Royalty costs for E-Reserve items?

Tony Barry tony at ningaui.anu.edu.au
Mon Apr 21 04:18:39 EDT 1997


At 5:10 PM 15/4/97, John Pearce wrote:
>A better question is: what's the difference between 1) having students
>walk up to the reserve desk, ask for a reprint or ten, walk five yards
>and xerox them and 2) having them call up a web page, download a
>reprint or ten, and print them out on their own desktops?

The difference is it's far easier for the students to do the photocopying.
If you look at E Reserve as providing the same service as print reserver
its a waste of money.

It has to either be a remote delivery service or value added via
integration into online course material otherwise its a boondoggle.

Tony


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