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Main Authors: Sommer, Robert, Estabrook, Marina
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1990
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ413642
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  • Textbook Prices and Their Implications for Social Sciences Librarians. Sommer, Robert Estabrook, Marina Academic Libraries College Faculty Costs Higher Education Library Acquisition Library Expenditures School Surveys Teacher Attitudes Textbook Selection Textbooks Reports results of a survey of research university and community college faculty regarding perceived quality, estimated price, price-quality relationship, selection criteria, and publishers' policies for textbooks. Implications for librarians of the lack of faculty awareness of textbook prices is discussed. (Six references) (MES)