ACD 305–05: Ordering Textbooks

To allow sufficient time for the ASU Bookstore to obtain class textbooks before the beginning of each semester or summer session

Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost of the University

Faculty

Academic professionals

Administrative staff, service professionals, and classified staff

To be assured that the ASU Bookstore will have textbooks available to students at the beginning of each semester or summer session, instructors must meet the following standard deadlines for ordering textbooks.

For fall semester:	April 1
For spring semester:	October 1
For summer sessions:	March 1

Orders should be placed through the department office on forms provided by the bookstore.

It is not the ASU Bookstore’s responsibility to furnish desk copies of textbooks used in a class. The faculty member and the department are responsible for securing desk copies in advance of need from the publisher.

Emergencies

If an emergency does not allow sufficient time to get a desk copy from the publisher, a copy may be secured from the ASU Bookstore by means of a properly approved department requisition. At this time, the book will be charged to the department. When the desk copy from the publisher is turned in to the bookstore, the previous charge will be credited to the department. Credit will be allowed only if the desk copy from the publisher is turned in to the bookstore within 60 days of the date the bookstore copy was issued.