{"id":6684,"date":"2018-02-28T13:37:43","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T19:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/?p=6684"},"modified":"2018-02-28T13:37:43","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T19:37:43","slug":"open-textbook-adoption-student-faculty-and-librarian-perspectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/2018\/02\/28\/open-textbook-adoption-student-faculty-and-librarian-perspectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Textbook Adoption: Student, Faculty and Librarian Perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In anticipation of Open Education Week<\/a>, the DePaul University Library is highlighting a number of steps we are taking<\/a> to promote awareness of, and engagement with, open access scholarly content and open educational materials. Prominent among these is our advocacy for open textbook adoption. On March 6th, we will host a panel discussion<\/a> in the John T. Richardson Library for faculty, administrators and staff on the subject of open textbook adoption.<\/p>\n

In terms of the student experience, one of the most influential components of the open access and open education movement is the increasing creation and adoption of high-quality open textbooks, defined by the Open Textbook Library<\/a> as a textbook that \u201chas an open license that makes it free for anyone to use and change [that] can be print or digital.\u201d Open textbooks are rapidly gaining interest largely in response to increasing textbook costs, as the College Board estimates<\/a> that the average four-year private undergraduate student spent over $1,220 this academic year on textbooks and supplies, with the average cost of a new textbook having increased nearly 40% in the past four academic years. Of course, these rapidly rising costs can negatively impact student academic success and quality of life, as the student struggles to gain access (by paying the full cost, splitting a book with classmates, or engaging in other time- and effort-consuming workarounds) to the materials required to succeed in their classes.<\/p>\n

In order to promote the use of open textbook resources at DePaul, our panel discussion on March 6th will combine the perspectives of:<\/p>\n