负担得起的课程材料
英格拉姆库 offers several options to help ensure students have affordable access to course materials.
图书馆 support for affordable access to course materials
Placing an item 在储备 is a cost-effective way to ensure that students have equal access to high-demand materials. Requests are processed 先到者, 标间. In order to ensure that your items are available when you need them, please submit your request as early as possible.
Physical items such as books, audio CDs, or videos can be placed 在储备. You cannot place items obtained via Inter图书馆 Loan, 吉尔表达, 网飞公司, or any service related to the aforementioned, 在储备. 每学期结束的时候, professors will receive an email asking them if they would like to keep items 在储备 or have them removed.
图书馆-Owned材料
To place an item the 图书馆 owns 在储备, fill out the 预约申请表格 or obtain a paper copy from 英格拉姆库’s Circulation desk. If you have any questions regarding the form, contact the 课程储备 Specialist at 678-839-6502 or reserves@6r4.org.
你拥有的材料
在学期开始的时候, you can send materials through campus mail to the 课程储备 Specialist or bring in items to be placed 在储备. Please make sure you have filled out and included the 预约申请表格. Personal copies will be labeled both physically and on the 预约申请表格 under the “Call Number” section as “PC.” We strongly recommend that personal copies be designated “IN-LIBRARY USE ONLY.” Please be advised that you are placing your materials 在储备 at your own risk.
订购材料
If there is an item that you would like to have placed 在储备 that the 图书馆 does not own, you are welcome to request that 英格拉姆库 order the item to be added to our permanent collection for future use. 为此,请填写 预约申请表格 and indicate that the item is to be ordered by marking an “X” in the section titled “To order.” Then, send the form to the 课程储备 Specialist via campus mail or e-mail it to reserves@6r4.org. You do not need to go through your liaisons for reserve-specific orders.
Please submit order requests as far in advance as possible in order to ensure that they are available when your students need them. Remember that fiscal year start-and-end dates may also affect the time it takes us to process an order request.
请教师与您联系 学科馆员 to see whether the 图书馆 can purchase an online version of assigned reading materials, 如果澳门正规网赌十大排行还没有拷贝的话. 在可能的情况下, 英格拉姆库 will purchase unlimited electronic access to research monographs and 编辑 research books that you use as required reading in courses, so that students can access them (and print or download portions) for free. Textbook publishers generally will not sell electronic access to libraries because it cuts into their profit model, but your 学科馆员 will be happy to check what access options are available to help save your students money!
For materials that we already own in electronic format, contact your 学科馆员 for help in identifying the best link to include in your syllabus and in CourseDen.
For individual articles or book chapters that we own in print format, use Illiad to request that we scan the item and send it to you as a pdf. This service is subject to copyright restrictions. 更多信息,请发送电子邮件 resourcesharing@6r4.org.
开放教育资源 (OERs) are high-quality learning materials that can be freely downloaded, 编辑, and used as an affordable textbook alternative. OERs have been shown to improve student success rates by removing cost barriers, support culturally relevant learning through the diversification of voices represented in the curriculum, and increase engagement by encouraging student participation in the production of open learning materials. 访问 图书馆的OER指南 to get started identifying and locating open educational resources in your discipline.
经济适用物料补助金
Are you interested in adopting open learning materials for your courses, but don’t have the time or resources to make the transition? Consider applying for the 经济适用物料补助金 offered through 平价学习乔治亚州. Grant recipients may be awarded up to $30,000 to support the exploration and creation of 开放教育资源; the adoption of materials available through GALILEO and USG libraries; and the use of other no-cost and low-cost materials. Funding may be used to pay for materials, 教员津贴, or hire graduate assistants to support the adoption of OER materials. 欲了解更多信息,请联系 CJ象牙, 平价学习乔治亚州 图书馆 Champion.
The 图书馆 provides access to scientific and graphing calculators and laptop computers to support coursework. These items are available for limited checkout times to all enrolled students, 先到者, 标间, 并将被处以逾期罚款.