What about the bookstore?: Textbook affordability programs and the academic library-bookstore relationship

Steven J. Bell

Abstract

If your academic library has yet to implement a Textbook Affordability Project (TAP), odds are it will soon be a topic of discussion on your campus. Sessions on Open Educational Resources (OER) are regular fixtures at library conferences, and participation in formal and informal OER advocacy organizations, such as the Open Textbook Network (OTN) and SPARC Libraries and OER Forum, respectively, is growing rapidly.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.78.7.375
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