Presented at Saint Cloud Technical & Community College - Faculty In-Service Day, Saint Cloud, MN. January 6, 2011

1. Textbooks: Let’s Look at the Options Todd Digby System Director of Libraries Minnesota State Colleges & Universities 2011

2. Textbooks Overview Issues to consider Price Choice Accessibility Delivery system

3. Textbooks Overview Average Textbook Prices Nationally Source: College Board Annual Survey of Colleges, average prices for full-time, full-year students

4. Textbook Price Comparisons 8th Edition: PRINT: $211.25 7th Edition: PRINT: $158.50 ONLINE :$88.50 (7th Edition no longer available at campus bookstore) 8th Edition: PRINT: $152.95 7th Edition: PRINT: $142.95 ONLINE :$52.13 Semester Rental $85.71

6. Explain to students why specific textbooks are chosen for each class.

7. When practical, allow multiple editions to be used for a course. Faculty may need to make adjustments in reading and homework assignments to accommodate multiple editions.

8. If supplemental material is sold with the textbook (a practice commonly called bundling), make sure all parts of the bundle are used for the course. If all pieces are not needed, work with the bookstore to order only what is needed.

12. Algebra (Spanish)

13. American Government

14. Biology

15. Calculus

16. Calculus (Spanish)

17. Environmental Science

18. Physics

19. Psychology

20. Religion

21. Statistics

23. Open Course Content Open Educational Resources www.oercommons.org www.oerconsortium.org www.collegeopentextbooks.org

24. Create Your Own Textbook Use existing open source materials. (Creative Commons) Use links to library resources. Software is available to create materials SoftChalk lodeStar Make sure you understand copyright issues.

26. accessible through Desire2Learn.

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