Providing affordable course materials through transfer student discussions

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dc.audienceAudience::Academic and Research Libraries Sectionen_US
dc.contributor.authorFilar Williams, Beth
dc.contributor.authorWelhouse, Zach
dc.coverage.spatialLocation::United States of Americaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-07T15:55:43Z
dc.date.available2023-10-07
dc.date.available2023-10-07T15:55:43Z
dc.date.issued2023-10-07
dc.description.abstractUniversity students face barriers to academic success without the proper resources and access. The high costs of traditional course materials along with ancillary resources such as laptops and software subscriptions that are needed to complete coursework affects many. The high cost of materials leads to students not buying textbooks, changing their desired majors, making financial sacrifices, or even dropping out of school. This focus group study at Oregon State University, a large research university in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, looked at transfer students, who make up 31% of our undergraduate population in 2022, who come from community colleges where low- or no-cost course materials are expected. This study explored students’ barriers and strategies to access, attitudes toward instructors’ textbook choices, and awareness of services provided by their new institution. The library researchers’ goal was to determine actions we can take to help with expectations, awareness, and support in the library to help our students get the quality, equitable, and accessible education they deserve in order to be successful in their studies. This poster will share the methodology used, data collected, and actions taken as a result of the focus groups’ findings.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://2023.ifla.org/poster-sessions/
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/2933
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries88th IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC), 2023 Rotterdam;Poster Sessions
dc.rights.holderBeth Filar Williamsen_US
dc.rights.holderZach Welhouseen_US
dc.rights.licenseCC BY 4.0en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectSubject::Cost managementen_US
dc.subjectSubject::Academic and research librariesen_US
dc.subjectSubject::Educationen_US
dc.subjectSubject::Equal accessen_US
dc.titleProviding affordable course materials through transfer student discussionsen_US
dc.typeEvents Materialsen_US
dc.typePostersen_US
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