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Full term textbook rentals now available in bookstore
The Advocate
The MHCC Bookstore is now renting textbooks for the period of a full term.
The bookstore has 120 books available for rental and up to 160 are expected to arrive.
The option to buy or rent will be presented to the student when they bring their book to the register.
Available textbooks already have a rental sign on the price tag informing the student that the book is available for purchase or for rental.
Rentals will be textbooks needed for more critical courses such as Writing 121 or Math 95.
Bookstore manager Julie Godat says the plan came into being after hearing how well it went at Puget Sound Community College in Olympia, Wash.
MHCC will be one of three schools in the Northwest to offer this opportunity to students; the other two are South Puget Sound Community College and Oregon State University.
The books are provided by Nebraska Book Company.
Students who are interested will have to provide e-mail and credit card information to the cashier renting the books out.
Godat was concerned about students paying for books out of their own pocket and noted that many students who need financial aid disbursement to purchase books will feed themselves first before paying full or even used price for textbooks.
Godat, whose son is a chemistry major at MHCC, said her son informs her of friends or acquaintances on campus who rely heavily on disbursement money to pay personal expenses before they can purchase academic items.
"Our goal is to give an extra value of textbook rental to the student," said Godat. The student renting the book will have an account set up electronically and then will be informed of all the prices assessed and due dates. All return dates will be the last day of finals week of the term.
A student may be charged for the full purchase value, plus a 10 percent processing fee if a book is returned in bad repair. If the student does not return the book by the due date, they will be charged for the full amount of purchase.
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