Ingram Content Group has announced that first year students at Coventry University will have core textbooks and materials provided as part of their course fees in 2012 and 2013 through an innovative program developed between Coventry University and Ingram Content Group's UK library supply company.
Coventry's textbook programme was developed in response to changes in the UK higher education system for 2012, which has seen undergraduates' tuition fees rise. Working with Ingram, the University is providing core textbooks for the first year of students' courses at no cost through the new programme. Ingram is the supplier of print books.
The University continues to distribute textbooks to about 3,400 new undergraduates on campus, with Ingram and Coventry University staff working jointly on distribution.
The initial pilot phase of the project will be reviewed by the University and Ingram in early December, before the two organisations embark on a dedicated programme for supplying textbooks to new students in both print and digital formats.
Ingram continues to grow the number of libraries and institutions it works with in the region, supplying the main universities including Warwick University and Birmingham City University, along with the majority of colleges such as Henley College and Birmingham Metropolitan College.
