Affordable College Textbook Act Reintroduced in Congress - SPARC

lkfitz's bookmarks 2017-09-26

Summary:

"SPARC, an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to broaden access to academic knowledge, today applauded the introduction of the Affordable College Textbook Act of 2017, which would reduce the cost of college textbooks by expanding the use of open educational resources. The bill was introduced in the House by Representatives Polis (D-CO) and Sinema (D-AZ) and in the Senate by Senators Durbin (D-IL), Franken (D-MN), and King (I-ME)."

Link:

https://sparcopen.org/news/2017/affordable-college-textbook-act-reintroduced/

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Tags:

oa.new oa.textbooks oa.usa oa.government oa.legislation oa.oer oa.prices oa.licensing oa.books oa.libre

Date tagged:

09/26/2017, 16:15

Date published:

09/26/2017, 12:15