Puzzle it Out: Finding Textbook Information for Course Reserves Gretchen Avery Library Associate William T. Jerome Library Bowling Green State University gavery@bgsu.edu

BGSU Course Reserve Fall 2017 Statistics 1176 total items on course reserve 8530 total uses of program 7.25 uses per item 514 library owned items on reserve 2099 total uses of library owned items 4.08 uses per library owned item

How to Determine Potential Course Reserves Textbook Adoption Tool Bookstore List of courses, assigned faculty, and enrollment cap from the Registrar or Provost Student booklist page Previous courses Students Emails to and from faculty

Good Communication - Emails Be a person Be short Be specific Tell a story Offer additional help Re-ask question at end Mind your manners Create canned messages to copy and paste

Sort Spreadsheet to Focus Efforts . Sort Spreadsheet to Focus Efforts

Course Information – Upper Level Courses Sort information to hide: Upper level classes Off site classes Special web-only sections

Course Information – Enrollment and Required or Optional Books Sort by: Highest to lowest enrollment Required books, then optional

. Evaluating Titles

Titles – Different Entries to Watch For Bundles/Packages Non-text items Access cards only No text required - possible ebook or OER? Titles listed differently in library catalog Nothing selected yet Correct special characters in spreadsheet Consumables Multiple options of same textbook Titles in loose leaf format

Editions and Ebooks – OK to Use?

Contacts and Time Stamps

Contact Name and Time Stamps The reviewer is often your first contact Sort work by the date it was approved

Student View of Textbook Search

Student View - Booklist Verify course and professor Check for notes See entire list of items Use title and author Verify required Use ISBN, date, and edition

Add a Link to Ebooks

. Friends to Have

Friends to Have Bookstore Manager Registrar Provost Administrative Assistants Faculty Students Amazon

Friends to Have - Pointers Everyone has limited time Everyone has a lot on their plate Know your contacts Mind your manners Tell your story

Why Amazon is Your Friend Use information: ISBN to find full title and edition Multiple print formats Use picture for quick reference Copyright and published dates List of multiple authors Use price to show value

Use Amazon to: Verify bundles, book title, and access cards Check edition and publish date Search by multiple authors Use cover image and title page Use ISBN for multiple formats

. Delegation and Help

Delegating Work and Student Involvement Work on spreadsheet by adoption date Work on sections by department Work on a shared spreadsheet Ask stacks management students to pull books Allow student access to Sierra Allow student access to email

. Successes

Successes of the Program Saves students money Shows in catalog early Ready to use by the first day (mostly) Fewer emails Use of library owned materials Collection development Focus Textbook Affordability efforts

. Pitfalls

Pitfalls of the Program Time No access to download Merging spreadsheets Communication and emails Change/additions of adoptions/faculty Low/Slow adoption rate Stingy publishers Online classes

. Plan Ahead

Preparing for the Future Textbook Adoption programs Open Educational Resources Inclusive Access/First-Day model Database articles Library ebooks More monographs Streaming video

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