@techreport { title = {Opening the textbook: New opportunities for libraries and publishers?}, year = {2014}, month = {03/2014}, author = {Maron, Nancy L.}, keywords = {open textbooks, OER models, OER library initiatives, Flat World Knowledge, connexions}, publisher = {Ithaka S+R}, pages = {1-12}, abstract = {What solutions might we find within our community to solve the problem of rising textbook prices? In our latest issue brief, Nancy Maron, Ithaka S+R’s Program Director for Sustainability and Scholarly Communications, looks at recent trends in textbook publishing and suggests that collaborations between university presses and academic libraries might yield a new breed of textbook more aligned to the needs of faculty and students.}, refereed = {does not apply}, url = {http://www.sr.ithaka.org/sites/default/files/files/SR_BriefingPaper_Textbook_20140306.pdf}, attachments = {SR_BriefingPaper_Textbook_20140306.pdf}, }