had three separate conversations about "inclusive access" for textbooks > this week, and am now wondering if there is a rising tide. For background > on inclusive access, I refer you to my blog post of last year: > > https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2017/03/27/reduce-cost-c > ollege-textbooks/ > > Also look at Dominic Broadhurst's paper on this topic: > > https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/publications > /the-direct-library-supply-of-individual-textbooks-to-studen > ts--examining-the-value-proposition(3372d989-40e6-4f1d-840a- > 511977822b16).html > > Is anybody keeping track of how many institutions are working on inclusive > access programs and whether the library is involved? > > Joe Esposito >