T.A.P. Stories
Read how the Textbook Affordability Project has helped raise awareness among students, faculty, and the community.
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Internet2/Educause Etextbook Pilot – SPRING 2013
In the 2013 spring semester, the University of South Florida entered into its second phase of the Internet 2/EDUCAUSE Etextbook Pilot. USF conducted its first phase of the etextbook...
First-Year Composition Program Experiments with Etextbook Pilot
During the summer of 2012, the University of South Florida’s First-Year Composition (FYC) Program agreed to participate in the Internet2/EDUCAUSE Etextbook Pilot of the fall 2012...
USF Textbook Exchange
Toby Thomson and Kenneth Costa were the two USF students behind Text Exchange, a site that launched in August of 2011 for buying and selling used textbooks. They wanted to bring a real...
USF Textbook Reserves Save the Day
Mayra Morfin (USF ’13) is pursuing a double major in psychology and public health and textbook cost is an issue for her. When she was a freshman, she thought paying full price...
USF Online Textbook Collaborative
Professor Joe Moxley, Director of First-Year Composition (FYC), along with the department’s faculty and graduate students, created a collaborative custom online textbook to support...
Library’s Circulation to the Rescue
Nicholas DeBadts (USF ’13) is a psychology major for whom textbook cost is a critical issue. He receives financial aid and qualifies for the Advance Purchase Plan, allowing him...
Connecting Students with Research Literature
Prof. Emanuel Donchin teaches in the Psychology Department and in the Honors College. His course, “The Mind and the Brain,” is conducted like an independent study. Students choose...
The Textbook of the Future
Prof. T. Grandon Gill (MIS) teaches two courses based entirely on his online textbook, Introduction to Object Oriented Programming Using Visual C#: Express Edition. The textbook,...
Reserve Textbooks in Increasing Demand
Dennis Smith, Manager of Access Services at the USF library, knows that reserve textbooks are in great demand. He and his team manage the Textbook Affordability Project reserves....
e-Textbooks, Course Packs, and Textbook Rental Programs Gain in Popularity
Prof. Diane Austin teaches Web Design for Libraries, Information Architecture and WWW Design and Management. Because technology changes constantly, it is difficult to find one textbook...
USF Faculty Applauded for Textbook Affordability Initiatives
School of Engineering professor Dr. Autar Kaw has demonstrated his commitment to textbook affordability in several ways. First, he initiated his own Adopt-A-Text program. He used money...
Student Discovers Affordable Alternatives
When I was a freshman I thought the bookstore was the only place to get textbooks. Later I discovered there were cheaper ways to get books, like off-campus bookstores, online, or on...
