Presentation at the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Libraries conference - May 23, 2013. Barriers to helping faculty adopt open textbooks.

1. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
Overcoming Barriers to Open
Textbook Adoption
David Ernst, Ph.D.
CIO, College of Education and Human Development
University of Minnesota

2. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
Open Textbook Catalog
open.umn.edu
135 open textbooks
53,000 visits
164 countries

3. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
Into the Weeds

4. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
LackofUrgency
BARRIER: There is little sense of
urgency
for change.
NEEDS: Faculty Development

5. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
LackofUrgency

6. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
LackofUrgency

7. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
LackofUrgency

8. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
AwarenessofOpen
BARRIER: Faculty don’t know what
open
textbooks are.
NEEDS: Faculty Development

9. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
AwarenessofOpen
Free Books
eBooks

10. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
All Rights
Reserved
Some Rights
Reserved
vs.
AwarenessofOpen

11. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
Discoverability
BARRIER:Faculty don’t know where to find
open textbooks.
NEEDS: One central catalog of open
textbooks.

12. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
Discoverability

13. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
Quality?
BARRIER:Faculty don’t know the quality of
open textbooks.
NEEDS: Faculty peer review of open
textbooks.

14. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
Quality?

15. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
Quality?

16. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
Quality?

17. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
FacultyEngagement
BARRIER: Faculty have limited time to
focus on reviewing
textbooks.
NEEDS: Incentives for faculty to
engage in open textbooks.

18. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
FacultyEngagement
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19. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
FacultyEngagement
9 paid reviewers ($4,500 total)
7 adoptions + 4 peer adoptions
= 11 total adoptions
~$100,000 in potential student savings
+ 9 textbook reviews for the catalog

20. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
TechnicalNeeds
BARRIER: Faculty need
technical/editing
support
NEEDS: Infrastructure and services to
support editing/authoring.

21. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
PayingFaculty

22. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
PayingFaculty
BARRIER: Administrators resist paying
faculty for “faculty-like
work.”
NEEDS: A way to pay faculty for
reviews without paying faculty
for reviews.

23. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
PayingFaculty

24. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
PayingFaculty

25. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
Referatory
BARRIER: Open textbooks compete
with
publishers’ sales force.
NEEDS: A toolkit to educate a “local
sales force” to help drive local
adoptions.

26. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
Referatory
BARRIER: Original sources of open
textbooks can disappear.
NEEDS: A repository.

27. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
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BARRIER: ???

28. David Ernst, PhD | dernst@umn.edu | University of Minnesota
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