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My employer is sponsoring most of the tuition and fees for my master's degree (in aerospace engineering), including required textbooks. Thus, it is unethical and against policy for me to sell those books once I'm done with the corresponding courses. Specifically, the policy is that I cannot profit in any way off of them, but other than that I am free to do with them as I please. I find that having the physical book is helpful when I'm taking the course, but afterwards if I need to reference it a digital copy will suffice. And while having my office/residence full of these high-level materials certainly makes me feel good about myself, it's not practical. Thus, what can I do with these textbooks that will have the biggest, most positive impact on academia?






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    Its not that many books is it? (1) Prominently display in your office as evidence of your company-supported education. (2) Lend to others in the company, and don't care if they come back. (3) Start a local library of technical books.

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    I like @JonCuster's suggestion #2, but if you're looking for biggest impact on academia, donating the books to a relevant department or deserving students probably goes further.

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  • Certainly check with your employer as to any specific action or policy. Also good to clarify who actually owns the books now. If the employer, then they completely own the decision. If you, they may still have certain expectations you need to satisfy.

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My employer is sponsoring most of the tuition and fees for my master's degree (in aerospace engineering), including required textbooks. Thus, it is unethical and against policy for me to sell those books once I'm done with the corresponding courses. Specifically, the policy is that I cannot profit in any way off of them, but other than that I am free to do with them as I please. I find that having the physical book is helpful when I'm taking the course, but afterwards if I need to reference it a digital copy will suffice. And while having my office/residence full of these high-level materials certainly makes me feel good about myself, it's not practical. Thus, what can I do with these textbooks that will have the biggest, most positive impact on academia?






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    Use Zenodo to obtain DOIs to these four repositories, and then just reference the four DOIs.

    – Wolfgang Bangerth
    3 hours ago






  • 3





    Its not that many books is it? (1) Prominently display in your office as evidence of your company-supported education. (2) Lend to others in the company, and don't care if they come back. (3) Start a local library of technical books.

    – Jon Custer
    3 hours ago






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    @WolfgangBangerth Wrong question?

    – Azor Ahai
    3 hours ago






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    I like @JonCuster's suggestion #2, but if you're looking for biggest impact on academia, donating the books to a relevant department or deserving students probably goes further.

    – Anyon
    2 hours ago











  • Certainly check with your employer as to any specific action or policy. Also good to clarify who actually owns the books now. If the employer, then they completely own the decision. If you, they may still have certain expectations you need to satisfy.

    – Keith
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My employer is sponsoring most of the tuition and fees for my master's degree (in aerospace engineering), including required textbooks. Thus, it is unethical and against policy for me to sell those books once I'm done with the corresponding courses. Specifically, the policy is that I cannot profit in any way off of them, but other than that I am free to do with them as I please. I find that having the physical book is helpful when I'm taking the course, but afterwards if I need to reference it a digital copy will suffice. And while having my office/residence full of these high-level materials certainly makes me feel good about myself, it's not practical. Thus, what can I do with these textbooks that will have the biggest, most positive impact on academia?






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My employer is sponsoring most of the tuition and fees for my master's degree (in aerospace engineering), including required textbooks. Thus, it is unethical and against policy for me to sell those books once I'm done with the corresponding courses. Specifically, the policy is that I cannot profit in any way off of them, but other than that I am free to do with them as I please. I find that having the physical book is helpful when I'm taking the course, but afterwards if I need to reference it a digital copy will suffice. And while having my office/residence full of these high-level materials certainly makes me feel good about myself, it's not practical. Thus, what can I do with these textbooks that will have the biggest, most positive impact on academia?






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    Use Zenodo to obtain DOIs to these four repositories, and then just reference the four DOIs.

    – Wolfgang Bangerth
    3 hours ago






  • 3





    Its not that many books is it? (1) Prominently display in your office as evidence of your company-supported education. (2) Lend to others in the company, and don't care if they come back. (3) Start a local library of technical books.

    – Jon Custer
    3 hours ago






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    @WolfgangBangerth Wrong question?

    – Azor Ahai
    3 hours ago






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    I like @JonCuster's suggestion #2, but if you're looking for biggest impact on academia, donating the books to a relevant department or deserving students probably goes further.

    – Anyon
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  • Certainly check with your employer as to any specific action or policy. Also good to clarify who actually owns the books now. If the employer, then they completely own the decision. If you, they may still have certain expectations you need to satisfy.

    – Keith
    8 mins ago














  • 1





    Use Zenodo to obtain DOIs to these four repositories, and then just reference the four DOIs.

