November 28, 2008

Is Higher Education Ready to Switch to Digital Course Materials?

By MARK R. NELSON

The Cost of Textbooks Is Driving Electronic Solutions

When I was an undergraduate, one of my favorite professors posted a cartoon from The Chronicle on the bulletin board outside his office. It was labeled "Library of the Future" and showed a librarian, near a row of computers, unpacking boxes containing spray cans with fragrances like "Odor of Old Books" and "Scent of Paper." Less than two decades later, I see there is probably room for a product like that. And, more surprising to me,

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