SCCC Bookstore Advisory Committee Meeting

February 23, 2010
In attendance: Jeff Keever, Director of Auxiliary Services, George Gary, VP Administrative Services, Patti Thompson, Bookstore Manager, Anh Tran, Bookstore Textbook Buyer, Susan Tsoglin, Program Assistant, Humanities and Social Sciences, Paula Amell, SCIE Program Coordinator, Michael O’Neill, Accounting Faculty, Michael Faucette, English Faculty


• Patti Thompson began the meeting with introductions.
• Patti provided an update to the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA). Barnes & Noble provided a video helping to explain to faculty the highlights of this bill, and what its impact on students will be. Patti explained that the deadline to be in compliance with this law is July 2010. Patti provided handouts to the participants which go into the law in more detail.
• Patti detailed how she had advertised this information to the faculty—
1. Through meeting with the Deans and VP Instruction
2. By holding a District-wide Info Session for Faculty
3. At previous Bookstore Advisory Committee meetings (see Bookstore Blog for notes from these meetings)
• Patti stated only 48% of book orders are in for Spring Quarter, deadline for book orders was end of January. Faculty members suggested Bookstore personnel should attend division/department meetings to inform faculty of importance of timely book orders (it is now law).
• Patti discussed the success of her advertising campaign to promote Buyback Winter quarter—posters, SAM info, posting in restroom stalls. In all, the Bookstore paid out over $63,000 to students that quarter, thus highlighting the importance of timely book orders.
• Patti briefly discussed the potential “Textbook Rental Program” that may be coming to Central Fall Quarter, 2010
• See above mug pics for the link to the video: http://www.bkstore.com/ scroll down to the section that states “Higher Education Opportunity Act”, this is a very informative video. Also you will notice the link to the WA State RCW dealing with this, which has been in effect since July 2009.