Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 54.70
Liaison Caitlin McLennan
Submission Date Oct. 31, 2019

STARS v2.2

Utah State University
IN-41: Textbook Affordability

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 0.50 Alexi Lamm
Sustainability Coordinator
Facilities Planning & Design
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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:

Here at Utah State University, Open Educational Resources is already starting to spread across campus. Some professors have partially switched over to OER, while others have replaced their traditional textbooks entirely. USU’s Merrill-Cazier Library has an OER team dedicated to increasing awareness about OER and helping professors find and adopt OER into their courses.


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:

As part of the partnership between USU Libraries and AIS, there are grant opportunities available to USU faculty for the adoption, adaption, and creation of OER.


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