Sorry, Joe, I should have said in my initial response: on our campus, the short answer is that the bookstore runs the inclusive access program (with the extensive involvement of the Course Material Services Team, because the team’s members represent essential players like the library, the registrar’s office and Teaching & Learning Technologies).
We have a LibGuide that offers a quick orientation to the inclusive access program here:
http://campusguides.lib.utah.
... and which includes a locally-produced guide to OERs: http://oerutah.org
It would be interesting to know how many inclusive access programs are being run by campus libraries. My guess is relatively few, for two reasons: first, the kinds and the depth of campus connections needed are more likely to be found in other campus departments. Librarians are usually very well connected to the faculty themselves (which is one, but only one, of the essential relationships for a program like this) but may not be as well connected to areas like the registrar, student services, faculty teaching/learning programs, etc. Obviously, how true that statement is will vary greatly from place to place. Second, in my experience librarians are often intensely focused on OERs and are less enthusiastic about promoting discount programs like inclusive access.
As you know, I wrote about libraries and textbooks in the Scholarly Kitchen a couple of years ago, and the reaction (mainly in the comments) was instructive:
Personally, I think textbook provision remains a huge area of opportunity for academic libraries, one that we ignore at our peril (and to the detriment of our students).
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Rick Anderson
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Marriott Library, University of Utah
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From: JJE Esposito <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 13:33:57 -0400
I think inclusive access will outstrip OER, just as Gold OA has outstripped Green OA. A reasonable business model is a good thing to have on your side.
I received an offline (hence anonymous to this list) comment from someone who has been surveying the field. This individual believes that about 10 percent (roughly 400) U.S. institutions now have inclusive access programs in place. It would be great to be able to verify the number. Other open questions: how many of these programs are run out of the library, and (the big one) what is the rate of faculty adoption?
Joe Esposito
On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 2:20 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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.
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Rick Anderson
Assoc. Dean for Collections & Scholarly Communication
Marriott Library, University of Utah
Desk: (801) 587-9989
Cell: (801) 721-1687
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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-college-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-students-- 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