Faculty Adoption Behavior as a System Driver

Course materials systems begin with a single input: the faculty adoption. Every downstream outcome depends on what

Availability Is Not the Same as Access

At most institutions, success in the course materials operation is defined by availability. If the correct title has been adopted, sourced, and made available for

Reframing Access from Transaction to System Design

For decades, institutions have treated course materials as a peripheral component of the academic experience, necessary but operationally distinct from the core

Monopoly? Not So Fast!

On Monday, April 21, 2025, VitalSource announced they had acquired competitor RedShelf.  This follows their March 2023 acquisition of virtual bookstore

52% of Top 1,000 Institutions Are Using Course Materials Access Programs

Half of the Top 1,000 Institutions, by Headcount, are Using Course Materials Access Programs

Open Letter to the Department of Education

Below is an open letter that was sent to Dr. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, regarding the proposed language changes to Cash

Addressing Retention Theory Through Equitable Access

If you have any familiarity with higher education, you have some idea of luminary theorists Vincent Tinto and Alexander Astin. Tinto’s groundbreaking research

From Divided to United: Creating A Campus Partnership for Student Success

For this guest blog, I have asked Kate Holvoet, MLIS and Ben Compton from San Diego State

What If We Started Over?

Rashad Nelms, Associate Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategy and Innovation at Indiana University Bloomington recently posted a
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