Textbook Affordability Subcommittee

ZTC Impact

Spring 2021 - Fall 2025

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39,309

Students participated in ZTC & OER classes since Spring 2021

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$3,950,230

Estimated student savings

(Spring 2021-Summer 2025: LTC = $50, ZTC = $100
Fall 2025 onwards: LTC = $75, ZTC = $150)

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186

ZTC & LTC class sections offered by 95 unique faculty, Fall 2025

How to Get Involved

Are you interested in receiving support and help in switching your course materials to OER...including a financial award for doing this work? If so, please go to the ZTC Course Conversion Program site for more information and applications.

ZTC Course Conversion Program
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Goals and Responsibilities

  •  In a given term, 75% of courses/sections would be OER-converted (ZCT, Low-Cost, No-Textbook[1]);
  • Develop a repository of permanent campus-wide resources;
  • Develop partnerships with transfer institutions/programs (through Curriculum);
  • Create a program of incentives for all instructors to put their materials in the public domain, including adoption of low-cost materials and ZCT.

[1] ZCT = Zero Cost Textbook (including all other materials); Low-Cost = all materials cost less than $40; No-Text = there are no course materials (e.g. textbooks, articles, lab kits) for this course

  • Evangelize and educate on the use of OER, including new advances in OER (e.g. OpenStax, LibreTexts);
  • Encourage adoption of OER and sharing of materials across disciplines;
  • Work with faculty to include OER in the COR for their courses, ensuring the rigor is appropriate for the course;
  • Distribute the resources across the campus community;
  • Work with OER partners at CSM/SKY;
  • Report out to ASGC and other participatory governance bodies.

Membership

  • Carlos Luna (fall) and Diana Tedone-Goldstone (spring), Librarian; Tri-Chair
  • Sarah Harmon, OER/ZTC Program Manager; Tri-Chair
  • Anniqua Rana, Dean of Academic Services and Learning Technologies; Tri-Chair
  • Nada Nekrep, Online Instruction Coordinator
  • Amira Alkeswani, Faculty At-Large Representative (Math)
  • Marina Noel, Faculty At-Large Representative (Business and CBOT)
  • Tessa Noriega (fall) and Carlos Luna (spring), Library Support Specialist
  • Jai Kumar, Bookstore Manager
  • Chialin Hsieh, Vice President of Instruction (ex-oficio)
  • ASCC Representative (vacant)
  • Faculty At-Large Representative (vacant)
  • Academic Senate OER Liaison (vacant)

Note: There were updates in Spring 2026 to membership and roles:

  • Diana Tedone-Goldstone came back from leave but is not the OER Liaison.
  • Carlos Luna returned to his Library Support Specialist position but didn't continue as OER Liaison.

Meeting Agendas and Minutes

The committee meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month, 1-2 pm. Meetings are on Zoom for Fall 2025. In Spring 2026, we have moved to the 3rd Tuesday of the month, at the same time and same Zoom link.

Date Documents and Materials
23 September
28 October
25 November
27 January

Meeting cancelled due to the shift of schedule.
17 February

17 March
  • Agenda
  • Minutes (draft)
20 April
  • Agenda
  • Minutes (draft)
19 May (if needed)
  • Agenda
  • Minutes (draft)

For prior years' agendas, minutes, newsletters and reports, please go to the Prior Years page.

ASGC Reports

Resources

In the links below you'll find a recording of the presentation via Panopto. All SMCCCD employees have access to the recordings. All recordings are captioned with the slide deck embedded into the recording. If you have questions, please contact Cañada ZTC.

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