Falvey Memorial Library: Villanova University :: Highlighter: Affordable Materials Project |

"A linguistics textbook-workbook combo that costs $300, a communication disorders text that costs $170, we all have our horror stories. Even if you’re just purchasing books for a regular course-load, the costs can really add up. Are you a student or a faculty member who wishes you could do something about this phenomenon? Allow me to introduce you to Falvey Memorial Library’s Affordable Materials Project, an initiative geared toward ensuring the highest quality scholarship and resources at the lowest price. Allow me to introduce you OERs, while I’m at it and Open Access Week (Oct. 21-28)! As part of our ongoing celebration, which includes Pankaj Patel’s “Open Your Mind to Open Access” talk, I asked a few questions of the AMP committee here at Falvey:"