OER Textbook Lending for Distance Ed Students
VCSU Library offers a textbook lending program, allowing eligible distance ed students an option to save on the cost of textbooks. This program is coordinated by the course instructor and the Director of Library Services. Textbooks are funded through grants, special initiatives or donations. By accepting a textbook, students agreed to the terms outlined in the Textbook Lending Library Student Contract.
Eligible Students
- Prison Education Programs (PEP) students
- Distance Education students residing in the United States
Shipping, Delivery and Return
- For students participating in the Textbook Lending Program who are unable to pick up materials in person, the VCSU Library will cover the cost of shipping textbooks to the student’s U.S. address, as well as providing prepaid return labels.
- Students are responsible for the replacement fees if the book is not returned, lost in the mail or damaged beyond repair per the library’s lending policy for Lost/Damaged Items.
- Students are notified when their textbooks are ready for pickup or shipment.
- All materials returned to the library must be postmarked by the designated due date to avoid any replacement and damage fees.
Check-out and Check-in Procedure
Library staff are responsible for managing the circulation process for textbooks distributed through the Textbook Lending Program.
- Verifying student eligibility.
- Recording textbook loans in ALMA, Library Integrated System.
- Ensuring students have signed the Textbook Lending Library Student Contract.
- Filing physical copies of the contracts in the Library Office securely, organized by semester. Contracts are retained for one year.
- Retrieving, inspecting, and packaging textbooks for distribution.
- Arranging delivery for students who are unable to pick up materials in person.
OER Textbooks in the Library
Please contact Tuya Dutton if you have any questions about these textbooks and/or would like to donate some.
- ART 110 (PEP Course): Lewis, R., & Lewis, S. I. (2007). The power of art(2nd ed.). Thomson/Wadsworth
- SOC 111: Salzman, P. C., & Rice, P. C. (2011). Thinking anthropologically : a practical guide for students(3rd ed.). Prentice Hall.
- MATH 330: Larson, R., & Falvo, D. C. (2009). Elementary linear algebra(6th ed.). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pub. Co.
- Barringer, B. R. (2015). Preparing effective business plans : an entrepreneurial approach (Second edition.). Pearson.
- Miller, T. E., & Shahriari, A. C. (2015). World music : a global journey (Concise edition.). Routledge.
- Gallian, J. A. (2010). Contemporary abstract algebra (7th ed.). Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning.
- Corrigan, T., & White, P. (2018). The film experience : an introduction (Fifth edition.). Bedford/St. Martins.
- Giddens, A. (2017). Essentials of sociology (Sixth edition.). W.W. Norton & Company.