Determining Textbook Cost, Formats, and Licensing with Google Books API: A Case Study from an Open Textbook Project.
The rising cost of textbooks for students has been highlighted as a major concern in higher education, particularly in the US and Canada. Less has been reported, however, about the costs of textbooks outside of North America, including in Europe. We address this gap in the knowledge through a case s...
| Publicado en: | Information Technology & Libraries Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 91 - 100 |
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| Formato: | case study computer program pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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American Library Association
Mar2019
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