| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 70.78 |
| Liaison | Julia Carlow |
| Submission Date | July 25, 2024 |
American University of Sharjah
IN-41: Textbook Affordability
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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0.50 / 0.50 |
Julia
Carlow Acting Head of Sustainability Sustainability |
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Does the institution host a peer-to-peer textbook exchange program, textbook lending library, or alternate textbook project?:
Yes
A brief description of the textbook exchange program, textbook lending library, or alternate textbook project:
- The AUS Library acquires copies of all textbooks and supplementary reading material for student loan. Textbooks are available in a special Textbook collection available to all students for short term loan/scanning. Where possible we license textbooks as multi-user ebooks (not all publishers will license e-textbooks to libraries).
- All students have printing/photocopying credit and scanning is free of charge. Printing/photocopying/scanning is permitted within copyright restrictions.
- Sponsored students have their textbook fees covered by their sponsors
Does the institution provide incentives for academic staff that explicitly encourage the authorship, peer review, and/or adoption of open access textbooks?:
Yes
A brief description of the incentives to encourage the authorship, peer review, and/or adoption of open access textbooks:
- The AUS Library catalog includes open textbook providers such as the Open Textbook Library from the Open Education Network (https://open.umn.edu/oen).
- A libguide on using open educational resources is shared with faculty that includes a section on finding Open Textbooks.
If yes to either of the above, provide:
Optional Fields
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Information received from Kara Jones, University Librarian, on May 23, 2024
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