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| Instructors we now have the Textbook Requisition form online. Please click here and print it out. The complete form can then be faxed in. |
- BE ON TIME! Deadlines are: Fall – May 1, Winter & Spring – Nov. 17, and Summer – April 2. Two or three weeks before class is not “plenty of time,” it is just barely enough to place, track & follow up the usual handful of last minute orders - but an impossible time-span to do all that for dozens of adoptions or more.
- BE COMPLETE. Include department code, course number, reference number or numbers, instructor’s name and estimated enrollment for all sections. If the class is a short session, televised or online class, please include that information as well. Make sure the book information includes the author, title, ISBN and publisher. Include all course materials needed including optional books, coursepacks, DAY & NITE items, reference materials like dictionaries or atlases and any general supply items. Remember, we don’t know what is required for your class unless you tell us. Please let us know which courses will not need texts so that we can inform students.
- BE ACCURATE: Course and book information reflects what you used for the classes you taught LAST YEAR, so review the forms carefully for accuracy and write in changes as necessary. Blank forms are available from your chair and from the bookstore if you need them. Clearly mark whether materials are being readopted. If the edition has changed, or a package has been created, or you are custom-printing a different version of that text, please make that clear. If you do NOT intend to use an item printed on the form from last year, cross it out.
- REQUIRED VS. OPTIONAL: If a book is required – that is, students HAVE to have it to pass the class – mark a “Y” in that box of the form, otherwise mark “N”. If a specific quantity of an optional book is needed, let us know, otherwise we usually order optional books at about 25% of enrollment.
- PACKAGES: If there is a package including software, a custom edition or course management system like WebCT, Blackboard or Course Compass make sure you include that information! Also include a note about how the “extra” component will be used & how necessary it is.
- COURSEPACK POLICY: Copyright permission must be cleared for any copyrighted material used in a packet or manual, even though it is for academic use. We must verify that clearances have been obtained BEFORE printing begins. We prefer instructors to bring US the originals and let us take care of reproduction but you can also work directly with our coursepack partner: XanEdu (www.xanedu.com). Xanedu can also produce digital versions of coursepacks. We also work with Campus Printing.
- NEW EDITIONS: We assume you mean the edition you list on your form, and do not automatically change it if a new edition is now available (unless the new edition has already been out for several semesters and we have a record of you already using it). We attempt to contact you for your preferences, failing that we ask your dept. chair.
- Book requisitions must be turned in each semester even if you teach the same class with the same materials every time. We do have the ability to look up previous orders, but we cannot assume that you will stay with the same books. We are happy to take this information via phone, or email but we must hear it from you!
- Orders can be sent via campus mail. Online adoption forms aren’t available yet but we’re working on it!
- Let us help you research price, availability, quality, supplements, etc. We can offer our experience with different packages, coursepacks, buyback and used book options to help you choose the best text for the class.
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