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  1. Affordable Learning Solutions: Webinar Series for Sharing Today’s Features: CSU Library Services SAGE Publishing Welcome! Please introduce yourself to others by entering your name, title, and campus in the chat window. If you need to use telephony for audio,dial 1-866-244-8528 and enter PIN 862488

  2. AL$ Webinar #8 Agenda • Welcome and AL$ Overview/Updates(Hanley, 10 minutes) • CSU Library Services(Walker, 20 minutes) • SAGE Publishing(Marroquin & Schultz, 20 minutes) • Summary, Discussion, and Looking Ahead(All, 10 minutes)

  3. http://als.csuprojects.org • Making It Easier To Find • Alternative Content • Tools • Technologies • Policies • Marketing & deployment strategies

  4. CSU Provides System Access to Free or Low-Cost Textbook Alternatives • Open Educational Resources: Over 40,000 FREE online teaching materials including over 2,300 FREE online textbooks are available @ AL$ website • CSU Library eBooks: CSU systemwide electronic library collections provide students FREE access to eBooks • Faculty-Authored Materials: Published and distributed in a variety of ways • Lower Cost Publisher eTextbooks: CSU Rent Digital

  5. About Digital Textbooks in the CSU • Digital textbooks cost 45%-55% less than new print textbook prices • 33% of CSU students prefer digital textbooks • 1% of all titles sold in CSU bookstores are digital textbooks There is an unmet demand in the CSU marketplace

  6. Agreement On 4 Key Areas • Choice: Faculty have a wide choice of publishers and students can choose a digital rental or not. 20K+ titles. • Price: 60% off new print textbook prices and publishers choose the titles they will offer • Marketing: CSU and vendors collaborating to raise awareness, comfort, and competencies in using digital textbooks • Accessibility: Vendors will provide the CSU a roadmap for improving the accessibility of their eReaders

  7. Spring 2013: • Student-focused activities • Campus Outreach: Student awareness of choice through your campus bookstore • Cal State Student Association communication program • CSU Public Affairs program

  8. COMING SOON: Café Scribe, Schlager, W.W. Norton

  9. Why Do CSU Students Use Rent Digital? Affordability • Lowest price. No buyback gamble. No risk of losing a print rental. Can afford ALL materials for classes. Reduce Stress • No book theft. No heavy backpack. No remembering to return rentals during finals. Reassurance • Available in NEW editions unlike used books and hard copy rentals. CSU only has the correct edition/title/ISBN so no risk of buying the wrong book Unique Benefits • If students decide to keep the materials, they can pay the difference. Interactive content is more engaging than hard copy and grades reflect the improvement • Tests identify and explain errors so students learn from tests as well as studying • Publisher updates in real-time, so no “old” editions. • Get to select the format that suits them while the instructor still selects content

  10. Digital Rentals: Student Savings • If 1/3 of CSU students choose 1 digital rental per semester instead of a new $100 print textbook….. • CSU students will save about $17 Million in 2012-13

  11. CSU ALS Activities: What’s the Schedule? • 2012-2013: Faculty/Staff-focused activities • Join the AL$ Online Community for info and support tinyurl.com/als-community • Monthly webinars by CO, CSU campuses & vendors • Support for Campus AL$ Initiatives • Workshops at your campus

  12. Affordable Learning Solutions:Library Resources and Tools David Walker Director, Systemwide Digital Library Services dwalker@calstate.edu

  13. Library Resources and Tools • What can the library provide? • How can faculty take advantage of it?

  14. Lots of “free” content • Course pack alternatives • 99,000 eJournals • 100’s of millions of articles in full-text online • Textbook alternatives • 50,000-300,000 eBooks • Patron-driven acquisition

  15. Library eBooks as textbooks • Library can compare bookstore list to library subscriptions • Example: San Jose (Fall 2012) • 173 eBooks in bookstore list • 4,623 students using eBooks • $152,000 savings

  16. XPorter • Save and export from the Library to the LMS • Only with Blackboard • Working entirely within the LMS • All Learning Management Systems

  17. Library Resources and Tools • What can the library provide? • Thousands of eBooks • Millions of eJournal articles • How can faculty take advantage of it? • Library / Bookstore collaboration • Library website search • XPorter

  18. David Walker Director, Systemwide Digital Library Services dwalker@calstate.edu

  19. CSU Affordable Learning Program Criminology Pilot

  20. Agenda • SAGE—who we are • CSU Partnerships • How to participate • Where to learn more • Questions?

  21. SAGE Publications, Inc.

  22. SAGE Publications, Inc. • Journal and reference business • Textbooks • “Little Green Books” • Known for high-level research methods • Authorship • Current initiatives • Affordable • Robust curriculum offerings • Technology and media • Supplements

  23. SAGE Criminal Justice Titles at CSU

  24. SAGE joins CSU Rent Digital Initiative SAGE joins the California State University Rent Digital Initiative providing discountedeTextbooks to help improve learning outcomes of current CSU students.

  25. What if I am already using SAGE? Blanket discount applies to all SAGE products Available to all CSU students Available at all CSU institutions Starts Fall 2013

  26. CSU/SAGE Criminal JusticeAffordable Learning Program • Partnership: CSU AL$ and SAGE • Affordability: Help faculty find less expensive content • Faculty recognition: Recognize faculty for reducing costs to students • Sharing practices: spread awareness of no- or low-cost digital content at CSU • Customizing strategies: Help campuses tailor strategies for affordable learning solutions

  27. Program specifics (continued) • CSU-specific pricing • 60% off list price: when Instructor tests from book and informs students that he/she does so, and indicates on the first day of class that purchasing the book digitally is strongly encouraged • 70% off list price: when Instructor arranges for course fee to be embedded in registration fee • Minimum $15.00 price point

  28. Access e-content sold at local CSU bookstores e-content sold online e-content available through CourseSmart, Café Scribe and NOOK Study

  29. Getting Started http://www.sagepub.com/affordablelearning/csu/

  30. Thank you Enrique Marroquin Institutional Sales Manager Enrique.Marroquin@SAGEpub.com Tel. 805-490-7150 Terra Schultz Sr. Marketing Manager Terra.Schultz@SAGEpub.com Tel. 708-203-2884

  31. Comments or Questions

  32. Contact / Connect Next CSU AL$ webinar Collaboration/Support: als@cdl.edu ALS Website als.csuprojects.org ALS Community site tinyurl.com/als-community Month of May: Date, time, and topics TBD

  33. THANK YOU! JOIN THE CSU AL$ ONLINE COMMUNITY AT http://tinyurl.com/als-community

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