Your View: Bookstore Assistant Director Supports SGA Textbook Plan

Editor, the Auburn Plainsman

I would like to write in support of the SGA and library's efforts to put textbooks on reserve for students. As the assistant director of the Bookstore and the person responsible for gathering and ordering academic materials for Auburn, I am excited about the initiative taken by Mr. Cink and the SGA. I have watched textbook prices continue to increase as economic times have been more difficult, and know that students find themselves sometimes unable to purchase books they need for class.

The AU Bookstore has been working for the last several years to lower prices on books for students. We encourage the use of older editions by professors, because these books can be bought and sold for much less than current editions that are much more expensive, yet with relatively little new content. The bookstore also works with professors to get book lists in promptly, so we can buy books back for use next semester. We help cut costs of textbooks every time we buy a book back and then sell it used the next semester.

I encourage the SGA and library to use the bookstore as a resource for this project. The bookstore could buy extra books back and work with the library as a possible way of making this project more substantial. The AU Bookstore is more than a willing partner to help make books more affordable at Auburn.

"We believe in Auburn, and love it."

Russell Weldon

assistant director, AU Bookstore

Class of 2001