[LIBRARYDIR] Libraries and Bookstore Models

[Fuhrman, Tim]

YES, PLEASE!  We went to a fully online bookstore last year.  It is run by B&N but the impression I’m getting is that there is a LOT of work still being done at the campus level. The push has been to move to online textbooks, which are directly connected to the class through Canvas.  It is called Day 1 Access. Good when it works, but the first week or so eLearning staff spend a LOT of time helping students as best we can, despite it not being a Canvas problem.  Our VP of Business has been doing the actual work but there have been discussions of trying to move that work to the library minus any additional staff because “we aren’t making any money on it.” My push back is that I don’t have staff sitting around with nothing to do so what are we not supposed to do so we can pick up this work!

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Tim Fuhrman
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Big Bend Community College
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We switched to a virtual bookstore about a year and a half ago at SPSCC. At that time, the bookstore transitioned into my portfolio (because "it's about books and so are libraries!" 😅). For the first six months I was quite literally running it myself, which was exhausting, but we now have a fulltime virtual bookstore manager. While those first six months were rough, it has been an absolute godsend when it comes to collection development, textbook cost reduction programming, and OER development. It gives us direct access to useful data and has allowed us to engage in proactive collection development that has significantly increased faculty awareness and appreciation of the library as an instructional collaborator and resource. I'd ne happy to talk about this more when we all next meet.

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Amy

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Amy

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Good Morning,



Our colleges are in the stages of renegotiating our bookstore contract and shopping around for vendors. It has been proposed by some that the Library could be the keeper and distributer of textbooks and textbook sales. Understandably, that is not sitting well with many of our Librarians.



What are other college’s bookstore models? How are your Libraries involved, or not, with the college bookstore? Do any of your Libraries distribute/sell textbooks? What bookstore vendors do your institutions use? We have a taskforce that’s been developed and I want to bring back information from other colleges and their models.



Thank you,

Erin



Erin Smith, MSML
Assistant Dean Arts & Sciences

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Building 1, Room B-203G, MS #2011

1810 N Greene Street | Spokane WA 99217-5399

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