    – Wolfgang Bangerth
    3 hours ago






  • 3





    Its not that many books is it? (1) Prominently display in your office as evidence of your company-supported education. (2) Lend to others in the company, and don't care if they come back. (3) Start a local library of technical books.

    – Jon Custer
    3 hours ago






  • 3





    @WolfgangBangerth Wrong question?

    – Azor Ahai
    3 hours ago






  • 1





    I like @JonCuster's suggestion #2, but if you're looking for biggest impact on academia, donating the books to a relevant department or deserving students probably goes further.

    – Anyon
    2 hours ago











  • Certainly check with your employer as to any specific action or policy. Also good to clarify who actually owns the books now. If the employer, then they completely own the decision. If you, they may still have certain expectations you need to satisfy.

    – Keith
    8 mins ago








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Use Zenodo to obtain DOIs to these four repositories, and then just reference the four DOIs.

– Wolfgang Bangerth
3 hours ago





Use Zenodo to obtain DOIs to these four repositories, and then just reference the four DOIs.

– Wolfgang Bangerth
3 hours ago




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Its not that many books is it? (1) Prominently display in your office as evidence of your company-supported education. (2) Lend to others in the company, and don't care if they come back. (3) Start a local library of technical books.

– Jon Custer
3 hours ago





Its not that many books is it? (1) Prominently display in your office as evidence of your company-supported education. (2) Lend to others in the company, and don't care if they come back. (3) Start a local library of technical books.

– Jon Custer
3 hours ago




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@WolfgangBangerth Wrong question?

– Azor Ahai
3 hours ago





@WolfgangBangerth Wrong question?

– Azor Ahai
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I like @JonCuster's suggestion #2, but if you're looking for biggest impact on academia, donating the books to a relevant department or deserving students probably goes further.

– Anyon
2 hours ago





I like @JonCuster's suggestion #2, but if you're looking for biggest impact on academia, donating the books to a relevant department or deserving students probably goes further.

– Anyon
2 hours ago













Certainly check with your employer as to any specific action or policy. Also good to clarify who actually owns the books now. If the employer, then they completely own the decision. If you, they may still have certain expectations you need to satisfy.

– Keith
8 mins ago





Certainly check with your employer as to any specific action or policy. Also good to clarify who actually owns the books now. If the employer, then they completely own the decision. If you, they may still have certain expectations you need to satisfy.

– Keith
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Ask your employer.



You should be able to work out a solution both parties are happy with pretty easily. The obvious one is to sell the books and then give your employer the profits. If they don't care, you can also pocket the profits yourself, perhaps recycle the books or donate them to your university's library.






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    The correct answer. Also rather than "recycling" the books, I'd also see if donating them is possible. When I was attending university, I had a few professors donate a few copies of the textbook to the school library as reference books so that there was "always" a copy available. Then again, those professors never assigned any reading from those books, and they were mostly math textbooks for the homework exercises...

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Give them to the professor. It is often useful to be able to lend the course book to future students who cannot afford the books.






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    Provided you clear it with the appropriate person, sell the books and give the proceeds - in your name and/or in the name of your employer - to a good cause run by your university: scholarship fund etc.






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      1. Put them in a bookcase in your office and use them as desk references. Textbooks are valuable resources. You become familiar with them. So good to retain them. Have your assistant order bookcase if needed.


      2. Box them and store them.


      3. Give them to the company/site library.


      4. Give them away to other students, professors, etc.




      The reason for the priority is that the company funded your education and you are most familiar with the books. So the most fitting is for you to retain them.



      Finally something about this question strikes me as strange. As if you want the $$. Or don't appreciate the company funded education. Or have a pointed aversion to physical texts.






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        Ask your employer.



        You should be able to work out a solution both parties are happy with pretty easily. The obvious one is to sell the books and then give your employer the profits. If they don't care, you can also pocket the profits yourself, perhaps recycle the books or donate them to your university's library.






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          The correct answer. Also rather than "recycling" the books, I'd also see if donating them is possible. When I was attending university, I had a few professors donate a few copies of the textbook to the school library as reference books so that there was "always" a copy available. Then again, those professors never assigned any reading from those books, and they were mostly math textbooks for the homework exercises...

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        Ask your employer.



        You should be able to work out a solution both parties are happy with pretty easily. The obvious one is to sell the books and then give your employer the profits. If they don't care, you can also pocket the profits yourself, perhaps recycle the books or donate them to your university's library.






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          The correct answer. Also rather than "recycling" the books, I'd also see if donating them is possible. When I was attending university, I had a few professors donate a few copies of the textbook to the school library as reference books so that there was "always" a copy available. Then again, those professors never assigned any reading from those books, and they were mostly math textbooks for the homework exercises...

