March 27, 2018: Panel discussion addresses the high cost of textbooks and looks for solutions

All UAA Campus Bookstore events are free and open to the public. Free parking is available* for all bookstore events. See below to learn what's happening this March.

Tackling the High Cost of Textbooks Tuesday, March 27, 5-7 p.m. UAA Campus Bookstore

The cost of textbooks continue to rise, increasing 73 percent since 2006, outpacing the rate of inflation four times over (Student PIRG, 2016). These costs create a significant challenge to student success, with many students choosing to go without their course materials to the detriment of their academic success. But where do these high prices come from and who, if anyone, can help halt or reduce these ever-increasing prices?

Join a panel of UAA Bookstore staff, UAA/APU Consortium Library librarians, and faculty to learn more about factors driving textbook costs. The panel will discuss where the costs originate, unexpected sources of higher textbook costs, strategies to reduce costs and improve access to educational materials, and how a partnership between students, faculty, Consortium Library faculty, and the UAA Bookstore can reduce the cost of textbooks.

This event is sponsored with the UAA Innovative Technology Solutions Fund and is part of Textbook Affordability Week at UAA.

Marilyn Sigman presents Entangled: People and Ecological Change in Alaska's Kachemak Bay Wednesday, March 28, 5-7 p.m. UAA Campus Bookstore

Throughout her former job as the director of the Center for Alaska Coastal Studies, Marilyn Sigman saw how climate change was affecting the state. However, instead of researching how climate change might develop in the future, she decided to look to the past, specifically at how Kachemak Bay's climate has changed over time and how people have adapted.

In her newly released book Entangled, published by University of Alaska Press, Marilyn Sigman contemplates the patterns of people staying and leaving, nesting her own journey to Kachemak Bay within diasporas of her Jewish ancestors and of ancient peoples from Asia to the southern coast of Alaska. Along the way, Entangled weaves in scientific facts about the region as well as stories told by Alaska's indigenous peoples.

Head here to see what's happening at the UAA Bookstore next month, during April 2018.

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*There is free parking for bookstore events in the South Lot, Sports Complex NW Lot, West Campus Central Lot and Sports Campus West Lot. Parking at UAA is free on Fridays and Saturdays.

Past UAA Campus Bookstore event podcasts are available on iTunes. To find, search for the name of the guest speaker or UAA Campus Bookstore in the iTunes Store. Podcasts are also archived at the UAA Bookstore lectures & special events page.

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