32 Survey Results: Survey Questions and Responses
Support Activities Currently
provides
Plans to
provide
N
Copyright and/or open licensing consultations 37 4 39
Reserves (print and electronic) software and services that provide access
to course content
38 2 38
Support for identifying (searching/finding) affordable content for a
course
27 12 35
Local repository for openly licensed content 30 6 34
Education services on open/affordable content topics 26 6 30
Educate or work with student advocacy groups on campus 27 3 29
Funding for the purchase of additional print and electronic textbooks/
course materials
22 5 25
Software systems that support the publication of openly licensed books 12 6 18
Staff support for the publication of openly licensed books or other
learning objects (e.g., editing, formatting, and other traditional publication
services)
12 4 15
New course design support including open/affordable content 11 5 15
Software systems that integrate free and fee-based content (e.g., digital
course packs)
13 1 14
Instructional design support for new and (redesign) existing courses 11 3 13
Hosting or other support for student textbook exchange program 2 1 3
Other support activity/service 6 1 6
Total Responses 41 24 42
If you selected “Other support activity/service,” please briefly describe the activity/service. N=6
Information sessions and outreach activities on campus.
Regarding the two items connected with the publication of openly licensed books: those are either
provided by or under development by the university system of which our campus is part.
Reserve textbooks, we also purchase multi-user e-books (textbooks) when available.
The library links to open resources through the catalog.
The undergraduate library has a $2,000/year budget for buying books requested by faculty for reserves.
They also order e-books on request but do not get many of these. Some requests come from faculty
through subject librarians. If print is requested and e-book can be ordered, it is made available through
the catalog for all students’ access. The library’s media resources center provides a range of services
to instructors, including ordering films, providing video editing equipment, audio/video equipment
for checkout. The health sciences library gets support materials for courses, though not in every
case. The collection development librarian quite frequently gets an e-book when requested, if there
is one available for this purpose she also seeks out databases and services that are supposed to be for
classroom/training support. Examples HS Talks, Browzine, assorted streaming videos, BoardVitals,
anatomy dbs, etc. Some were requested all were bought while working with faculty to encourage them
to use them. Some are open in part, and we have collected them. For 7+ years, the library has supported
a book exchange for medical students. Estimated per-student savings for 100+ students is $500.00.
We also held a forum for faculty to showcase the work they had done.
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