{"id":4980,"date":"2025-01-28T13:30:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T21:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/scholarlycommunications\/?p=4980"},"modified":"2025-02-28T08:55:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T16:55:20","slug":"2025-spring-etextbooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/scholarlycommunications\/2025\/01\/28\/2025-spring-etextbooks\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Spring eTextbook savings top previous semester"},"content":{"rendered":"

eTextbooks for Students (Spring 2025)<\/h1>\n

The numbers are in, the classes are dropped, and the savings are counted! For the 2025 Spring semester, UVic Libraries’ <\/span>eTextbooks program<\/span><\/a> saved students a whopping $330,780.15<\/strong>, beating lasts semester’s savings by $73,720.72<\/strong>! These savings are from 118 textbooks used in 90 different classes.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is a continuation of the UVic Libraries’ <\/span>eTextbooks for students project<\/span><\/a>, started in fall 2021, to track the use of library licensed electronic books assigned in courses for the fall 2024 academic term. The project provides a list of electronic versions of course textbooks that are available to students through the library and supports access and affordability efforts that are important to student success.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This project complements the Libraries\u2019 advocacy efforts and aligns with its\u00a0<\/span>Strategic Directions<\/span><\/a>. With this project, we have the opportunity to scan the university landscape to determine the extent to which the Libraries\u2019 licensed resources are being used at all levels of course work. The Libraries\u2019 expanded eBook collection allows instructors to assign quality course materials, while providing affordable solutions for students.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These solutions improve students\u2019 access to affordable education and are closely aligned with the United Nations\u2019 Sustainable Development Goal #4, “Quality Education”, which is aimed at ensuring “inclusive and equitable quality education and [promoting] lifelong learning opportunities for all.”<\/p>\n

This brings our total savings since we started tracking in the fall of 2022 to\u00a0$2,136,168.27!<\/strong> Please check back here at the beginning of the summer 2025 semester for further savings.<\/p>\n

CALL TO ACTION:<\/h2>\n

FACULTY:<\/strong>\u00a0Let us know if you are using an open textbook or UVic Libraries licensed resource<\/span><\/span><\/span>s<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0for you<\/span><\/span><\/span>r<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0course this academic year<\/span><\/span><\/span>!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

STUDENTS:\u00a0<\/strong>Let us know if you are accessing an open textbook or library licensed resources for your course!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Photo by Polina Zimmerman<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

eTextbooks for Students (Spring 2025) The numbers are in, the classes are dropped, and the savings are counted! For the 2025 Spring semester, UVic Libraries’ eTextbooks program saved students a whopping $330,780.15, beating lasts semester’s savings by $73,720.72! These savings are from 118 textbooks used in 90 different classes. This is a continuation of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20309,"featured_media":4981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,21],"tags":[1201,93,1139],"class_list":["post-4980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-open-education","tag-etextbooks","tag-uvic-libraries","tag-zero-cost-textbooks"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/scholarlycommunications\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1718\/2025\/01\/pexels-polina-zimmerman-3747489-scaled-e1738099125637.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/scholarlycommunications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/scholarlycommunications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/scholarlycommunications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/scholarlycommunications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20309"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/scholarlycommunications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4980"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/scholarlycommunications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5027,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/scholarlycommunications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4980\/revisions\/5027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/scholarlycommunications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/scholarlycommunications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/scholarlycommunications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/scholarlycommunications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}