The library system’s total digital circulation went from 1.75 million in the first 10 months of Fiscal Year 2018 to 2.12 million for the first 10 months of Fiscal Year 2019, a 22 percent increase. So ...

Post=secondary students will soon be able to browse a free online textbook library as part of the province’s new open textbook initiative. Open textbooks are textbooks licensed under open copyright ...

A SENATOR has filed a bill that will give students free access to digital learning materials to ensure learning continuity and bridge the gaps caused by a coronavirus pandemic. “While we return to ...

When Regina Kizer took online nursing classes in two graduate nursing degree programs, she bought textbooks in all different formats. “I've tried eBooks; I've tried Kindle. I've tried purchasing them ...

A college undergraduate spends an average of $1,200 on textbooks a year, enough to buy about five pizzas a week for the entire fall, winter and spring semesters. It’s no wonder that free “open ...

The Textbook Loan Library, a service that allows students to rent texts for a quarter at no cost, will soon switch locations to the Student Activities Center and will debut a website to streamline the ...

The University of Chicago is expanding support for its at-home literacy program by providing access to online libraries and virtual readings, allowing students and families to keep building their love ...

It’s time for college textbooks to catch up with the 21st century. Online, open-access textbooks that rely heavily on information in the public domain would not only cost students a fraction as much, ...

It’s a question that students, and a growing number of their professors, are asking: Why require students to buy expensive textbooks every year, when the Internet is awash in information, much of it ...