B(u)y the book: evaluation of a university initiative to provide students with funds to buy books

Frances Porritt

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Abstract

n the era of high student fees and intense market competition, many universities now buy books for their new students, and recently have incorporated student choice into the offer, enabling students to choose how to spend funds. Teesside University has successfully piloted such an approach with one academic School, the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Law. The pilot has now been extended to all academic Schools, with all students receiving £100 per academic year to spend on reading list books. The scheme covers new full-time undergraduate students at the University, and is operated in collaboration with an external company, John Smiths. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the Teesside University Advance scheme against baseline data of book borrowing and reservation patterns of reading list titles. The paper explores the impact upon the student experience and student perceptions of the Library.
Original languageEnglish
Article number3
Pages (from-to)196-200
Number of pages5
JournalPerformance Measurement and Metrics
Volume20
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Nov 2019
Externally publishedYes

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