Publications & Press
The use of digital materials to support student learning as well as the promise of the Digital Marketplace to enable more affordable accessible choice of digital materials is well represented in the following publications and press.
For more information contact:
Jack Gunther, Digital Marketplace Project Leader
California State University
Office of the Chancellor
jgunther@calstate.edu
The DM in the News
- Online textbook program at CSULB
- Libros ya son digitales en sistema CSU
- Pilot program offers university students digital text discount
- California State University, College Publishers Announce ‘Digital Marketplace’ Deal
- Discounted digital books to help Cal State students save money
- California Explores Digital Learning Content
- E-textbooks program launched at 5 Cal State campuses
News
- College Bookstores Move to Put Electronic Textbooks on Their Shelves
- Northwest Missouri State Electronic Textbooks - FYI
- Project Works to Format Textbooks for Disabled Students
Publications
| Article (pdf format) | Source | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Turn The Page | U.S. Department of Education | Congressional Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance. Provides summary of both short-term and long-term solutions to reduce the cost of textbooks. Recommends Digital Marketplace as a model for the nation. |
| Text Book Affordability | Campus Marketplace | NACS one-year study analyzes the viewpoints of various stakeholders and offers solutions to minimize cost. |
| 5 Ways to Save on Textbooks | The Student PIRGs | 5 ways to reduce student cost of textbooks as well as three long-term solutions: Open Educational Resources, Digital Marketplace and Intellectual Property Licensing. |
| Strategies to Reduce Costs of Textbooks | California Community Colleges System Office | Strategies to reduce textbook cost are reviewed and include a recommendation to create an alliance between student leaders, trustees & CEO’s, bookstores and other administrators. |
| Moving Campus Bookstore Online | National Journal's Technology Daily Feature | National Journal’s Technology Daily Feature which highlights the DM as an innovative example to reduce cost and provide greater access. |
| Will Digital Texts Succeed? | Campus Technology | Provides analysis on the efficacy of the print on demand model. |
| CSU Textbook Initiative Praised by Congress | CSU Leader | Summarizes the “Turn the Page” Report recommendation of the Digital Marketplace. |
| Message from Eunice Clark | College Association of College Stores | Eunice Clark, 2007 CACS President observes the recent changes and trends in the textbook industry and gives a brief summary of the Digital Marketplace. |
| IMS Global Learning Impact | Association for Learning Technology (ALT) Newsletter | IMS Global Learning Impact IMS Global Learning Consortium’s annual conference presented its overview of the Digital Promise- a pledge to raise funds to transform America’s education system using technology. |
| A Digital Solution to Textbook Costs | American Federation of Teachers | Discusses a survey entitled “Squeeze Play: How Parents and the Public Look at Higher Education Today, where the public cites unnecessary spending and mismanagement as the cause for increased college costs. |
| Toward an Electronic Market for Higher Eductaion | IEEE Computer Society’s CS Digital Library | A 2005 Abstract which first describes the vision of the Digital Marketplace. |
| Report of the IMLS Digital Library Forum | Institute of Museum and Library Services Publication | The report of the IMLS digital library provides an overview of the NSDL program and general recommendations for its development. |
| Information Literacy Initiative Grant Proposal | CSU Fullerton Information Literacy | CSU’s ICT Literacy Initiative presents a program seeking to make students better digital information seekers. |
| Learning Anytime Anywhere Partnerships (LAAP) | U.S. Department of Education | Learning Anytime Anywhere Partnerships. Links to organization, associations, databases and publications to help understand the field of asynchronous distance education. |
| National Digital Library Goal Boosted by NSF Awards | Office of Legislative and Public Affairs | The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded funds to development of the National Digital Library. |
| Forging Win-Win Partnerships between Academia and Industry | IEEE Xplore | Summarizes MERLOT’s use of Adobe’s Contribute to enable MERLOT members to easily post, modify or update portal content. |
| The NSF National Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology (SMET) Eduucation Digital Library (NSDL) Program | D-Lib Magazine | To better SMET education, the NSF created the NSDL program to provide students and faculty virtual access to materials and resources. |
| Expanding Academic Technology in the CSU | CSU Chancellor's Office | CSU Academic Technology Planning Committee (ATPC) Strategic Plan that names the Digital Marketplace as a CSU system priority. |
| Funding the Infostructure | Luminafoundation.org | Lumina article on student access to digital content. |
| I'll Take My Lecture to Go, Please | Inside Higher Ed | Summarizes use of mobile devices to advance student learning. |
| Don't Buy That Textbook, Download It Free | The New York Times - Technology | Presents the growing marketplace of free online publishing and electronic content downloading within higher education. |
| College Bookstores to Begin Selling eTextbooks on Demand | The Chronicle of Higher Education | Soon students will be able to buy electronic textbooks and Hollywood movies at the college bookstore, using kiosks that will download files and burn them to CD’s and DVD’s. |
| Free Our Libraries, Cry University Presidents | The Chronicle of Higher Education | Presidents of major universities want more library materials distributed online, without prohibitive charges. |
| Online Publishers Association Website | Online Publishers Association | Main web page for the Online Publishers Association, a non-profit organization representing online content providers. |
| Report of the CSU Textbook Affordability Taskforce | CSU Academic Technology Services (ATS) | CSU Taskforce on Textbook Affordability releases a report which states the need to further develop the Digital Marketplace Initiative and points out current practices which affect textbook prices. |
| Authors, Publishers, and Google Reach Landmark Settlement | American Association of Publishers (AAP) | The Authors Guild, the Association of American Publishers (AAP), and Google today announced a groundbreaking settlement agreement on behalf of a broad class of authors and publishers worldwide that would expand online access to millions of in-copyright books and other written materials in the U.S. from the collections of a number of major U.S. libraries participating in Google Book Search. |
| Office of Distributed Learning News | Office of Distributed Learning. | CSUSB Office of Distributed Learning Article on the Digital Marketplace Prototype. |
| Digital Content Delivery Trends in Higher Education | www.educause.edu/ecar |
Educause Center for Applied Research Bulletin “Digital Content Delivery Trends in Higher Education” Volume 2006, Issue 9, April 25, 2006 |
| Emerging Digital Content Delivery Technologies in Higher Education | www.educause.edu/ecar |
Educause Center for Applied Research Bulletin “Emerging Digital Content Delivery Technologies in Higher Education” Volume 2006, Issue 20, September 26, 2006 |
| Stir up your BI Initiative! | Campus Technology March 2008 | Campus Technology “Why Go Digital?” |
| E-Books in Higher Education | www.educause.edu/ecar |
Educause Center for Applied Research Bulletin “E-Books in Higher Education” Volume 2008, Issue 1, January 8, 2008 |
| Key Trends in the College Store Environment: Course Materials and Digital Content | National Association of College Stores (NACS) | Information prepared by the NACS Environmental Scan Think Tank. |