All textbooks and other materials required for classroom use are expected to be available at the University Bookstore. It is the responsibility of the faculty to select textbooks and materials and advise the bookstore what textbooks and materials will be needed. The best and most current textbooks are in high demand and may not be available unless orders are at the publishers at least sixty days before classes begin. As a courtesy to the faculty, the bookstore will furnish standard forms and remind the faculty when textbook requisitions are due. Each request should be approved and signed by the dean or department chair for all textbooks requested.
Publishers definitely prefer that instructors write for their own desk copies.
The bookstore will assist the faculty by providing copies of a form letter which may be used. In an emergency, due to nonreceipt of a desk copy from the publisher, a copy of the text may be obtained at the bookstore upon presentation of a university DPO, properly signed by the department chair. All desk copy request are held for 8 weeks. If within that time a salable copy has not been returned, the department will be billed.