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RE: Trine U. School Requires E-Textbooks for Entire Curriculum

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Subject: RE: Trine U. School Requires E-Textbooks for Entire Curriculum
From: "Blobaum, Paul" <p-blobaum@govst.edu>
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 20:50:59 EST
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Mandates for e-textbooks violate basic principles of academic 
freedom and the faculty control of textbooks.  It also places a 
strain on computing resources when students print off chapters of 
their e-books in the library and computer labs.  Doesn't make 
sense to me.

Paul Blobaum, M.A., M.S., Associate Professor

Health and Human Services Librarian, University Library
Governors State University 
University Park, IL    60484-0975   p-blobaum @ govst.edu

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