The Eastern Washington University Bookstore will:
(1) Provide students the option of purchasing
materials that are unbundled whenever possible;
(2) Disclose to faculty and staff the costs
to students of purchasing materials and disclose retail costs for course
materials on a per course basis to faculty and staff and make this information
publicly available;
(3) Disclose
publicly how new editions vary from previous editions by providing the contact
information for the publisher;
(a) When a new
edition of a textbook is ordered by faculty, the bookstore will notify them of
the retail cost change to the students if this information is available. The
bookstore will also inquire if students may use the old edition if it is
available.
(b) The bookstore will
provide notice that this is a new edition, and whether or not the student may
use the old edition.
(4)
Disclose information to students on required course materials including but not
limited to title, authors, edition, price, and International Standard Book
Number (ISBN) at least four weeks before the start of the class for which the
materials are required. The chief academic officer may waive this disclosure
requirement on a case-by-case basis, if students may reasonably expect that
nearly all information regarding course materials is available four weeks
before the start of the class for which the materials are required. The
disclosure requirement does not apply if the faculty member using the course
materials is hired four weeks or less before the start of class; and,
(5) Promote and publicize book buy-back
programs;
Faculty and staff members will consider the least costly
practices in assigning course materials, such as adopting the least expensive
edition available, adopting free, open textbooks when available, and working
with college librarians to put together collections of free online web and
library resources, when educational content is comparable as determined by the
faculty.
