Responsible Office:  University Bookstore                                                        Effective:        December 3, 1998
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Purpose

1.     General Statement. The UNCW Bookstore is a self-supporting auxiliary enterprise of the university that exists solely to serve the campus community. The tradition of the UNCW Bookstore is to provide the best, most convenient service to all UNCW students, faculty, and staff. The UNCW Bookstore plays an important role in meeting the academic mission of the university by supplying a variety of books and supplies required for course work. In addition, the bookstore offers supplies and services normally expected of a university bookstore.   As the official university bookstore, the UNCW Bookstore is committed to ensuring that all required textbooks and course pack materials are available to UNCW students in a timely, convenient manner. To accomplish this, the guidelines concerning textbooks and course pack materials in this policy have been established.   2.     Orders for Textbooks and Course Pack Materials.
  a.     Requirement to Place All Orders with UNCW Bookstore.
  Faculty members are required to place all orders with the UNCW Bookstore for textbooks and related course pack materials that students are required to purchase for courses taught at UNCW. The UNCW Bookstore will share this information with other off-campus vendors. (See Policy statement 3 below.) Orders not placed through the UNCW Bookstore hinder students utilizing additional services such as the "textbook reserve program," as well as students having athletic scholarships, grants, or financial aid.

b.     Timely Ordering.
 

In order for additional services to work effectively and for all required textbooks and course materials to be available in the appropriate quantity to UNCW students at the start of classes each term, the UNCW Bookstore must have all textbook orders by the published deadlines. Timely ordering also allows the UNCW Bookstore to place orders with wholesalers early, which saves students money.

1.      Orders for Textbooks and Course Pack Materials.

• Methods for Placing Orders.    Use either of the following two methods to place all orders for textbooks and related course pack materials:
 
• Order via the on-line Textbook Request form, which is available at the UNCW Bookstore web page:

            (http://www.uncw.edu/bookstore/)
• Complete a standard Textbook Requisition form, which is available through the UNCW Bookstore textbook department

 
• Deadlines.    Please ensure that orders are placed by the appropriate deadlines. The UNCW Bookstore will advise department chairs, faculty members, and appropriate staff of the exact due dates for orders each year; however, approximate due dates are as follows:

Summer Sessions .... March 15
Fall semester ..... April 3
Spring semester .... October 5

2.     Obtaining Copyright Permission.
 
• For instructions and guidelines concerning the reproduction of copyrighted materials, refer to Procedure AUX 5.40.
• Please allow sufficient time to obtain the appropriate copyright permissions, as requests for permission to copy should be made four to six weeks before copies are needed.