About the Webinar The most rapid developments in the world of e-books have taken place in the popular market for fiction and non-fiction monographs. However, with the development of new standards such as EPUB 3 that support multimedia and the improvements in reading devices, the penetration of electronic versions of trade books has advanced quite rapidly. The market for digital textbooks, however, has grown at a more modest rate for a variety of reasons. The electronic textbook marketplace is still working through some very complex technological and business model issues. This two-part webinar series will explore the nascent world of electronic textbooks and how publishers, students, and librarians are dealing with these new products. Just as open access has revolutionized the world of journal literature, so too is it increasingly being advocated in the e-textbook world. Part 2 of E-books for Education will focus on the efforts to make textbooks electronically available under free open copyright licenses as part of the broader open educational resources movement. Agenda Introduction Todd Carpenter, Executive Director, NISO The Library Publishing Landscape for E-Textbooks Faye Chadwell, Donald and Delpha Campbell University Librarian and Press Director, Oregon State University Student-Funded Textbook Initiative at Kansas State University Brian Lindshield, Associate Professor, Human Nutrition, Kansas State University Beth Turtle, Associate Professor/ Scholarly Communications & Publishing, Kansas State University Libraries Using Open Resources to Expand Access to Education Gemma Fay, Academic Content Manager, Boundless

1. http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/open_initiatives/
NISO Two-Part Webinar:
E-books for Education
Part 2: Electronic Textbooks:
Open Textbook Initiatives
September 17, 2014
Speakers:
Faye Chadwell,
Donald and Delpha Campbell University Librarian and Press Director,
Oregon State University
Brian Lindshield, Associate Professor, Human Nutrition, Kansas State University
Beth Turtle, Associate Professor / Scholarly Communications & Publishing,
Kansas State University Libraries
Gemma Fay, Academic Content Manager, Boundless

2. NISO Webinar
E-books for Education
Part 2: Electronic
Textbooks: Open
Textbook Initiatives
Faye A. Chadwell
Donald & Delpha Campbell
University Librarian & OSU
Press Director
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
September 17, 2014

3. Academic Libraries
Engaged in Open
Textbook Publishing

4. PUBLISHING SERVICES
Library Publishing
Personnel
Two departments—the Center for Digital
Scholarship and Services and Emerging
Technologies and Services.
Gray Family Chair for Innovative Library Services
Publications
Peer-reviewed journals via a joint instance of
Open Journal System (OJS) with the University of
Oregon
Non-peer-reviewed journals presented
in the institutional repository,
ScholarsArchive@OSU)
Electronic theses and dissertations
Extension communications publications
Press Publishing
4 FTE staff
20 books per year
Publishing strengths relate to Oregon and the
Pacific Northwest—the people and
landscapes, historical and cultural heritage,
flora and fauna, natural resources, and the
environment
Digital complements to Press titles
Open access monographs
Open access textbook initiative

5. OSU Request for Proposal
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/oregon-state-university-open-textbook-request-proposal

6. Four Successful Proposals
SUBJECT COVERAGE
ANIMAL NUTRITION
BIOCHEMISTRY
FOREST INDUSTRY MARKETING
COMPUTING FOR BIOINFORMATICS

7. OSU Textbook Prototype
http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/oer/earthquake/

8. BENEFITS TO AUTHORS
Author an authoritative peer-reviewed work published with a respected
university press imprint.
Press and Ecampus have marketing personnel to promote the textbooks
broadly, increasing visibility for the author and the potential for adoption.
Access to the tech saavy OER staff who can help faculty create interactive
multimedia elements for their content.
Print on demand may yield some royalties.

9. NEXT STEPS
Explore sustainable and seamless publishing
platforms
Create feasible business models
Track adoption by other institutions
Include learning analytics

10. Open/Alternative Textbook
Initiative
Kansas State University
Brian Lindshield, Associate Professor, Human Nutrition
Beth Turtle, Scholarly Communication & Publishing Librarian,
K-State Libraries
NISO Webinar September 17, 2014

11. Outline
Background/Goals of Initiative
Criteria for Selection & Projects Funded
Importance of Mentoring
Next steps : Assessment, Funding

12. From traditional texts to…

13. Principles of Biology
OpenStax
book
Impact: 1,600
students per
year will use
the book

14. K-State First Guide to College Student Success
Impact: 50%
of all first-year
students
(2,000)
will use the
book

15. Background of Initiative
Funded by Students (through
tuition dollars) and K-State
Libraries
Collaboration with faculty
who are advocates of OERs
$96,000 disbursed over 2
years
K-State Student Government Association

16. Goals of Initiative
• Save students
money
• Change default
textbook culture
• Awareness &
adoption
• Improve teaching &
learning

17. Proposal Criteria
• Potential savings to K-State students
• Preference given to high
enrollment/lower level courses
• Sustainability beyond the initial course
• Ability to produce a quality product

18. Options for Texts
• Develop a new text
• Adapt/adopt an existing open text
• Assemble modules of open resources
• Integrate licensed library content
• All formats encouraged!

