Gwen Evans, the Executive Director of OhioLINK, has a guest post on the Scholarly Kitchen concerning the role of libraries in provisioning lower-priced textbooks to college students. This is a two-part post; the second part will be published Wednesday. The argument is that librarians can play a large role in negotiating arrangements with the large college publishers. The OhioLINK project has already produced tangible results to a very grateful group of undergraduates across the state. Disclosure: OhioLINK is a client and our group advised on this project. Here is the link: