{"id":15914,"date":"2019-09-24T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=15914"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:17","slug":"new-portal-for-faculty-staff-textbook-adoption-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/09\/24\/new-portal-for-faculty-staff-textbook-adoption-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"New portal for faculty, staff textbook adoption coming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/bn_college_logo_PMS-1_pp7209434635701633758324000-700x220.jpg\" alt=\"Barnes &amp; Noble College\" class=\"wp-image-15919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/bn_college_logo_PMS-1_pp7209434635701633758324000-700x220.jpg 700w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/bn_college_logo_PMS-1_pp7209434635701633758324000-200x63.jpg 200w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/bn_college_logo_PMS-1_pp7209434635701633758324000-300x94.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/bn_college_logo_PMS-1_pp7209434635701633758324000-768x242.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/bn_college_logo_PMS-1_pp7209434635701633758324000-665x209.jpg 665w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/bn_college_logo_PMS-1_pp7209434635701633758324000.jpg 858w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U-M faculty, instructors and staff will soon transition to <a href=\"https:\/\/record.umich.edu\/articles\/new-portal-for-faculty-staff-textbook-adoption-coming\/\">a new online textbook and course material selection platform<\/a> designed to personalize the process and promote more affordable alternatives for students. The site, operated by Barnes &amp; Noble College (BNC), will launch Oct. 2 and replace the textbook data entry pages on Wolverine Access. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The platform, developed with significant input from the university, includes features specifically designed to meet the unique needs of the U-M community. Faculty and staff should expect to receive information on the transition directly from BNC in the coming weeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new process will provide benefits to faculty and staff who select materials, as well as the students who purchase them, said Paul Robinson, associate vice provost and university registrar. \u201cStudents benefit by being able to more easily find textbooks and course materials at fair and affordable prices,\u201d Robinson said. \u201cThe faculty experience for listing textbooks and related materials should be less burdensome, too.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U-M faculty, instructors and staff will soon transition to a new online textbook and course material selection platform designed to personalize the process and promote more affordable alternatives for students. The site, operated by Barnes &amp; Noble College (BNC), will launch Oct. 2 and replace the textbook data entry pages on Wolverine Access. The platform, developed with significant\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/09\/24\/new-portal-for-faculty-staff-textbook-adoption-coming\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[155,178,43,481],"class_list":["post-15914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-administration","tag-business","tag-data","tag-portal"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s.jpg",450,338,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s-186x140.jpg",186,140,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s-266x200.jpg",266,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s.jpg",450,338,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s.jpg",450,338,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s.jpg",450,338,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s.jpg",450,338,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s-450x300.jpg",450,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s.jpg",450,338,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/20622596_s.jpg",333,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"U-M faculty, instructors and staff will soon transition to a new online textbook and course material selection platform designed to personalize the process and promote more affordable alternatives for students. The site, operated by Barnes &amp; Noble College (BNC), will launch Oct. 2 and replace the textbook data entry pages on Wolverine Access. 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