19. Why not all OPEN?
• Note: Open/ALTERNATIVE
• Use of Creative Commons license
encouraged
• Not required to deposit in IR/Press
Some faculty want to put in CMS
Some use licensed library content

20. 2013-2014
12 awards
$60,000 disbursed

21. Course Annual
Enrollment
New
Textbook(s)
Cost
Annual
Savings
(new)
Annual
Savings
($100)
Spring 2013
Principles of Biology 1638 $150 $245,700 $163,800
Multicultural Advising (Online) 120 $112 $13,440 $12,000
Chemical Analysis & Honors
90 $160 $14,400 $9,000
Chemistry 2
Introduction to Industrial
Engineering
85 $142 $12,070 $8,500
Fundamentals of Public Relations 400 $80 $32,000 $40,000
Psychobiology 135 $205 $27,675 $13,500
Exceptional Child in the Regular
150 $150 $22,500 $15,000
Classroom
Plane Trigonometry 275 $150 $41,250 $27,500
College Algebra Studio 570 $182 $103,740 $57,000

22. Course Annual
Enrollment
New
Textbook(s)
Cost
Annual
Savings
(new)
Annual
Savings
($100)
Fall 2013
College Algebra (Salina & Online) 105 $192.50 $20,213 $10,500
BIOL 340 Human Body 320 $251.50 $112,480 $32,000
Core Teaching Skills and Lab &
343 $216.20 $74,157 $34,300
Field Experience/Lab
2013-2014 Total 4231 $687,624 $423,100

23. 2014-2015
8 Awards
$36,250
disbursed

24. Course Annual
Enrollment
New
Textbook(s)
Cost
Annual
Savings
(new)
Annual
Savings
($100)
Spring 2014
K-State First 2000 $50.00 $100,000 $200,000
General Calculus and Linear Algebra
95 $212.75 $20,211 $9,500
(Salina & Online)
College Algebra (Traditional) 1200 $210.00 $252,000 $120,000
Geographies of Tourism 100 $50.00 $5,000 $10,000
Introduction to Archaeology and
152 $163.00 $24,776 $15,200
World Prehistory
Anatomy and Physiology 160 $100.00 $16,000 $16,000
Teaching Mathematics K-6 80 $58.95 $4,716 $8,000
Chinese 1-6 40 $30.00 $1,200 $3,000
2014-2015 Total 3827 $423,903 $382,700
Initiative Total 8058 $1,111,527 $805,800

25. Fall Individual Meetings
Early November
• Discuss ideas, progress, future
plans
• Interest in meeting other
awardees and discussing
experiences
• Some had a clear plan & had
made progress; others needed
guidance (approach, focus,
technology etc.)

26. Spring Group Meeting
• Post resource or link to it prior to meeting
• Shared experience and discussed
approaches
• Some had taught, some were still
developing
• 2 did not post a resource & did not appear to
have accomplished much. Withheld 2nd
payment until we could evaluate progress in
summer

27. Summer Individual Meetings
Early July
• 2 Spring, 3 Fall Awardees
• 3 Spring Awardees had made good progress
• One fall awardee had completed resource
• Other fall awardee had to be talked into changing
textbook order to optional
• Last awardee completed resource in August and
received 2nd payment

28. Assessment
• Student Surveys
• Faculty/Instructor
Surveys
• Late in the fall
semester

29. Initiative Future
• Met with Provost &
President in July
• Requested Central
Administration/Donor
Funding
• Scale Up in Stepwise
Manner
• Requested Stipends for
Mentors & Funds to
Revise/Update Texts

30. Credits
• Programming Language Textbooks, K. Lee. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia
Commons
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Programming_language_textbooks.jpg#mediaviewe
r/File:Programming_language_textbooks.jpg
• Principles of Biology
http://cnx.org/contents/db89c8f8-a27c-4685-ad2a-19d11a2a7e2e@19.1
• K-State First Guide to College Student Success
http://www.k-state.edu/first/faculty/KSF%20Textbook_2014.pdf
• K-State Student Government Association
https://blogs.k-state.edu/sga/legislative-3/
• Purdue Lecture Hall
• http://phdcomics.com/images/purdue_01_small.jpg
• Salina campus business students
• http://www.salina.k-state.edu/business/business_main_image.jpg
• Reader survey image
• http://michaelhyatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/results-of-my-2009-reader-survey.
jpg
• President Schulz, Provost Mason
• https://blogs.k-state.edu/kstatenews/files/UWA-MOU2.jpg

31. Questions
Brian Lindshield
blindsh@k-state.edu
Beth Turtle
bturtle@k-state.edu

32. Using Open Resources to
Expand Access to Education
Gemma Fay
Academic Content Manager, Boundless

33. Cloud Powered Textbooks
20+ college level subjects Easy customization
Any device

34. Cloud Powered Teaching Resources
Pre-made PowerPoints,
easy to share + edit
Ready to use or easily customized assignments

35. Cloud Powered Classroom
Easy classroom management Real time metrics + data

36. Cloud Powered Community
Publish your open textbooks View and edit in our e-reader

38. Expanding OER repository

40. Universal Access to Quality Education Is a Right

41. NISO Two-Part Webinar:
E-books for Education, Part 2:
Electronic Textbooks: Open Textbook Initiatives
Questions?
All questions will be posted with presenter answers on
the NISO website following the webinar:
http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/webinars/open_initiatives/
NISO Webinar • September 17, 2014

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