[Libs-Or] OLA Quarterly Author Showcase | Tina Weyland | Student Data Privacy and Automatic Textbook Billing

[OLA Communications Committee]

Please download and read, “Student Data Privacy and Automatic Textbook
Billing,” by Tina Weyland, here:
https://journals3.oregondigital.org/olaq/article/view/vol27_iss1_9

>From Tina’s article, “The textbook market in U.S. higher education is
changing. In recent years, publishers have developed an automatic
billing model, in which colleges and universities negotiate deals with
publishers to provide ebooks and courseware to students, folding the
cost into student fees. This model is commonly known as "inclusive
access." Because it offers students first-day access to course
materials - important to student success - as well as some savings
over full-priced standard textbooks, it is becoming popular with
faculty and administrators. But textbook publishers are promoting
these plans for another reason: The data they can collect with digital
materials opens a lucrative new market, allowing them to diversify
into analytics services.”

Tina Weyland (she/her) is a Reference and Instruction Librarian at
Rogue Community College and is a member of the college's Textbook
Affordability Group.

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