Diaz, Chris (ed.) Textbooks in Academic Libraries: Selection, Circulation, and Assessment. ALA Editions, 2017. ISBN: 978-0-8389-1587-5
Description
This ALCTS monograph gathers case studies that pull together creative approaches and best practices for print textbook reserve programs.
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
