University Bookstore sells books, more
The University Bookstore is a non-profit corpora
tion owned and operated by students and faculty
to provide students with textbooks at a low cost.
Emerald photo
But the bookstore has much more than textbooks.
It sells products ranging from mini-calculators to
monster cookies to art-supplies.
ByALETAZAK
Of the Emerald
Students can cash a check,
get some film developed, have a
gift wrapped or rent a typewriter
in the same building they buy
textbooks — The University
Bookstore, 13th Avenue and
Kincaid Street.
The Bookstore is a non-profit
corporation owned and operat
ed by the students, faculty, and
staff of the University. Eight
students and two faculty
members elected annually in
general student elections make
up the corporation s board of
directors, whose job is to over
see the operation of the store.
The board meets once a month
to make policy decisions on
things such as store hours,
textbooks, discounts, and any
special problems that occur.
In January of 1979 the board
voted to raise the discount on
textbooks from 10 to 11 percent.
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stocks approximately 3.500 ti
tles and more than 150,000
books, while the trade book
section carries 40,000 in
dividual titles.
“It’s the largest bookstore in
Oregon as far as the number of
trade books," Williams says.
Both trade books and text
books are located on the
second floor of the bookstore,
along with the buy-back
counter.
The Bookstore regularly buys
used textbooks from students at
the end of the term, and
students receive half of the
price they paid for a book if a
professor is using it the follow
ing term. Books not being used
can be sold for standard used
book prices.
The first floor offers general
merchandise such as custom
t-shirt printing, clothing, greet
ing cards, school and academic
supplies, electronic calculators
and photo processing.
Art supplies and free gift
wrapping for store purchases
are found in the art department
at the rear of the store. This
department also has a Xerox
7000, capable of duplicating
and reducing oversize materials
up to 60 percent.
The cashier’s office and the
bookstore’s main office are
located behind the art depart
ment offering free check-cash
ing for amounts up to $10, pos
tage stamps, Lane Transit Dis
trict bus passes, and Emerald
classified advertisments.
The Bookstore is now dis
tributing a handbook for new
students, with a complete listing
of all services and facilities of
fered.
A student might even find a
job at the Bookstore, which em
ploys about 40 part-time
workers. Most of these are
students, and Williams says
work-study certification is un
necessary.
Williams encourages any
student with a complaint or
question to either write it out
and drop it in the Sounding
Board box on the second floor
or to visit the main office and
ask to see him personally. The
comments and suggestions are
brought up at the next board
meeting. *
“I’m the only one who has a
key (to the Sounding Board
box),’’ Williams assures. “And
suggestions go right from there
to the top of the organization.
We try to be responsive to the
students’ needs, like extending
our hours, putting up bike racks
and benches and adding an ex
press lane in the book depart
ments.”
Regular school year hours
are 8:15 a m. to 5:30 p.m. Mon
day through Friday, and 10 a m.
to 2 a m. on Saturday. Extended
hours for fall term will be Friday,
September 21, open until 8p.m.;
Saturday from 10 a m. until 5
pm; and Monday until 8 a.m.
KINKO’S
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764 E. 13th
344-7894