<http://trusu.ca/news/studentcaucus/library-budget-cannot-sustain-textbooks/>
Amanda Coolidge
Senior Manager, Open Education
BCcampus | connect.collaborate.innovate.
120- 645 Fort Street | Victoria BC V8W 1G2
Tel 250-818-4592 |
On Jan 12, 2017, at 1:20 PM, Lindsay Tripp
<ltripp(a)langara.ca> wrote:
Hello all,
I reached out to the student newspaper and Langara Student Union leadership about the
rising cost of commercial textbooks, with the hope that students would champion the cause.
Sadly, there’s been little interest/uptake to date. It’s great to see traction on other
campuses though, and I’ll continue to proselytize here at Langara ;)
Lindsay
From: Bcoelsteering [mailto:bcoelsteering-bounces@mail.bccampus.ca
<mailto:bcoelsteering-bounces@mail.bccampus.ca>] On Behalf Of Amanda Coolidge
Sent: January-12-17 10:54 AM
To: Caroline Daniels
Cc: bcoel; bcoelsteering
Subject: Re: [Bcoelsteering] Textbookbroke campaigns
Yes please do send our way- was there any press on it?
From: "Caroline Daniels" <Caroline.Daniels(a)kpu.ca
<mailto:Caroline.Daniels@kpu.ca>>
To: "Amanda Coolidge" <acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca
<mailto:acoolidge@bccampus.ca>>, "Debra Flewelling"
<flewellingd(a)douglascollege.ca <mailto:flewellingd@douglascollege.ca>>
Cc: "bcoelsteering" <bcoelsteering(a)mail.bccampus.ca
<mailto:bcoelsteering@mail.bccampus.ca>>, "bcoel"
<bcoel(a)mail.bccampus.ca <mailto:bcoel@mail.bccampus.ca>>
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 10:47:39 AM
Subject: RE: Textbookbroke campaigns
Our students at KPU have something going too. Sadly I didn’t take a picture of it (I know
– if you don’t get a photo it never happened!). I’m reaching out to the organizer to see
if he got a photo. Nothing works better than students engaging students!
From: Bcoel [mailto:bcoel-bounces@mail.bccampus.ca
<mailto:bcoel-bounces@mail.bccampus.ca>] On Behalf Of Amanda Coolidge
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 8:24 AM
To: Flewelling, Debra <flewellingd(a)douglascollege.ca
<mailto:flewellingd@douglascollege.ca>>
Cc: bcoelsteering(a)mail.bccampus.ca <mailto:bcoelsteering@mail.bccampus.ca>;
bcoel(a)mail.bccampus.ca <mailto:bcoel@mail.bccampus.ca>
Subject: Re: [Bcoel] [Bcoelsteering] Textbookbroke campaigns
Nice work!!!
From: "Flewelling, Debra" <flewellingd(a)douglascollege.ca
<mailto:flewellingd@douglascollege.ca>>
To: bcoel(a)mail.bccampus.ca <mailto:bcoel@mail.bccampus.ca>
Cc: bcoelsteering(a)mail.bccampus.ca <mailto:bcoelsteering@mail.bccampus.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2017 7:53:34 PM
Subject: [Bcoelsteering] Textbookbroke campaigns
Hello,
It is that time of semester when we hopefully see more attention brought to the high cost
of textbooks. UVIC made the papers
-http://www.saanichnews.com/news/410166795.html#.WHZqlZmgDuo.twitter
<http://www.saanichnews.com/news/410166795.html#.WHZqlZmgDuo.twitter>
And here at Douglas, the Douglas College Student Union set up a table set in our
concourse area (see attached picture). I took the picture at the end of the day but during
the day I noticed they had a lot of traffic around the table.
Did anything happen at your institution that you would like to share?
Debra
Debra Flewelling
Open Education & Emerging Technologies Librarian
T 604.527.5190 F 604.527.5193
Debra.Flewelling(a)douglascollege.ca <mailto:Debra.Flewelling@douglascollege.ca>
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Amanda Coolidge
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BCcampus | connect.collaborate.innovate.
120- 645 Fort Street | Victoria BC V8W 1G2
Tel 250-818-4592 |
www.bccampus.ca <http://www.bccampus.ca/>
Skype: coolidge.amanda
Twitter: @acoolidge
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Amanda Coolidge
Senior Manager, Open Education
BCcampus | connect.collaborate.innovate.
120- 645 Fort Street | Victoria BC V8W 1G2
Tel 250-818-4592 |
www.bccampus.ca <http://www.bccampus.ca/>
Skype: coolidge.amanda
Twitter: @acoolidge
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