I think what is planned is that students will pay a flat fee to access all their textbooks, and that faculty choose which of the 900+ books in the collection they want to use.

Brenda

From: Roen Janyk <RJanyk@okanagan.bc.ca>
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2020 10:47 AM
To: 'Flewelling, Debra' <flewellingd@douglascollege.ca>; Brenda Smith <Brsmith@tru.ca>; bcoelsteering@lists.bccampus.ca
Subject: RE: VitalSource

Does this give students access to all textbooks on the platform, or they are still just buying individual textbooks and accessing via the VitalSource platform? Previously this model was only available to US customers.

Thanks,

Roen

From: Bcoelsteering <bcoelsteering-bounces@lists.bccampus.ca> On Behalf Of Flewelling, Debra
Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2020 8:23 AM
To: Brenda Smith <Brsmith@tru.ca>; bcoelsteering@lists.bccampus.ca
Subject: Re: [Bcoelsteering] VitalSource

Interesting – Vital Source and Red Hat came to my attention recently because that is the only place I think you can get an electronic copy of the APA manual. https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/coronavirus-response

In fact, APA says they are making it free for libraries during COVID but that ended in May – I guess they thought the pandemic would be over by then 😊

Good question Brenda – I’m wondering the same.

Debra

From: Bcoelsteering <bcoelsteering-bounces@lists.bccampus.ca> On Behalf Of Brenda Smith
Sent: June 26, 2020 3:53 PM
To: bcoelsteering@lists.bccampus.ca
Subject: [Bcoelsteering] VitalSource

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Hi all,

TRU’s Bookstore seems to purchasing VitalSource for eBook textbooks. Are any other institutions doing this? It looks students would pay a flat fee for all textbooks through it. Thoughts about it and its impact on OER?

Thanks,

Brenda