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A Douglas College Newslette

        

 

 

Tuesday, October 9, 1979

LAB MATERIAL AND TEXTBOOK PROCEDURES

A committee consisting of Don Porter, Ann Kitching, Marg Pybus
and myself, developed the following set of procedures. A draft was
first sent to Campus Advisory Committees in April for their considera-
tion; the final statement of procedures was approved by Management
Committee on June 12, 1979.

1. Where library services are available on campus, faculty
members may identify those books and resources which should
be available to all students on the course of program as
reference materials and then place such books and resources
on reserve in the campus library.

2. In courses or programs where there is educational need or
value to students in retaining books and equipment after
completion, then students should be responsible for buying
the books - such books and equipment in line with current
guidelines.

3. In programs or courses where equipment and books are not ©
likely to be of permanent use to students, control may be
excercised over core books by having students pay a book
deposit charge. Admissions is to be responsible for the
collection of fees; faculty are to be responsible for mon-
itoring of books. Any student who withdraws from a program

must claim his refund within 60 days of withdrawing from the
college.

4. These procedures would be initiated by an instructor and
implemented by a designated Campus Vice-Principal, who will
be responsible for identifying suitable mechanisms for control.

To be effective Fall Semester 1979.

Unfortunately these procedures have not been well publicized and

so not implemented. However, the problems of text book costs and high
loss of classroom sets continue to exist. These procedures are approved
‘and ready for implementation. Please review them to see if they may be
applicable to your program or course.

 

 

eee sMarilyn Smith