Thursday, February 5, 2009

Re: Course Backpacks, etc.

We use University Readers in several English and History courses and
really like them as they contain only what we plan to use and they free us
from copyright worries. They have been reasonably priced and significantly
cheaper than buying several books only to use parts of those books. We
have only used their print coursepacks to date and have sold them in our
bookstore. We think we are going to use the online store as an option next
year. They do offer a full digital or a print +20% digital format. We are
constantly exploring options/alternatives for traditional texts to put on
the student tablets. As we get more creative with our course offerings,
this alternative becomes even more appealing.
Elizabeth Helfant
MICDS
St Louis MO 63124

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>Does anyone have information on the use of the Copyright Clearance
>Center, Inc. or University Readers for digital course backpacks or
>digital custom textbooks. If there are other services or companies you
>have used, please email about those also. Are
>there cost savings associated with these digital products versus a print
>on paper textbook? If any schools are using these products, how are they
>handling the costs, i.e. charging parents for their student's materials
>or figuring course or possibly
>division costs and adding it to tuition. Thank you
>
>Coralu Buddenbohm
>Assistant Librarian
>Lausanne Collegiate School
>1381 W. Massey Rd.
>Memphis, TN. 38120
>cbuddenbohm@lausanneschool.com
>Library (901) 474-1014
>Voicemail (901) 474-1203
>http://www.lausanneschool.com
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