Textbook and Course Materials

The University via its Librarian assists the faculty member in obtaining required textbooks and other course materials. Ample time as outlined below should be given for assistance in this area, as often textbooks are out of print or not available for several reasons from the publisher.

The following rules govern selection of textbooks and other curricular materials:

1. A faculty member may not receive financial compensation or any other form of remuneration, excluding supporting educational materials for teaching, from a publisher or an agent of the publisher for the purpose of selecting or assigning textbooks.
2. A faculty member must give ample notice when he/she wishes to change a required textbook. Faculty must request any change in textbook or course materials by means of the Textbook Request Form available from the librarian. All textbook changes require prior approval from the Dean and Provost with justification for change (see Faculty Orientation Handbook).
3. Students are notified week 8 of the required textbooks for the upcoming quarter.
4. The Library is responsible for obtaining and ordering “desk” copies of textbooks for review or consideration. Please contact the library staff when you want to review a textbook.

Every effort is made to assist a faculty to change a textbook to the preferred textbook or teaching material however faculty are notified that due to unforeseen circumstances and circumstances beyond the Universities control, sometimes a textbook cannot be changed in the requested time frame and the decision to change the book or material may need to be delayed.