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Campus Review
January 10, 2012
Part Three of a Five-Part Series
Why are Textbook
Deadlines So Early?
Part of the University Bookstore
Advisory Council’s communication
plan for the 2011/2012 academic year
is to increase awareness about what’s
causing increases in textbook prices,
and what the Loch Shop is doing to
help control these costs. It's also about
collaborative efforts, and working
together with students and faculty.
And, it's about a lot of things neither
the Loch Shop nor Auxiliary Services
has any control over… notably, pub-
lishers' practices in the textbook mar-
ket.
The Advisory Council includes facul-
ty, staff, and students, and is chaired
by Dr. Randall Gooden. The current
communications campaign is about
doing as much as possible with mat-
ters the Loch Shop can control. In that
regard, the Advisory Council has cre-
ated a booklet with an overview of
this information and the new textbook
ordering process which helps the fac-
ulty make better textbook ordering
decisions (the booklet is available at
the Loch Shop).
As part of the Council’s communica-
tions plan, Campus Review is featur-
ing a five-part series of articles on
"The Facts About Textbook Pricing."
In this issue, we look at textbook
deadlines.
Why do textbook adoption due dates
occur so early?
• Earlier due dates help: the Loch
Shop meet return deadlines set by
publishers. If we are not sure if an
unsold book will be used again, it
must be returned by the deadline in
order to get a full refund.
• Keep shipping costs down: return,
re-order, and rush orders all increase
shipping costs. Freight charges are
minimized if all needed books are
ordered in fewer shipments, allowing
more proceeds to be reinvested in stu-
dent facilities and services.
• Maximize Book Buy Back: the Loch
Shop can only buy back a book if we
know it’s going to be used again. Buy
Back allows students to save money
twice: by selling books back for up to
50 percent of the retail price, and by
purchasing used books for less each
semester. If a book has not been read-
opted by end-of-semester buyback,
students may receive less or no money
for those books.
And, it allows the Loch Shop to get as
many used books as possible (there is
a limited supply, and we compete for
these books with other bookstores
across North America).
It also helps our institution to remain
in compliance with the federal HEOA
(Higher Education Opportunity Act)
law.
McCarty Wins
Loch Shop Faculty
Picks Contest
Without further adieu, the winner of the
Loch Shop Faculty Picks Contest is:
Dr. Donna McCarty for Blink by Malcolm
Gladwell.
Tied for second place, are Dr. Michael
Crafton for The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey
Eugenides and Dr. Randall Gooden for
Life Among the Lutherans by Garrison
Keillor. Not far behind them are Dr.
Antoinette Miller for Something from the
Nightside by Simon R. Green and Dr.
Mark May for Unbroken by Laura
Hillenbrand.
“As promised, our winner is entitled to a
copy of the book of her choice from all of
the Faculty Pick titles,” says Loch Shop
Manager Todd Smith. “Donna, please feel
free to drop by the Loch Shop at your con-
venience, or I’ll be happy to deliver if you
let me know which book you’d like.”
“Having been a long-time -- perhaps char-
ter -- member of the `never win a thing’
club, I am truly stunned by this unprece-
dented development!” says McCarty. “I
shall make a personal appearance at the
bookstore to claim what may possibly be
the only prize I have ever won; other than
a t-shirt from the hot dog rally raffle a few
years ago, and I must tell you all that I
look forward with great anticipation to
making my selection.”
A. I would have to say the expansion of
the campus. I remember when Budget &
Finance, Accounting Services, HR,
Payroll, VPAA ( 2 people), President,
Development, Financial Aid, Admissions,
Registrar, Computer Center, Mail room and
Continuing Education where all housed in
the A Building, which I think is now called
Faculty Hall. Oh yeah, and Public Safety
had a big closet in the Student Center.
Q. What advice do you have for whoever
takes your job?
A. Keep a smile on your face.
Q. What advice do you have for the rest of
the Clayton State staff?
A. Keep on looking out for each other.
Q. What is one interesting thing about Dirk
Morrell that no one at Clayton State knows?
A. I comb my hair to hide my bald spot. I
know that no one has ever noticed it.
Q. Who or what will you miss the most
about Clayton State?
A. The people.
It’s safe to say that the people of Clayton
State will miss him as well.
Retirement, cont’d. from p. 3