Since then, expenses associated with textbooks have only increased and the idea only makes more sense today. The program is two and a half years old now. According to several problems reported by students recently, things are hardly what they should be. Specifically, students are not finding their textbooks listed as available on the computer records at the reserve desk. The problems are due to students failure to understand just how the program is supposed to operate and what its purpose should be.
Many students seem to think so.
Terry De La Garza, Library Assistant for the Circulation Department, tells of being confronted by a student who claimed it is a law that the library be supplied with a copy of each textbook required by his instructors. Ideally students should still be required to purchase each of the text books assigned by their instructors, Larry Barton, Assistant Vice President for University Services said. The library will never be able to keep copies of every textbook on hand. Students cannot expect that all of their textbooks will be available. There are many reasons for the unavailability of textbooks.