May 5, 2020

 Information from SFU Bookstore:

Senior Academic Leadership and the SFU Bookstore have worked together to provide a solution for online course material delivery. For the Summer semester, students can purchase their course material at this link – http://www.sfu.ca/bookstore/coursematerials

The new platform is first of its kind in Canada. Salient Features of the platform:

• Platform partner Vitalsource is the largest digital platform for Course Material with 7000 plus colleges and universities on their platform. https://get.vitalsource.com/
• Students will be able to compare different vendors to find the best price before making the final decision to purchase.
• The overall cost of Course Materials will be reduced by around 30% to 50%
• Convenient Access on any device, with or without internet
• Interactive Study Tools  text to speech, add notes, highlighting, and more

Make sure to use your SFU email address to purchase and access your Vitalsource account and recommend purchasing from our preferred partners. We appreciate your patience and support in bringing this new pilot to SFU and hope you have a successful, virtual, and safe semester!