| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 62.98 |
| Liaison | Briar Schoon |
| Submission Date | March 5, 2021 |
Portland Community College
IN-41: Textbook Affordability
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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0.25 / 0.50 |
Stephania
Fregosi Sustainability Analyst Academic Affairs |
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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 library lends textbooks for short-term checkout to students through the Course Reserves program, which provides access to a wide range of assigned textbookss. This is one of the library's most heavily used services. Students checkout the textbooks for an assigned period, ranging from 2 hours library use only to several weeks. Students use library scanners if they need to copy pages for reading later.
Here is the link for the Student Book Exchange (which I assume is currently on hiatus), a program run by ASPCC https://www.pcc.edu/resources/bookstore/exchange.html
Here is the link for the Student Book Exchange (which I assume is currently on hiatus), a program run by ASPCC https://www.pcc.edu/resources/bookstore/exchange.html
Does the institution provide incentives for academic staff that explicitly encourage the authorship, peer review, and/or adoption of open access textbooks?:
No
A brief description of the incentives to encourage the authorship, peer review, and/or adoption of open access textbooks:
PCC has many programs to encourage faculty to author and/or adopt open textbooks! We offer an entire guide and frequent webinars to facilitate open education resource adaptation. See https://guides.pcc.edu/oer. Open Education week happens annually. Financial incentives are periodically available from the state.
If yes to either of the above, provide:
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