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#Textbookbroke: What's The Most You've Spent On Textbooks In One Semester?, Scholarly Communications
#Textbookbroke: What's The Most You've Spent On Textbooks In One Semester?, Scholarly Communications
Open Access Week at Gettysburg College
Throughout Open Access Week, a large graph will hang on the main floor of Musselman Library where students will share how much they spend on textbooks in a semester. Under the title of "#textbookbroke," this crowdsourced data will be displayed to the campus community as it's gathered over the course of the week.
Open Access Week Seeks To Address “Textbook Crisis”, Gauri Mangala
Open Access Week Seeks To Address “Textbook Crisis”, Gauri Mangala
Open Access Week at Gettysburg College
Jay Hauser ‘19 spent $391.43 for a single course’s materials during his first semester at Gettysburg College.
“I had a class where we read classical text of [political] philosophy. But only sections of each text. But we had to buy the books. No one ever tried to bring in open source online copies of them and the professor did not provide them. Instead we spent a lot of money on like twentyish books and only used parts of them.”
In fact, a 2016 analysis conducted by College Board found that the price of books and supplies for a full-time student …
#Textbookbroke: What's The Most You've Spent On Textbooks In One Semester?, Scholarly Communications
#Textbookbroke: What's The Most You've Spent On Textbooks In One Semester?, Scholarly Communications
Open Access Week at Gettysburg College
Throughout Open Access Week 2017, a large graph hung on the main floor of Musselman Library where students shared how much they spent on textbooks in a semester. Under the title of "#textbookbroke," this crowdsourced data was displayed to the campus community as it was gathered over the course of the week.
Working And Negotiating With Publishers: The Devil's In The Details, Johnson Center For Creative Teaching And Learning, Scholarly Communications
Working And Negotiating With Publishers: The Devil's In The Details, Johnson Center For Creative Teaching And Learning, Scholarly Communications
Open Access Week at Gettysburg College
Several people have expressed interest in meeting to talk about what’s involved in dealing with publishers, what kind of questions should one ask, and what aspects of a contract are especially important to pay attention to. Join Julie Hendon, Scholarly Communications Librarians Janelle Wertzberger and Chris Barnes, and special guests Dan DeNicola (Philosophy) and Radi Rangelova (Spanish/LACLS) for an informal discussion of these issues based on your concerns or questions. We also welcome questions related to journal publishing or being a contributor to an edited volume. We’re not lawyers or literary agents but we have experience with publishers, especially those …
Open Access Week Faculty Postcard, Scholarly Communications
Open Access Week Faculty Postcard, Scholarly Communications
Open Access Week at Gettysburg College
This short handout was distributed to the faculty members of Gettysburg College during Open Access Week 2017. It was designed to bring awareness to the Open Access movement and its benefits, as well as to advertise the #GburgOAscore Quiz designed for faculty members to evaluate their engagement with Open Access.