| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 67.49 |
| Liaison | Elizabeth Swiman |
| Submission Date | March 15, 2023 |
Florida State University
IN-41: Textbook Affordability
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.50 / 0.50 |
Gene
Cilluffo Engagement & Outreach Coordinator FSU Sustainable Campus |
Does the institution host a peer-to-peer textbook exchange program, textbook lending library, or alternate textbook project?:
A brief description of the textbook exchange program, textbook lending library, or alternate textbook project:
FSU Libraries hosts the eTextbook Program. This program supplements our current OER (open educational resource) efforts in providing students with online access to course materials available at no-cost through FSU Libraries. It also provides support for instructors interested in identifying eBooks and eResources for use in courses.
Does the institution provide incentives for academic staff that explicitly encourage the authorship, peer review, and/or adoption of open access textbooks?:
A brief description of the incentives to encourage the authorship, peer review, and/or adoption of open access textbooks:
FSU Libraries' Alternative Textbook Grants support FSU instructors in replacing commercial textbooks with open educational resources, open textbooks, or library-licensed eResources that are available to students at no cost. FSU Libraries offers grants of $1000 to instructors during the academic year. Additional funding may be available for those publishing new open textbooks. Studies show students have similar or increased success and engagement in courses with open materials. Openly licenses materials support academic freedom and learning outcomes, allowing instructors and students to contribute to knowledge exchange in new, meaningful ways.
Website URL where information about the textbook affordability incentives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
https://www.lib.fsu.edu/etextbook
https://www.lib.fsu.edu/teaching-and-learning/course-materials/etextbook-information
https://www.lib.fsu.edu/research-and-publish/open-education-resources
From July 6, 2019, to July 6, 2022, Florida State University published 9,802 outputs according to Web of Science. The percentage of published outputs available via Open Access during that time was 45.2% (which includes both OA published articles and repositories). Finally, the percentage of published outputs available as accepted manuscripts in repositories was about 10.5%.
It should be noted that it is difficult to pin down the percentage of outputs provided in a repository. Accepted manuscripts were selected specifically because repositories are frequently used to provide accepted manuscripts as an alternative to paywalled articles. The data is limited to what is indexed by Web of Science and identified via their partnership with OurResearch.
https://www.lib.fsu.edu/etextbook
https://www.lib.fsu.edu/teaching-and-learning/course-materials/etextbook-information
https://www.lib.fsu.edu/research-and-publish/open-education-resources
From July 6, 2019, to July 6, 2022, Florida State University published 9,802 outputs according to Web of Science. The percentage of published outputs available via Open Access during that time was 45.2% (which includes both OA published articles and repositories). Finally, the percentage of published outputs available as accepted manuscripts in repositories was about 10.5%.
It should be noted that it is difficult to pin down the percentage of outputs provided in a repository. Accepted manuscripts were selected specifically because repositories are frequently used to provide accepted manuscripts as an alternative to paywalled articles. The data is limited to what is indexed by Web of Science and identified via their partnership with OurResearch.
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