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		<title>Textbook alternatives are materializing for students</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students returning to college after summer break may find cheaper textbook alternatives waiting for them at the bookstore.  Others will have the option of downloading electronic versions of textbooks for free or purchasing reasonably priced print versions.

New Jersey higher eds will begin renting textbooks later this year.


Genesee Community College is working with Barnes and Noble [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iMonitor: A missing iPad feature for schools?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite meeting the software, hardware, and price needs of a Michigan high school, Businessweek reports that Apple’s iPad is being rejected by the school for two reasons: Teachers lack the ability to remotely monitor student activity and content in the form e-textbooks are not (yet) widely available from publishers.
The first problem can only be solved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open source textbooks coming to Texas?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fort-Worth Star Telegram reports on legislation passed in Texas earlier this year (2009) that would enable the Texas Education Agency to create an online repository of open source textbooks for schools to adopt.  The state would also have the right to modify and update the works after purchase.


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		<title>Open access textbooks from Florida</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[News from Florida: Free open textbooks for everyone.
It was announced recently that a joint program called Orange Grove Texts Plus (OGT+) has been established between the University Press of Florida (UFP) and The Orange Grove, Florida’s Digital Repository, to provide free downloads of open access textbooks.  Downloads of electronic versions of books are available to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Source Textbook Chatter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[textbooks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It seems the movement away from high priced textbooks is gaining momentum. I saw references to these three happenings in the past few weeks:


Don’t Buy That Textbook, Download It Free &#8211; The New York Times 
A statistics textbook written by a couple of professors was released under a license on the Connexions (a site for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ebscohost Makes Sharing Easier</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While taking the latest beta redesign of the Ebscohost search  interface for a spin I noticed they’ve integrated the popular Add This bookmark button right next to the permanent URL in every article citation.

This particular bookmarking tool is used by many sites on the web and I anticipate our students will recognize it.  Whether [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Access Books from The Ohio State University Press</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[textbooks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Wired Campus Blog posted today (by way of Kairosnews) about an open access program at THE Ohio State University Press.  THE Press has made a selection of out-of-print books from their catalog available for download (PDF). While THE Press (or individual author) retains copyright for the works, the copyright statement on the books [...]]]></description>
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