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Volume 70, Issue 82,
Tuesday, February 1, 2005
News Library program provides textbook alteratives Although the M.D. Anderson Memorial Library's program of reserving textbooks for UH core courses is still being monitored for usage and overall effectiveness, library officials and students are optimistic about its future. Student Government Association President Jon Quintanilla and SGA Sen. Zimuzo Agim worked with Dana Rooks, dean of libraries, more than a year ago to implement the program. The pilot program, now in its third semester, allows students to use textbooks for core classes while in the library. Mary Beth Thomson, head of the library's collections department, noted the benefits of having the books in the library.
English senior Janice Davis browses an anthology of American literature in the M.D. Anderson Memorial Library's collection of core course textbooks on reserve. Library officials are evaluating the reserve program's success on a semester-by-semester basis. Anna Reyes The Daily
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"If you have time after a class on Tuesday and Thursday, and you want to read a chapter or do a problem for your Monday and Wednesday class, the books are here," Thomson said. Two copies of each new textbook were ordered for library reserve in previous semesters, but this semester, only one copy of each book was ordered based on students' use of the collection, Thomson said. The library has spent $44,800 on the textbooks since the program's first semester. "I didn't know about the program," business sophomore Ryan Prince said. "Of course I would use it, though, especially at the beginning of the semester when people don't have all their books yet. You could use those books until your books came in (at the bookstore) or until you had money to buy your books." Thomson said local bookstores are not in danger of losing business because the reserved books are meant to be used in addition to the students' copies. "I would just use it as a supplement (to books purchased from the bookstore) and do most of my work at home," Education sophomore Kimberly Bazan said. Library officials plan to evaluate the program at the end of the semester to gauge its effectiveness, Thomson said. Send comments to dcnews@mail.uh.edu |
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