Division by division, book by book: Using licensed e-books as a gateway to OERs.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Lysiak, Lori,
- Source
- College & Research Libraries News; Mar2022, Vol. 83 Issue 3, p110-113, 4p
- Subject
- COVID-19 pandemic
Educational resources
Electronic books
Textbooks
Bookstores
- Language
- ISSN
- 00990086
The article focuses on COVID-19 pandemic thrust academia into a fully virtual educational environment, open educational resources (OER) remain a slow sell to many faculty members at Penn State-Altoona. It mentions vast majority of faculty still ask students to purchase (or rent) print or electronic texts from the bookstore. It also mentions back to the basics with our faculty and focus on the money saving aspects of library owned e-books as textbooks.