Abstract Recent efforts to reduce costs for textbooks and other learning materials are now blurring the lines between what is and is not a textbook. Initiatives in California, Georgia, and other states have resulted in libraries rethinking their textbook purchase policies. This case study of California State University, East Bay, an early adopter of the state system’s Affordable Learning Solutions, describes the initiative, discusses the impact on the library’s collection and its policies, explores unique elements of today’s “textbooks,” and discusses possibilities for the future.

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教科书和图书馆馆藏

摘要 最近为降低教科书和其他学习材料的成本所做的努力现在正在模糊什么是教科书和什么不是教科书之间的界限。加利福尼亚州、佐治亚州和其他州的举措导致图书馆重新考虑他们的教科书购买政策。加州州立大学东湾分校的案例研究是该州系统负担得起的学习解决方案的早期采用者，描述了该计划，讨论了对图书馆馆藏及其政策的影响，探索了当今“教科书”的独特元素，并讨论了未来。