Bookstore Advisory Committee

Mandate

Other

Type

Administrative Services

Role

To provide direction and guidance to the contracted bookstore operations to ensure quality bookstore service to students, faculty, and staff.

Products

• Receive and discuss the annual review

• Recommend policies related to the Bookstore

• Recommend best practices to ensure effective and timely textbook adoption

• Help to ensure timely and comprehensive textbook inventory is available for sale

• Advise on other matters conducive to an effective Bookstore operation including:

• Provide lowest cost textbooks to students through used book sales, negotiations with publishers, competitive textbook sources, and any other means

• Provide a retail bookstore facility that is comparable to retail bookstores for convenience and functionality

• Encourage retail marketing of goods in demand by students, faculty, and staff

• ​Ensure friendly, courteous service to students, faculty, and staff

• Review and recommend a contract for bookstore management

Meeting Schedule

Once per semester and as needed

Reporting Relationship

College Planning Council

Chair

Vice President of Administrative Services

Membership

• Vice President of Administrative Services or designee

• Vice President of Student Services or designee

• Vice President of Instruction or designee

• Academic Senate President or designee

• Bookstore Manager or designee

• Adjunct Representative or designee

• Dean from Student Services or Instruction(1) or designee

• Exec. Director of Educational Technology/CTO or designee

• Faculty Representation (2) or designee

• Director, Student Life or designee

• Student Representation (2)

• Classified Staff (1) or designee

• Director, Education Centers (1) or designee

• Director, Auxiliary Services, Contract and Purchasing or designee

Date Last Revised

May 22, 2020​​

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