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College textbook costs have skyrocketed at 4 times inflation affecting students, families, and professors alike. Affordable textbook solutions are needed!


We the undersigned believe the following:

  • Textbooks should be affordable. Publishers should stop raising prices unfairly and offer a way to access each textbook for $30 or less per term without lowering quality.
  • High-quality, affordable textbooks already exist in many subjects. Professors can reduce costs by considering these options.
  • Open textbooks are an ideal solution, because they can be freely accessed, adapted and printed at a low cost. Decision-makers should prioritize support for open textbooks.

A compiled list of petition signatures will be delivered to college administrators and legislators to promote affordable textbook solutions.

  • Professors don’t like soaring prices, either! Send an email to faculty at my school on my behalf letting them know how they can join the affordable textbooks movement.
Sign the Petition

A compiled petition of signatures will be delivered to college admins and legislators.

Access and attribution in classroom notes

The student field-notes guide helps students distinguish observations from conclusions when a text accompanies fieldwork. The library-network archive provides another reference-management example: retain the catalogue record before describing the document. An affordable text still needs an identifiable edition and reuse conditions. For open material, record the exact licence and attribution information instead of assuming that free access permits every use. Keep the licence reference with the reading list so it can be checked again.

Reference: Creative Commons licences. .

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