U Cincinnati and OhioLINK Research Digital Textbook Adoption

The Ohio Library and Information Network (OhioLINK), of which UC is a founding member, is an online library consortium that opens the collections of 88 university and college libraries, as well as the State Library of Ohio, to members.
 
The digital book project is currently bringing together psychology departments across the State of Ohio to offer students electronic textbook choices from five major publishers. Ginn said the goal of the project is to work with the publishers and university bookstores to provide students the alternative of purchasing textbooks or e-texts.
 
"We have visited a number of campuses in the University System of Ohio higher education system and have found consistent enthusiasm among our colleagues to come together to address this issue," Ginn said. "[The university's] efforts with our introductory psychology texts will serve as a model for similar efforts among our colleagues. This entirely voluntary effort will become a true manifestation of the concept of a University System of Ohio," said Ginn.
 
The statewide project is planning to introduce a digital bookshelf pilot to students taking introductory psychology in fall 2010.