Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Library Resources & Technical Services
Publication Date
2024
Abstract
Librarians working in academic settings have taken different stances on providing access to materials assigned in courses. Although libraries have long offered course reserves, adding course-assigned materials to permanent library collections has been discouraged for a variety of reasons. A number of events and considerations—including COVID-19 campus shutdowns, growing online degree programs, increased support for student success, availability of open educational resources (OER), and new e-books licensing models that support multiple users—have made library provisioning of assigned materials, commonly referred to as textbooks, more mainstream. Despite differences in their scope, approach, and workflows, many library-led textbook affordability programs share the common goal of promoting equity.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5860/lrts.68n4.8323
Recommended Citation
Robert L. Butterfield, Christa Perez Bailey, Kendra Lake, Adriana Poo, Mitchell Scott, and Rachel E. Scott, "Librarians Discuss Textbook Affordability as an Equity Issue," Library Resources & Technical Services 68, no. 4 (2024). https://doi.org/10.5860/lrts.68n4.8323.
