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Gathers case studies that pull together creative approaches and best practices for print textbook reserve programs. This book discusses such topics as using aggregated enrollment, grade, and textbook cost data to identify ""high impact"" courses; identifying course-related books that are in the library's collection; and workflow for using bookstore data with ILS and purchasing systems.

Table of Contents
Introduction
  • Chapter One — “Basically Everything I Need, I Know the Library Has It”: A Case Study of SUNY Canton’s Textbook Program by Rachel A. Koenig and Cori Wilhelm
  • Chapter Two — Access and Affordability: The Textbook Conundrum by Peggy Seiden and Amy McColl
  • Chapter Three — The Good and the Bad: Implementing a Textbook Reserve Program by Renee Le Beau-Ford and Joanna Ewing
  • Chapter Four — A Student-Funded Textbook Reserve Program by Joanna Duy, Kirsten Huhn, and Dubravka Kapa
  • Chapter Five — Building a STEM Collection of Undergraduate Textbooks by Pattie Piotrowski and Christine McClure
  • Chapter Six — Evolution of a Textbook Circulation Program: Outcomes of Demand-Driven versus Strategic Selection Policies by Posie Aargaard and Jan H. Kemp
  • Chapter Seven — Can Hard-Copy Textbooks on Library Reserve Help Address the Textbook Dilemma? by Feng-Ru Sheu, Kay Downey, and Tom Klingler
  • Chapter Eight — Walking the Tightrope: Balancing Students’ Desire for Textbooks and the Library Budget by Rhonda Glazier and Carla Myers
  • Chapter Nine — General Education: Ten Years of Textbooks at the Ohio State University Libraries by Aaron Olivera
  • About the Contributors
  • Index

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        Publisher: MP-ALA American Library Assoc
        Publication Date: 9/30/2017 12:00:00 AM
        ISBN13: 9780838915875, 978-0838915875
        ISBN10: 0838915876

        Description

        Book Synopsis
        Gathers case studies that pull together creative approaches and best practices for print textbook reserve programs. This book discusses such topics as using aggregated enrollment, grade, and textbook cost data to identify ""high impact"" courses; identifying course-related books that are in the library's collection; and workflow for using bookstore data with ILS and purchasing systems.

        Table of Contents
        Introduction
      • Chapter One — “Basically Everything I Need, I Know the Library Has It”: A Case Study of SUNY Canton’s Textbook Program by Rachel A. Koenig and Cori Wilhelm
      • Chapter Two — Access and Affordability: The Textbook Conundrum by Peggy Seiden and Amy McColl
      • Chapter Three — The Good and the Bad: Implementing a Textbook Reserve Program by Renee Le Beau-Ford and Joanna Ewing
      • Chapter Four — A Student-Funded Textbook Reserve Program by Joanna Duy, Kirsten Huhn, and Dubravka Kapa
      • Chapter Five — Building a STEM Collection of Undergraduate Textbooks by Pattie Piotrowski and Christine McClure
      • Chapter Six — Evolution of a Textbook Circulation Program: Outcomes of Demand-Driven versus Strategic Selection Policies by Posie Aargaard and Jan H. Kemp
      • Chapter Seven — Can Hard-Copy Textbooks on Library Reserve Help Address the Textbook Dilemma? by Feng-Ru Sheu, Kay Downey, and Tom Klingler
      • Chapter Eight — Walking the Tightrope: Balancing Students’ Desire for Textbooks and the Library Budget by Rhonda Glazier and Carla Myers
      • Chapter Nine — General Education: Ten Years of Textbooks at the Ohio State University Libraries by Aaron Olivera
      • About the Contributors
      • Index

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