Textbooks

Federal Textbook Disclosure Rules Now Law

Posted on 3 minute read

The fact that the Higher Education Opportunity Act (Public Law 110-315) -- otherwise known as HEOA -- was signed into law last year is probably not big news ...

Drive-Thru Textbook Buy-Back

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I continue to be astonished by how efficient the used textbook market has become. This week, at the end of the spring quarter at Ohio State University, a dr...

Drupal as the Foundation of Ohio Textbook Portal

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At the end of last month, the Ohio Board of Regents announced the University System of Ohio Textbook Portal. The service has been talked about in the media, ...

The Complex World of the Textbook

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Who knew the college textbook marketplace could be so complex? The agents in this ecosystem and their interests are so intertwined that as a whole it poses ...

Discussions of Textbooks Hit the Mainstream Media

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There has been an increasing focus on the cost of textbooks in the mainstream media this year, and I don't think it is the case that I'm just becoming more s...

“Teaching with Digital Texts” presentation

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At the Ohio Digital Commons for Education conference yesterday I had the privilege of chairing a panel for a session called "Teaching with Digital Texts: Com...

Textbook Disclosure Rules in U.S. House Bill

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The Chronicle of Higher Education had an article today [subscription required] about legislation pending on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives th...

Seeking Details on Websites for Digital Textbooks

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This topic is a bit far from "library technology" but part of my day job at OhioLINK has been involved with research on digital textbooks. To that end, I've...