Help the Libraries Set Textbooks Free
UMass Amherst students spend roughly $1,200 per year on textbooks, often adding to their already considerable debt. The Libraries are on a mission to save UMass Amherst students from costly textbooks by encouraging UMass faculty to swap traditional texts for online, printable resources already available through the Libraries.
The Libraries have awarded $100,000 in grants to 60 faculty to convert their course materials, saving UMass Amherst students $1.6M in textbook costs in the last six years. Nearly 90 percent of students surveyed found the quality of the low or no-cost materials to be the same or better than materials used in other courses.
Your gift to the Library Annual Fund during #UMassGives will help the Libraries continue to reduce the cost of textbooks for students while supporting their academic success! Thank you.
To see all the ways the Libraries support students and faculty, read Bookmark, the inaugural magazine of the UMass Amherst Libraries.
