Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 69.05
Liaison Katherine Spector
Submission Date March 3, 2023

STARS v2.2

State University of New York at Oswego
IN-41: Textbook Affordability

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 0.50 Jonathan Mills
Administrator
Sustainability Office
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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:
Penfield Library asks students to donate their textbooks at the end of each semester and provides these textbooks to students in their textbook lending program.

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:
Penfield Library highly encourages faculty to adopt Open Educational Resources (OER) and highlights any faculty that offer OER for their course materials.

If yes to either of the above, provide:

Website URL where information about the textbook affordability incentives is available:

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