Colleagues/
I am greatly interested in learning of any /all academic libraries that have or are considering projects in which librarians with collection development responsibility seek to identify Open Access digital textbooks
as candidate replacements for print or non-Open Access digital textbooks.
One initiative of which I am aware is that at the University of Michigan libraries that is described in a presentation given by Maria Bonn, Associate University Librarian for Publishing, University of Michigan
Library, titled "Responding to the Changing Textbook Terrain at the University of Michigan" which was given at _The Future of e-Textbooks: A Symposium On The Influence Of e-Textbooks On Academic Life_ in mid-March 2011
at the university.
A link to a recording (~ 30 minutes) of her presentation can be found at her entry in my blog posting at
The description of the university library's Open Textbook (re) placement scenarios is described beginning at ~18:00 to 20:15; Also in Q&A at ~ 28:00
IMHO > I believe that the entire presentation is well worth your time.
BTW: Next week I will be giving a selected presentation on Open Access textbooks at the Internet Librarian 2012 conference in Monterey, CA on March 22.
The working presentation titled _ OATs: Open Access Digital Textbooks_ has been self-archived and is accessible via
The presentation provides a listing of known OA textbook projects and catalogs as well as profiles of select initiatives.
Note: Throughout this week I will be adding two (or three) additional profiles.
If you are exploring the use of OA textbooks as (re)placements, please note as a comment on this blog post:
as well as responding to the list(s).
Thanks for your assistance !
Regards,
/Gerry
Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
and
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University
152 Parks Library
Ames IA 50011
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