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reservations good way to avoid lines
By Maritza Diaz
Summer On-line Forty-Niner
The first week
of every semester brings with it new students, new classes
and the same long lines at the University Bookstore.
For the past three years the Bookstore has tried to make buying
books easier by allowing students to reserve their textbooks.
Students can go online and complete a form requesting the
books they need, and pre-pay for them. The books are then
collected, packaged and are ready between August 29-31 at
The Nugget, which is used as a pick up station.
Students can also reserve books at the Bookstore.
“The easiest way to do this is online,” said Roman Gulon,
general manager of Forty-Niner Shops. “You can come in and
do it in person, but that kind of defeats the purpose.”
The program can be a lot of work for Bookstore employees,
because they are the ones who must find all books and course
materials requested by the students, said Gulon.
“It’s a service we offer to our customers who want to take
advantage,” said Gulon.
This program hasn’t decreased the lines at the Bookstore.
Most people prefer to wait until the first day of class to
see if any used books are available. Students who reserve
their books may also find that a book they ordered may not
be used, and as a result, the reservation system sees quite
a few returns, said Gulon.
The primary users of the system are freshmen who are told
of book reservations when they participate in the university’s
SOAR program. The bookstore does advertise the program around
campus, but finds the majority of users are new students.
About 1,000 students are expected to use this service for
the fall semester.
The book reservation program has not had any major problems.
If there is a problem, it is mostly due to negligence, Gulon
said.
James Vales, a junior majoring in computer science, is familiar
with the long lines associated with a new semester, and agrees
the program is a good way to avoid waiting to buy books.
“I heard about it through friend last semester. I’ve never
done it, but I might this fall,” said Vales. |
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