| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 75.15 |
| Liaison | Laura Young |
| Submission Date | March 3, 2022 |
Michigan State University
IN-41: Textbook Affordability
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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0.50 / 0.50 |
Laura
Young Sustainability Program Coordinator Administration-EVP-Office of 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:
MSU Libraries implements the Open Educational Resources and Affordable Textbook Program. This program launched in the fall of 2018.The Affordable Textbook Program is intended to help alleviate the high costs that MSU students face when paying for their textbooks and to ensure students have access to their textbooks so they can succeed in class. As part of this program, the MSU Libraries have purchased multiple copies of textbooks for some MSU courses with high undergraduate enrollments and/or high cost textbooks. These textbooks are placed on Course Reserves in Main Library or the Business Library. Check the Textbooks/Participating Courses section of this guide to see which courses/textbooks are included in this program. You can also search by course, professor, or textbook search boxes to see if any of your courses/textbooks are on Reserve.
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 OER Award Program is an incentive program for instructors that encourages and supports the use of openly-licensed materials as a pathway to increase student success.
To encourage the use, adaptation, and creation of openly licensed learning materials, Michigan State University Libraries uses the OER Award Program. This award is an incentive program for instructors interested in adopting, adapting, or creating OER as an alternative to traditional textbooks and a pathway to increasing student success.
Adaptation/Remix of Multiple OER: This category requires revision and remix of multiple OER that results in a new openly-licensed material. Examples consist of editing existing chapters of an open textbook, adding new materials from other sources removing sections not appropriate, and bringing together several openly licensed sources. The maximum award is $2,500 per successful application.
Creation and Development of New OER: This category includes the creation and development of a completely new OER by writing, developing, and creating open textbooks and any supplemental materials (laboratory manuals, interactive homework, learning components, etc.). The maximum award is $4,000 per successful application.
Continuous Improvement Grants: This category aims to support OER sustainability through substantial improvement and revision of OER used in existing courses, creation of new ancillary materials for existing OER courses, or the replacement of current OER in courses with new or better OER. The maximum award is $3,000 per successful application.
Scaling Up OER Grants: This category involves large-scale implementation of an existing OER to an entire course. The project must affect 1,000 or more students per year and requires department-wide adoption of OER to all applicable sections of a course. The maximum award is $5,000 per successful application.
To encourage the use, adaptation, and creation of openly licensed learning materials, Michigan State University Libraries uses the OER Award Program. This award is an incentive program for instructors interested in adopting, adapting, or creating OER as an alternative to traditional textbooks and a pathway to increasing student success.
Adaptation/Remix of Multiple OER: This category requires revision and remix of multiple OER that results in a new openly-licensed material. Examples consist of editing existing chapters of an open textbook, adding new materials from other sources removing sections not appropriate, and bringing together several openly licensed sources. The maximum award is $2,500 per successful application.
Creation and Development of New OER: This category includes the creation and development of a completely new OER by writing, developing, and creating open textbooks and any supplemental materials (laboratory manuals, interactive homework, learning components, etc.). The maximum award is $4,000 per successful application.
Continuous Improvement Grants: This category aims to support OER sustainability through substantial improvement and revision of OER used in existing courses, creation of new ancillary materials for existing OER courses, or the replacement of current OER in courses with new or better OER. The maximum award is $3,000 per successful application.
Scaling Up OER Grants: This category involves large-scale implementation of an existing OER to an entire course. The project must affect 1,000 or more students per year and requires department-wide adoption of OER to all applicable sections of a course. The maximum award is $5,000 per successful application.
If yes to either of the above, provide:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
https://www.wkar.org/education/2019-09-02/textbook-program-helps-ease-worry-of-cash-strapped-msu-students
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