An excerpt from the Print-on-Demand Guide, by Lauri Aesoph
In his 2012 article “The University Culture,” Joseph Simplicio writes about the “unique and cherished culture.… [that is] steeped in tradition” at universities. He says that these values are important to an institution’s viability because they create “stability and continuity” for its members.[1] These shared values and experiences, as well as familiarity with institutional practices and policies, create a bond between individual members of a post-secondary community.
Each post-secondary institution can come up with a list of ways that a campus-based printing service might access and incorporate its traditions and values. Here are some ideas:
- Showcase. Display printed open textbooks in the campus bookstore window to expand awareness.
- Normalize. Place open textbooks on bookstore shelves alongside other printed resources, such as commercial textbooks and course packs, to standardize open textbook use.
- Brand. Kwantlen Polytechnic University includes the KPU logo on the covers of open textbooks, such as Getting to Know Your International Students.
- Educate. Ask the campus copyright officer to compose a statement about open licences that can be added to open textbooks.
- Celebrate. Highlight open textbooks revised by the institution’s instructors. For example, Thompson Rivers University published an article when Renée Anderson adapted Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient Care to create Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient Care – Thompson Rivers University Edition. For more information, see this article called “TRU Makes Textbooks Free and Available Online.”
Campus Pride
A post-secondary institution’s website often includes a page describing its history, values, mission, and how they serve their students and the community surrounding them. Below are examples from 47 public and private colleges, institutes, and universities across British Columbia.[2]
- Acsenda School of Management
- Adler University
- Alexander College
- British Columbia Institute of Technology
- Cambria College
- Camosun College
- Capilano University
- CDI College
- Coast Mountain College
- College of New Caledonia
- College of the Rockies
- Columbia Bible College
- Columbia College
- Coquitlam College
- Corpus Christi College
- Dorset College
- Douglas College
- Emily Carr University of Art + Design
- Eton College
- Farleigh Dickinson University
- Fraser International College
- Justice Institute of British Columbia
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University
- Langara College
- LaSalle College Vancouver
- Native Education College
- Nicola Valley Institute of Technology
- North Island College
- Northern Lights College
- Okanagan College
- Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences
- Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts
- Quest University
- Royal Roads University
- Selkirk College
- Simon Fraser University
- Thompson Rivers University
- Trinity Western University
- Tulo Centre of Indigenous Economics
- University Canada West
- University of British Columbia
- University of Northern British Columbia
- University of the Fraser Valley
- University of Victoria
- Vancouver Community College
- Vancouver Island University
- Yorkville University
- Joseph Simplicio, “The University Culture,” Education 133, no. 2 (Winter 2012): 336–9, https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-313160605/the-university-culture. ↵
- To avoid overcrowding this textbox, these links have been excluded from the print version of this book. To view a particular institution’s values page, enter “[institution name] values” into an internet search engine. ↵
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