The Future of Textbooks in an Open Access World
Channel: Claudia Holland
Date: 2014-12-01

The skyrocketing cost of textbooks poses practical and theoretical questions for an era  of unprecedented information freedom. How do textbook costs disadvantage low-income students? Are expensive textbooks worth the price, or are free or low-cost online resources a more practical option? In an age of tablet computing, should we be using physical textbooks at all?

The nationally ranked GMU Forensics Team takes on these questions and more at this year’s roundtable discussion, “The Future of Textbooks in an Open Access World.” Join this event, hosted by the University Libraries, to hear our student panelists discuss how the move toward free online resources will impact our learning  environments. A Q&A will follow the discussion. Light refreshments will be served.