PurposeIn the era of high student fees and intense market competition, many universities now buy books for their new students, and recently have incorporated student choice into the offer, enabling students to choose how to spend funds. Teesside University has successfully piloted such an approach with one academic School, the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Law. The pilot has now been extended to all academic Schools, with all students receiving £100 per academic year to spend on reading list books. The scheme covers new full-time undergraduate students at the University, and is operated in collaboration with an external company, John Smiths. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the Teesside University Advance scheme against baseline data of book borrowing and reservation patterns of reading list titles. The paper explores the impact upon the student experience and student perceptions of the Library.Design/methodology/approachThe project used a mixed methods approach. The quantitative strand analysed book borrowing and reservation patterns data from library systems and from book purchasing patterns data provided by the online store supporting the scheme. Students were also surveyed about the scheme. The qualitative strand, via one-to-one interviews conducted by the student researcher, gained an insight into why students select certain titles to purchase; and what their expectations of the university library are for the supply of reading list titles.FindingsAnalysis revealed an overall decline in book borrowing from the library of the titles selected for purchase by students via the scheme. Student perceptions of the library were positive and demonstrated a strategic use of library resources alongside book purchases and open web resources. At early stages of university undergraduate study, students need guidance on most appropriate resources to use and why, from either reading lists or book bundles.Originality/valueTeesside University scheme is unique in the UK in covering all new full-time undergraduates and letting them choose which reading list titles to buy with the university funds provided.

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B(u)y the book: 评估为学生提供资金购买书籍的大学倡议

目的在高昂的学费和激烈的市场竞争时代，现在很多大学都为新生购买书籍，并且最近将学生选择纳入offer，让学生可以选择如何使用资金。提赛德大学已经成功地与一所学术学院——社会科学、人文和法律学院一起试行了这种方法。该试点现已扩展到所有学术学校，所有学生每学年可获得 100 英镑用于阅读清单书籍。该计划涵盖大学的新全日制本科生，并与外部公司 John Smiths 合作运营。本文的目的是根据书籍借阅和阅读清单标题的预订模式的基线数据评估提赛德大学提前计划。本文探讨了图书馆对学生体验和学生认知的影响。设计/方法/方法该项目使用了混合方法方法。定量链分析了来自图书馆系统的图书借阅和预订模式数据以及支持该方案的在线商店提供的图书购买模式数据。学生也接受了有关该计划的调查。通过学生研究人员进行的一对一访谈，定性部分深入了解了学生选择购买某些标题的原因；以及他们对大学图书馆提供阅读清单书名的期望。调查结果分析显示，学生通过该计划选择购买的书名从图书馆借阅的总体下降。学生对图书馆的看法是积极的，并展示了图书馆资源与图书购买和开放网络资源的战略性使用。在大学本科学习的早期阶段，学生需要从阅读清单或书籍包中获得最合适的资源以及使用原因的指导。原创性/价值蒂赛德大学计划在英国是独一无二的，它涵盖了所有新的全日制本科生并让他们选择使用大学提供的资金购买哪些阅读清单标题。