sfss open textbook advocacy.pptx
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SFSS OER Advocacy Presented by Chardaye Bueckert
@chardayeb and Brady Yano @bradyyano
My Story O 2013: BC Open
Textbook Program & open textbooks as a “no brainer”
CostsAverage book & material cost per
student per term: $300-1,000
Books & materials as 38%of total educational cost per term for
domestic students
Ever changing editions render expensive books worthless
Textbooks are big business !!
1,489,536 full time Canadian post secondary students x $600/year on
books =
$893, 721, 600 annual textbook sales in Canada
O 2013-2014:Outreach and awareness
“What Have You Done to Avoid Paying for a
Textbook?”Some extreme: • Picking classes based on book costs• Dropping classes because of books costs • Cramming with a shared book • Translating• Going without the book• Using secondary sources for primary source
analysis • Going without the book• International travel
OpenCon 2014
What We Did O Student outreachO Faculty & administration engagementO Discussion with governmentO Library collaborationO Liaising with other student unions
Challenges• Lack of uptake at SFU and other research
based institutions • Publisher pressure • Lack of awareness amongst students and
faculty • Academic freedom
Lessons Learned O Allies abound! O There is always more to learnO There is always room for one moreO Open as the future
Success as a Next Step
#textbookbrokeBCOInspired by the USPIRG campaignOUndergraduate student collaboration
between BC’s largest PSI’s - SFU and UBCOLeveraging social media as both a free and
open platform
Opportunities O Student union collaboration O Cross border collaborationO Canadian institutional championsO Celebrating successesOOpen textbooks became a hot topic in the
2015 SFSS elections
Thank You!Any questions?