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No. Library funds cannot be used to purchase required course textbooks.

If funding is available through the Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) program, it may only be used to purchase:

• Class sets for in-person courses, or
• eBooks that allow unlimited simultaneous users.

Faculty are welcome to place a personal copy of a textbook, or a library-owned copy if available, on course reserve for students. Be sure to check out the ZTC libguide for more up to date info for ZTC.