BILL NUMBER:A9893
TITLE OF BILL: An act to authorize the trustees of the state university
of New York and the city university of New York to create a joint advi-
sory board for review of the issues of textbooks' cost, bulk electronic
purchasing, open-access textbooks, and utilization of library resources
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Creates a joint City University of New
York (CUNY) and State University of New York (SUNY) advisory board to
advise on and investigate textbook costs, bulk electronic purchasing,
open-access textbooks, and the utilization of library resources, which
is also tasked with the creation of a unit to negotiate bulk electronic
purchases of commonly used textbooks available in a digital format.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: §1. Authorizes and directs the creation
of a SUNY and CUNY joint advisory board comprised of twelve full-time
faculty to explore textbook costs, bulk electronic purchasing, open-ac-
cess textbooks, and the utilization of library resources. The board will
establish necessary rules and regulations by October 1, 2010, which
shall include guidelines for faculty who wish to create customized
course packages from primary source materials already purchased by
university library systems, creating a list of textbooks currently in
use that could be obtained through bulk purchasing, evaluating the
potential for replacing textbooks with comparable open-textbooks, and
establishing a unit to negotiate bulk purchasing of electronic textbook
licenses. §2. Act taking effect immediately.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9893
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 9, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. KELLNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Higher Education
AN ACT to authorize the trustees of the state university of New York and
the city university of New York to create a joint advisory board for
review of the issues of textbooks' cost, bulk electronic purchasing,
open-access textbooks, and utilization of library resources
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The trustees of the state university of New York and the
city university of New York are hereby authorized and directed to imme-
diately take all actions to create a joint advisory board, to consist of
twelve members of the full-time faculty of the various institutions of
higher education, whose goals will be to advise on and explore the
issues of textbooks' cost, bulk electronic purchasing, open-access text-
books, and utilization of library resources at all institutions of high-
er education providing a course of study leading to the granting of a
post-secondary degree, certificate or diploma. Such trustees working in
conjunction with the joint advisory board shall establish all necessary
rules and regulations, not later than October 1, 2010, to implement the
provisions of this act which shall include, but not be limited to:
1. establishing guidelines for the faculty of the various institutions
of higher education who wish to transition from textbooks to customized
course packages compiled from primary source materials already purchased
by the library systems of the state university of New York and city
university of New York;
2. authorizing the joint advisory board to identify a comprehensive
list of textbooks currently in use for academic purposes by the various
institutions of higher education that are available electronically;
3. authorizing the joint advisory board to identify a comprehensive
list of electronic textbooks to be used for academic purposes by the
various institutions of higher education that may be purchased utilizing
the universities bulk license purchasing power;
4. authorizing the joint advisory board to evaluate the potential for
replacing textbooks currently in use for academic purposes by the vari-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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