1. Puzzle it Out: Finding Textbook Information for Course Reserves
Gretchen Avery
Library Associate
William T. Jerome Library
Bowling Green State University

2. BGSU Course Reserve Fall 2017 Statistics
1176 total items on course reserve
8530 total uses of program
7.25 uses per item
514 library owned items on reserve
2099 total uses of library owned items
4.08 uses per library owned item

3. How to Determine Potential Course Reserves
Textbook Adoption Tool
Bookstore
List of courses, assigned faculty, and enrollment cap from the Registrar or Provost
Student booklist page
Previous courses
Students
s to and from faculty

4. Good Communication - Emails
Be a person
Be short
Be specific
Tell a story
Offer additional help
Re-ask question at end
Mind your manners
Create canned messages to copy and paste

5. Sort Spreadsheet to Focus Efforts.
Sort Spreadsheet to Focus Efforts

6. Course Information – Upper Level Courses
Sort information to hide:
Upper level classes
Off site classes
Special web-only sections

7. Course Information – Enrollment and Required or Optional Books
Sort by:
Highest to lowest enrollment
Required books, then optional

8. .
Evaluating Titles

9. Titles – Different Entries to Watch For
Bundles/Packages
Non-text items
Access cards only
No text required - possible ebook or OER?
Titles listed differently in library catalog
Nothing selected yet
Correct special characters in spreadsheet
Consumables
Multiple options of same textbook
Titles in loose leaf format

10. Editions and Ebooks – OK to Use?

11. Contacts and Time Stamps

12. Contact Name and Time Stamps
The reviewer is often your first contact
Sort work by the date it was approved

13. Student View of Textbook Search

14. Student View - Booklist
Verify course and professor
Check for notes
See entire list of items
Use title and author
Verify required
Use ISBN, date, and edition

15. Add a Link to Ebooks

16. .
Friends to Have

17. Friends to Have Bookstore Manager Registrar Provost
Administrative Assistants
Faculty
Students
Amazon

18. Friends to Have - Pointers
Everyone has limited time
Everyone has a lot on their plate
Know your contacts
Mind your manners
Tell your story

19. Why Amazon is Your Friend
Use information:
ISBN to find full title and edition
Multiple print formats
Use picture for quick reference
Copyright and published dates
List of multiple authors
Use price to show value

20. Use Amazon to: Verify bundles, book title, and access cards
Check edition and publish date
Search by multiple authors
Use cover image and title page
Use ISBN for multiple formats

21. .
Delegation and Help

22. Delegating Work and Student Involvement
Work on spreadsheet by adoption date
Work on sections by department
Work on a shared spreadsheet
Ask stacks management students to pull books
Allow student access to Sierra
Allow student access to

23. .
Successes

24. Successes of the Program
Saves students money
Shows in catalog early
Ready to use by the first day (mostly)
Fewer s
Use of library owned materials
Collection development
Focus Textbook Affordability efforts

25. .
Pitfalls

26. Pitfalls of the Program
Time
No access to download
Merging spreadsheets
Communication and s
Change/additions of adoptions/faculty
Low/Slow adoption rate
Stingy publishers
Online classes

27. .
Plan Ahead

28. Preparing for the Future
Textbook Adoption programs
Open Educational Resources
Inclusive Access/First-Day model
Database articles
Library ebooks
More monographs
Streaming video

29. Photo Credits: Puzzle photo by Hans-Peter Gauster on Unsplash.com
Hopscotch photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash.com