Open Acess Textbooks Task Force

The 2009 Florida Legislature requested (HB 7121 or SB 844) that an Open Access Textbook Task Force (OATTF) be created to:

create an inventory of existing open access textbooks
make recommendations for encouraging and promoting faculty development and use of open access textbooks
identify barriers to the implementation of open access textbooks.

The OATTF members represent a cross section of Florida’s state colleges and the state universities and system offices. Entities/roles represented on the task force are: faculty, chief information officers, librarians, repository, University Press of Florida, business officers, deans, student government, Division of Colleges, Board of Governors, Florida Distance Learning Consortium, and Orange Grove Texts Plus.

House Bill 7121 and Senate Bill 844, 2009. (The open textbook language is on page 4.)
Open Access Textbook Task Force Final Report - March 1, 2010
Open Access Textbook Task Force members
The first meeting of the group took place on July 23, 2009
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The second meeting of the group took place on September 3, 2009.
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The third meeting of the group took place on November 2, 2009.
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The fourth meeting of the group took place on November 16, 2009
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