{"id":12868,"date":"2024-12-12T09:29:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T13:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=12868"},"modified":"2024-12-17T09:08:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T13:08:01","slug":"purdue-libraries-and-school-of-information-studies-save-students-over-930000-in-course-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/12\/purdue-libraries-and-school-of-information-studies-save-students-over-930000-in-course-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies saves students over $930,000 in course materials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies collaborates with instructors to locate affordable course materials to support student success. During the fall 2024 semester, Purdue Libraries saved students over $930,000 in textbook fees by acquiring required course materials for Libraries\u2019 electronic collection, including over $36,000 in savings for more than 470 students at Purdue Indianapolis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cost of course textbooks can place a significant financial burden on college students and impede their academic opportunities. According to the U.S. PIRG Education Fund<\/a>, \u201c65 percent of students reported skipping buying assigned course material\u2014a textbook, an access code, or both\u2014during their time at school because of its cost.\u201d Libraries provides access to a wide range of library-licensed materials, including over 800 new ebooks and streaming videos since July 2022. These materials are accessible via the Brightspace integrated electronic reading list, Leganto<\/a>, where students can readily find and read them in the context of other course assignments and activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Affordable course materials website launched<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To help instructors create more equitable learning environments, Purdue Libraries launched an affordable course materials website<\/a>. This resource offers guidance and tools for instructors on how to integrate affordable materials into Purdue courses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about affordable learning materials or to schedule a consultation with a librarian, please contact Emily Little,<\/a> open education and affordable content librarian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies collaborates with instructors to locate affordable course materials to support student success. During the fall 2024 semester, Purdue Libraries saved students over $930,000 in textbook fees by acquiring required course materials for Libraries\u2019 electronic collection, including over $36,000 in savings for more than 470 students at Purdue Indianapolis. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":166,"featured_media":12873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13,13101],"tags":[13102],"class_list":["post-12868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-news-and-announcements","tag-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/12\/LIB2024-Edits-edited.jpg?fit=1536%2C864&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pT6ms-3ly","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12868"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12884,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12868\/revisions\/12884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}