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Originally Posted by ficbot
You'd be surprised. I had a take-home mid-term once with an essay question that began 'discuss, in narrative form, the history of literary criticism as outlined by SoandSo in Chapter 4 of your course text.' And this was in 2000, when we were still in paper and every textbook was on reserve at the library so you at least had that option.
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Which brings me to my second gripe...
There's been a copyright battle at my university for the last half year or so. Until now, the administration has been paying a flat fee of $1-2 per enrolled student, plus a few cents for every copyrighted page photocopied. This agreement also enabled profs to place reserved copies of required course textbooks in the library.
This year, the copyright group wanted to charge a flat fee of about $40 per enrolled student (the student population is over 30,000, so that adds up to a nice chunk of change) rather than using the previous system. The university wouldn't pay, so the copyright agreement has lapsed as of a few days ago and profs no longer have the right to place reserved copies of required course textbooks in the library. Gah!