Hi all,

If your class regularly does NOT use a required text (other than the APA style guide), please let me know (course code and title) so I can send a list to Maria. This should help reduce those pesky Akademos emails.

Best

James

From: Maria DeLongoria <Maria.Delongoria@qc.cuny.edu>
Date: Monday, November 27, 2023 at 1:42 PM
To: QC Chairs Fall 2023 <qcchairs@CUNY907.onmicrosoft.com>, Svetlana Dodobayeva <Svetlana.Dodobayeva@qc.cuny.edu>, Jamie Arizmendy <Jamie.Arizmendy@qc.cuny.edu>, Brittany Smith <Brittany.Smith@qc.cuny.edu>, Susana Arellano <Susana.Arellano@qc.cuny.edu>, Jeanne Chan <Jeanne.Chan@qc.cuny.edu>, Jennifer Yang Tang <jyangtang@qc.cuny.edu>, Danielle Lord <Danielle.Lord@qc.cuny.edu>, Timothy Short <Timothy.Short@qc.cuny.edu>
Cc: Simone Yearwood <Simone.Yearwood@qc.cuny.edu>, Daniel Weinstein <Daniel.Weinstein@qc.cuny.edu>, Ekaterina Pechenkina <Ekaterina.Pechenkina@qc.cuny.edu>, Bobbie Kabuto <Bobbie.Kabuto@qc.cuny.edu>
Subject: Re: Textbook Compliance Report

Hello everyone,

Please send me a list of any courses offered by your department that repeatedly to do not require textbooks such as Independent Studies, research courses, etc. I will supply a master list to our Akademos point person who will managed those each semester. Again, this is only for courses that never require textbooks. The sooner I get the information, the sooner I can submit the list. This will greatly improve our compliance rate. 

Also, as a correction to my last email, the deadline is 11/30/23 not 11/20. Apologies for the typo. 

Thank you.

Maria

Maria DeLongoria, Ph.D.

Associate Provost [Interim]

Queens College | CUNY

From: Maria DeLongoria <Maria.Delongoria@qc.cuny.edu>
Date: Monday, November 20, 2023 at 5:51 PM
To: QC Chairs Fall 2023 <qcchairs@CUNY907.onmicrosoft.com>, Svetlana Dodobayeva <Svetlana.Dodobayeva@qc.cuny.edu>, Jamie Arizmendy <Jamie.Arizmendy@qc.cuny.edu>, Brittany Smith <Brittany.Smith@qc.cuny.edu>, Susana Arellano <Susana.Arellano@qc.cuny.edu>, Jeanne Chan <Jeanne.Chan@qc.cuny.edu>, Jennifer Yang Tang <jyangtang@qc.cuny.edu>, Danielle Lord <Danielle.Lord@qc.cuny.edu>, Timothy Short <Timothy.Short@qc.cuny.edu>
Cc: Simone Yearwood <Simone.Yearwood@qc.cuny.edu>, Daniel Weinstein <Daniel.Weinstein@qc.cuny.edu>, Ekaterina Pechenkina <Ekaterina.Pechenkina@qc.cuny.edu>, Bobbie Kabuto <Bobbie.Kabuto@qc.cuny.edu>
Subject: Textbook Compliance Report

Hello all,

The updated adoption report for Akademos has been shared. We currently have very low adoption stats although they are trending in the right direction.  

School	Adoption Rates at Point in Time		27-Oct		3-Nov		13-Nov		20-Nov
CUNY Queens College		15.8%		25%		34%		37%

Please follow-up with your faculty. Adoptions are due next week, 11/20/2023. If anyone needs assistance, please reach out to:

cunybooks@vitalsource.com. I have reached out to our representative about the issues of the sections that never carry textbook adoptions such as some of the research sections. I will provide an update as soon as I hear back.

Thank you for your support in this effort.

Have a great Thanksgiving, if you observe. Enjoy the time in whatever way feeds your spirit if you do not.

Maria

Maria DeLongoria, Ph.D.

Associate Provost [Interim] for Academic and Faculty Affairs

Queens College | CUNY 

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