The Evolution of Affordable Content Efforts in the Higher Education Environment: Programs, Case Studies, and Examples

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Acknowledgements
The Evolution of Affordable Content Efforts in the Higher Education Environment
1. Chapter 1 - Introduction to The Evolution of Affordable Content Efforts in the Higher Education Environment
Individual Courses
1. Chapter 2 - Accessing Science through an Online Database: A Comparison of Student Learning and Engagement Using Library Database Readings as a Textbook Alternative
  Mary Ann Cullen, Dion Stewart, and C. Bayard Stringer
2. Chapter 3 - Faculty-Library Collaboration in a Course Without Assigned Textbooks
  Lauri DeRuiter-Willems and Stacey Knight-Davis
3. Chapter 4 - Internationalizing the Curriculum: Area Studies Collections and Affordable Content Programs
  Pamela Espinosa de los Monteros
Students and Affordable Course Content
1. Chapter 5 - Student Feedback on Affordable Content in the Classroom at the University of Minnesota
  Kristi Jensen
Library Ebook Affordable Content Programs
1. Chapter 7 - Textbook or Not: How Library Ebook Purchasing Power Aligns With Curricular Content Trends
  Niamh Wallace and Sara Filion
2. Chapter 6 - Beyond OER: Library Licensed E-Books as a Proactive Course Reserves Model and Collections Development Tool
  Victoria Raish, Chris Holobar, and Kathy Highbaugh
Creating Affordable Content Programs
1. Chapter 8 - All Hands on Deck: How One University Pooled Resources to Educate and Advocate for Affordable Course Content
  Lucinda Rush, Leo S. Lo, M’hammed Abdous, and Deri Draper
2. Chapter 9 - Creating an OER Toolkit: Offering Customized Solutions and Reducing Barriers in a Small Liberal Arts College
  Ron Joslin, John Meyerhofer, Angi Faiks, and Teresa Fishel
3. Chapter 10 - Encouraging a Yes: Effective Institutional OER Initiatives
  Nicole Finkbeiner, Daniel Williamson, Richard Baraniuk
4. Chapter 11 - Evolving Supports for Faculty to Embrace, Adopt, and Author OERs
  Kimberly Johnson and Karen Pikula
5. Chapter 12 - Expediting OER on Campus: A Multifaceted Approach
  Devin Soper, Lindsey Wharton, and Jeff Phillips
6. Chapter 13 - Facilitating Culture Change to Boost Adoption and Creation of Open Educational Resources at the University of North Dakota
  Stephanie Walker
7. Chapter 14 - Let’s Begin at the End: How a Campus Bookstore Closure Set the Wheels in Motion for a Hybrid OER Project
  Jonas Lamb
8. Chapter 15 - The Open and Affordable Course Material Initiative at Penn State
  Julie Lang, Joseph A. Salem, Jr., and Jennifer Sparrow
Affordable Content Models
1. Chapter 16 - Inclusive Access: Who, What, When, Where, How, and Why?
  Cheryl Cuillier
2. Chapter 17 - Commercial Content Doesn’t Have to be Expensive
  Brad Zurcher
3. Chapter 18 - Indiana University's Affordable E-text Model and Strategies to Increase Impact Beyond Savings
  Serdar Abaci and Anastasia S. Morrone
4. Chapter 19 - Building on History: Providing Affordable Course Content at the University of Wisconsin-Stout
  Robert L. Butterfield
5. Chapter 20 - University of Wisconsin - River Falls: A Textbook Rental and Hybrid Approach to Instructional Content
  Amanda Moeller and Cory Whipkey
6. Chapter 21 - The Role of the Independent College Bookstore in Providing Affordable Course Material
  Marguerite Stocker
Creating and Publishing Openly Licensed/Open Access Content
1. Chapter 22 - Open and Inclusive Education – Connections to Universal Design
  Kaela Parks
2. Chapter 23 - Valuing Open Textbooks: Derivatives, Adaptation, and Remix
  Anita Walz
3. Chapter 24 - Collaborative Assessment Authoring: Building Alliances Across Consortia to Create and Share High-Quality, Open Assessments With the World
  Liv Gjestvang, Ashley Miller, and Alexis Duffy
4. Chapter 25 - Affordable Learning Engagement and Publishing Strategies: Empowering Opportunities for Open-Access Publishing
  Kyle Morgan
5. Chapter 26 - Libraries and Open Educational Resources (OERs): How Libraries Can Use Networks to Support Open Access Textbook Publishing
  Kate Pitcher
Author Index