Affordable Learning $olutions:
Webinar Series for Sharing
Campus Initiatives and
Vendor Services
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AL$ Webinar #1 Agenda
 Welcome and AL$ Overview
(Hanley, 10 mins)
 AL$ Efforts and Outcomes @ CSUDH
(Moy, 10 mins)
 Vendor Presentation, CaféScribe
(Pisney, 15 mins)
 Joys and Concerns About Your AL$ efforts
(Hanley, 15 mins)
 Emerging Needs and Next Steps
(Hanley, 5 mins)
 Summary and Next Meeting’s Agenda
(Hanley, 5 mins)
http://als.csuprojects.org
Making It Easier To Find
 Alternative Content
 Tools
 Technologies
 Policies
 Marketing &
deployment strategies
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CSU Provides System Access to
No- and Low-Cost Textbook Alternatives
 Open Textbooks: Over 2,000 FREE online
textbooks are available through the AL$ website
 CSU Library eBooks: CSU systemwide
electronic library collections provide students
FREE access to eBooks
 Faculty-Authored Materials: Published and
distributed in a variety of ways
 Lower Cost Publisher eTextbooks: Digital
rentals in the CSU
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About Digital Textbooks in the CSU
 Digital textbooks cost 45%-55% less
than new print textbook prices
 33% of CSU students prefer digital
textbooks
 1% of all titles sold in CSU
bookstores are digital textbooks
There is an unmet demand in the
marketplace
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Digital Rentals: Design Principles
Lessons learned from CSU research
 Choice
 Price
 Convenience
 Accessibility
…..Are Key Success Factors
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Digital Rentals: Here’s the Deal
Agreement on 3 key areas:
 Price: 60% off new print textbook prices
 Publishers choose the titles they will offer
 Marketing: CSU and vendors will collaborate on
raising awareness, comfort, and competencies in
using digital textbooks
 Accessibility: Vendors will provide the CSU a
roadmap for improving the accessibility of their
eReaders
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Digital Rentals: Who’s Playing?
Vendors Serve all CSU Campuses
 CourseSmart: Independent bookstores
 Café Scribe: Follett bookstores
 NookStudy: Barnes & Noble bookstores
 Cengage Learning: 27% of higher ed market
Today’s Partner Presenting:
 Café Scribe: Follett bookstores
 Presenter: Liz Pisney
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Digital Rentals: What’s the Schedule?
Spring-Summer 2012: Faculty/Staff-focused activities
 March 6-7 Workshop at Chancellor’s Office
 April 14 CSU Conference on Teaching
 Webinars by CSU campuses & vendors
 Supporting Campus AL$ Initiatives
Fall 2012: Student-focused activities
 Campus Outreach: Student awareness of choice
 Cal State Student Association communication program
 CSU Public Affairs program
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Digital Rentals: Student Savings
If 1/3 of CSU students choose
1 digital rental per semester
instead of a new $100 print
textbook…..
 CSU students will save about
$17 Million in 2012-13
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Affordable Learning Solutions
Enabling
Ecosystems
with policies, leadership,
business models
Developing Demand
with communications,
training, professional
development
Creating Capabilities
with convenient & affordable access to
content (CSU Digital Marketplace)
Leveraging Content Providers
Publishers--Libraries-- Academic Authors--Open
Education Resources (CSU-MERLOT)
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Campus Showcase: Dominguez Hills
 Naomi Moy, Director, Reference Services
 Chief Conspirator, ALS @ CSUDH
CSUDH AL$ Summary
 127 Faculty Participants 2010-2012
 106 Faculty Participants AY 2011-2012 with
faculty representation from all colleges
 Potential student savings Fall 2010 – Fall 2011:
$490,666 for 147 courses, 6,918 students
 Bookstore savings to students, Fall 2010 –
Spring 2012: $808,949
The Beginning Stages
 Planning and Discussions:
CSU, Provost, Library, Dean’s Council;
Bookstore; Campus Information Technology,
Technology Advisory Committee, Academic
Senate & Senate Executive Committee
 Bringing AL$ to faculty via college-specific
workshops, special grant project, and
departmental meetings
 Emails to faculty introducing AL$
Lighting the Fire
 Bookstore finds rentals and offers rentals
even when CSUDH is the only Follett
campus to offer a title.
 Library matches its e-Resources to class
required textbooks and notifies faculty
 Faculty make specific search requests
 AL$ webpage, especially AL$ Faculty
Showcase
(http://library.csudh.edu/ALS/showcase/)
Faculty Recognition
 Faculty Showcase with individual faculty pages
listing resources and links to resource used
 2011 and 2012 Faculty Recognition Receptions
with certificates of recognition/
appreciation given to each participant
 Also provide personally addressed
invitations, emails, etc.
Our Primary Resources
 Library focus on resources free to students
 Ebrary e-books
 EBSCO e-books
 Publisher direct e-books
 Articles from subscription databases
 OERs found in MERLOT
 Also low-cost books or digital books with valueadded online resources.
Campus Grants
 Campus supported additional resources with
award of two lottery grants and Presidential
Creative Initiative Program providing $50,000 for
purchase of electronic resources and $11,000 for
15 iPads for student check-out
 CSUDH AL$ project can be found at
http://library.csudh.edu/ALS/
Questions or Comments
Regarding ALS @ CSUDH
What is CafeScribe?
• One platform
providing content
from over 85
publishing
partners
• Over 25,000 titles
• Custom publishing
opportunities
• For sale in-store,
online and affiliate
sites
• Free web-based eReader
• Interact with the text:
• read
• highlight
• notes
• search
• Create custom study
guides with Snap Summary
• Interact with other users –
community notes
• Downloadable offline
version
Ease of Mobility
• Web browser-based platform
 Anywhere, anytime access
• Device independent
 Can be used on any web-enabled device:
• Macs and PCs
• iOS and Android tablets and smart phones
• Option to download
 Can download book to a computer for offline studying
CafeScribe Rent Digital
Rental (Subscription)
• Students can access the
digital book for a
predetermined rental period
(e.g., 180 days)
• The rental period starts when
the book is activated
• All notes and highlights
remain available even when
the rental period has expired
CafeScribe Digital Book Ticket Pads
Digital Rent
Bookshelf
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Flexible Annotations
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Versatile Bookmarking
Flexible Annotations
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Community Notes
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Search
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Snap Summary
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Mobile App: Book Info
Mobile App: Search Book or Notes
Mobile App: Snap Summary
Technical Support
• 24/7 Technical Support available at
 1-877-612-2233
 support@cafescribe.com
 http://www.cafescribehelp.com
 www.connectyourthoughts.com
CafeScribe
on your campus
Joys & Concerns
About Your AL$ Activities
Sharing your experiences of what’s working and
not working is very helpful for all of us to
continuously improve our AL$ services
 What activities are bringing joy to you, your faculty, your
students, your students’ parents, and/or your staff?
 What activities are bringing less than positive
experiences to you, your faculty, your students, your
students’ parents, and/or your staff?
Emerging Needs and Next Steps
 Summarize what the Chancellor’s Office might
do to address campus needs.
 Summarize what campuses might do to address
AL$ program needs
Next CSU AL$ webinar
 June 28, 2012 from 12:00 – 1:00p
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Campus feature on Pomona
Vendor feature on Cengage Learning
More updates regarding CSU AL$ support
Further dialog regarding your needs toward making
a CSU education more affordable
JOIN THE CSU AL$ ONLINE COMMUNITY AT
http://voices.merlot.org/group/affordablelearning-solutions-community