Show Page March 15 1974 8 Problems associated with bookstore and book purchasing (Continued from page 7) Haslam said that the freight cost for sending the books back to the publishers can prove to be a lot Some professors don’t use a book after they order it They are often forced to sell books to the used book man who pays 60 percent of the new price Can’t predict sales “There is no way of knowing how many books we will sell” Haslam said It depends on the number of students who actually take the coarse the amount of use necessary and how much the professor emphasizes the use of the book Haslam said ' He said they have found that for an average group filler if the class is taught in the morning hours 20 percent more books are sold for that class than if it is taught in the afternoon A student sits in class and listens while the professor tells him how many books he will need and how much reading is required He goes over to the bookstore purchases all the books and later finds that some of them he rarely uses and others he never opens Whose fault the professors or the students? Most professors say they only order books that are necessary for the class They say they feel the books that they require are ones that sould be read by the student in order to do well in the class One student said “How many times do you buy a book for a class and then never look at it and still do okay in the class?” If the books are going to be required what are some things that can help the student? Haslam said they try to encourage the professors to use a book again This saves the students money He said the books are resold to the bookstore and the student gets 60 percent of the new price Then the book is resold at 75 percent For example a student buys a book for $10 and resells it for $6 The book is then sold again in the store for $750 It is cheaper for the student who can buy it used Haslam said with the rising costs of books when the student resells a book he may get as much as he paid for it because the book is always bought back for 60 percent of the new or latest listed price In some areas there are not many choices in deciding on a book according to one professor and it becomes necessary to use a book again because it is really the only one available Haslam said some professors get upset because they feel the bookstore is emphasizing profit rather than education when they try to get them to use a book again Professor Lynn seems to agree with this theory “I wouldn’t hesitate to change if I felt another book was better The bookstore is out of line for a university campus it should be a organization” he said Is the price of a book taken into consideration when it is non-prof- it being ordered? Haslam said the price of books ranges anywhere from free pamphlets up to $60 for one book The average price of a book is usually between $15 and $18 Professor Lynn said price is not 0 percent of books reused the major consideration when According to Haslam 40 to 50 ordering a book It only becomes percent of the books are used important when the price of a book is outlandishly high again for another quarter Professor Carigan said he is on Professor Carigan said he tries to use the same book for more the students side He tries to than one quarter He does make order the cheapest book but one x changes but when teaching that is also worth using From the student standpoint English classes it is sometimes necessary to change a novel for one said “I want the book to be of good quality but at the same instance time within a reasonable price of the Professor Ray Lynn biology department said that range” This seems to be the using the same book again is not general opinion of most of the a prime consideration when students questioned Some students are taking some deciding on a book for a class He said he feels a book should initiative in helping with the cost probably be used for about two problem and the problem of years to evaluate its use as a text buying books that are seldom 40-5- used Rex Lund ASUSU president is working on a program that enables students to use books in the reserve section of the library that are required in their classes Lund said “Many books are required that students only use a few times It would help the student to not have to buy the book” The use of the reserve section brings various responses from both professors and students One student said “I think it is a good idea but most of the time I probably wouldn’t use or take advantage of it” Home study easier “It is too hard to have to stay in the library and use the book it is easier to study at home But it is good to know that the book is available” another said For some classes such as English reading classes the idea is impractical Carigan pointed out that you can’t reserve 40 copies of a novel Professor Lynn said that in his non-maj- to feel cooperate Lynn said that after a few sad experiences he has gotten it worked out so that he gets the order he wants Carrigan said “I feel for them I’m not always happy with them but over all they’ve done a good job in getting me the books I need” Students remain silent And the student? He seems to remain curiously silent on this point Despite many complaints when asked about the bookstore most said that they are doing their job and that’s what is expected The books have been bought and the student troops home ready to begin another quarter A lot has gone into that purchase and hopefully a lot will be gained classes it usually or that the bookstore does SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES DISPLAYING THIS POSTER proves useless to keep copies on reserve because the students just don’t use them However for his major classes there seems to be a heavy usage How much cooperation is there between the professors and ths bookstore in obtaining books? 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