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        Ask your employer.



        You should be able to work out a solution both parties are happy with pretty easily. The obvious one is to sell the books and then give your employer the profits. If they don't care, you can also pocket the profits yourself, perhaps recycle the books or donate them to your university's library.






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        Ask your employer.



        You should be able to work out a solution both parties are happy with pretty easily. The obvious one is to sell the books and then give your employer the profits. If they don't care, you can also pocket the profits yourself, perhaps recycle the books or donate them to your university's library.







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          The correct answer. Also rather than "recycling" the books, I'd also see if donating them is possible. When I was attending university, I had a few professors donate a few copies of the textbook to the school library as reference books so that there was "always" a copy available. Then again, those professors never assigned any reading from those books, and they were mostly math textbooks for the homework exercises...

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          The correct answer. Also rather than "recycling" the books, I'd also see if donating them is possible. When I was attending university, I had a few professors donate a few copies of the textbook to the school library as reference books so that there was "always" a copy available. Then again, those professors never assigned any reading from those books, and they were mostly math textbooks for the homework exercises...

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        The correct answer. Also rather than "recycling" the books, I'd also see if donating them is possible. When I was attending university, I had a few professors donate a few copies of the textbook to the school library as reference books so that there was "always" a copy available. Then again, those professors never assigned any reading from those books, and they were mostly math textbooks for the homework exercises...

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        The correct answer. Also rather than "recycling" the books, I'd also see if donating them is possible. When I was attending university, I had a few professors donate a few copies of the textbook to the school library as reference books so that there was "always" a copy available. Then again, those professors never assigned any reading from those books, and they were mostly math textbooks for the homework exercises...

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        Give them to the professor. It is often useful to be able to lend the course book to future students who cannot afford the books.






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                Provided you clear it with the appropriate person, sell the books and give the proceeds - in your name and/or in the name of your employer - to a good cause run by your university: scholarship fund etc.






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                    Provided you clear it with the appropriate person, sell the books and give the proceeds - in your name and/or in the name of your employer - to a good cause run by your university: scholarship fund etc.






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                    Provided you clear it with the appropriate person, sell the books and give the proceeds - in your name and/or in the name of your employer - to a good cause run by your university: scholarship fund etc.







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                        In priority order:




                        1. Put them in a bookcase in your office and use them as desk references. Textbooks are valuable resources. You become familiar with them. So good to retain them. Have your assistant order bookcase if needed.


                        2. Box them and store them.


                        3. Give them to the company/site library.


                        4. Give them away to other students, professors, etc.




                        The reason for the priority is that the company funded your education and you are most familiar with the books. So the most fitting is for you to retain them.



                        Finally something about this question strikes me as strange. As if you want the $$. Or don't appreciate the company funded education. Or have a pointed aversion to physical texts.






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                          In priority order:




                          1. Put them in a bookcase in your office and use them as desk references. Textbooks are valuable resources. You become familiar with them. So good to retain them. Have your assistant order bookcase if needed.


                          2. Box them and store them.


                          3. Give them to the company/site library.


                          4. Give them away to other students, professors, etc.




                          The reason for the priority is that the company funded your education and you are most familiar with the books. So the most fitting is for you to retain them.



                          Finally something about this question strikes me as strange. As if you want the $$. Or don't appreciate the company funded education. Or have a pointed aversion to physical texts.






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                            In priority order:




                            1. Put them in a bookcase in your office and use them as desk references. Textbooks are valuable resources. You become familiar with them. So good to retain them. Have your assistant order bookcase if needed.


                            2. Box them and store them.


                            3. Give them to the company/site library.


                            4. Give them away to other students, professors, etc.




                            The reason for the priority is that the company funded your education and you are most familiar with the books. So the most fitting is for you to retain them.



                            Finally something about this question strikes me as strange. As if you want the $$. Or don't appreciate the company funded education. Or have a pointed aversion to physical texts.






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                            In priority order:




                            1. Put them in a bookcase in your office and use them as desk references. Textbooks are valuable resources. You become familiar with them. So good to retain them. Have your assistant order bookcase if needed.


                            2. Box them and store them.


                            3. Give them to the company/site library.


                            4. Give them away to other students, professors, etc.




                            The reason for the priority is that the company funded your education and you are most familiar with the books. So the most fitting is for you to retain them.



                            Finally something about this question strikes me as strange. As if you want the $$. Or don't appreciate the company funded education. Or have a pointed aversion to physical texts.







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