Students can access the books they need for classes by purchasing or borrowing physical textbooks, online eBooks or accessing Zero Textbook Cost material, a Los Rios program to minimize costly course material. Cosumnes River College Librarian and Open Educational Resource Specialist Andi Adkins-Pogue said traditionally, a student’s high school experience didn’t involve paying for textbooks and some students on campus may not be aware of their new responsibilities. “That can kind of be a turnoff, I think, especially when you’re talking about first generation students who maybe don’t have anyone in their family to help them navigate the systems,” Adkins-Pogue said.
