2008 Woodie Awards
Bookstore Available 24-Hours a Day
Jamie Lynn Robitaille
Issue date: 12/8/05 Section: Campus News
The Utica College bookstore has now made itself available to students and faculty 24-hours a day through their updated Web site.
Their site, www.utica.bkstore.com, has undergone several upgrades in the past few weeks.
Perhaps the biggest improvement is the opportunity for the students to order all of their textbooks online. When accessing the site in the top left hand corner there are two menu selections. One is "Student Services" and the other is "Faculty Services."
Clicking on the "Student Services" option allows students to chose the textbook option, where they can chose their courses, view the required textbooks and select the books they want to purchase.
"We are keeping up with the growing demand for online ordering," Lauren Partyka, the Utica College Bookstore manager said. "The students have asked to be able to view and order their books online, and I am happy to be able to tell them we are able to do that now."
Once a student places an online order they can chose to either pick it up in the store or pay the shipping fee, $6.95, and have it shipped directly to their house.
"Online ordering is extremely convenient," Carl Lohmann the bookstore's assistant manager said. "The new system allows us to managa orders much better then the old system."
Another feature of the new Web site is a page called "Textbook Information Pricing." According to the Web site, "Each dollar you spend on a new college textbook is distributed in many ways."
A further breakdown shows that of a $50 textbook, 67 percent is paid to the publish, nine percent to the author, 2.5 percent to the freight company, nine percent to the college itself, 10 percent to bookstore employee salaries and benefits and 2.5 percent to bookstore earnings.
The new site also offers several benefits for professors. Textbook adoptions can be placed online for each of their courses.
"We have received more adoptions this semester then any other," Partyka said.
For students this increase in adoption translates to more textbooks being bought back at the retail price, which is 50 percent of the original price.
With online ordering students can avoid the hassle of crowds in the textbook aisles and the long lines at the cash registers.
"Students have already begun to order textbooks online," Partyka said.
Their site, www.utica.bkstore.com, has undergone several upgrades in the past few weeks.
Perhaps the biggest improvement is the opportunity for the students to order all of their textbooks online. When accessing the site in the top left hand corner there are two menu selections. One is "Student Services" and the other is "Faculty Services."
Clicking on the "Student Services" option allows students to chose the textbook option, where they can chose their courses, view the required textbooks and select the books they want to purchase.
"We are keeping up with the growing demand for online ordering," Lauren Partyka, the Utica College Bookstore manager said. "The students have asked to be able to view and order their books online, and I am happy to be able to tell them we are able to do that now."
Once a student places an online order they can chose to either pick it up in the store or pay the shipping fee, $6.95, and have it shipped directly to their house.
"Online ordering is extremely convenient," Carl Lohmann the bookstore's assistant manager said. "The new system allows us to managa orders much better then the old system."
Another feature of the new Web site is a page called "Textbook Information Pricing." According to the Web site, "Each dollar you spend on a new college textbook is distributed in many ways."
A further breakdown shows that of a $50 textbook, 67 percent is paid to the publish, nine percent to the author, 2.5 percent to the freight company, nine percent to the college itself, 10 percent to bookstore employee salaries and benefits and 2.5 percent to bookstore earnings.
The new site also offers several benefits for professors. Textbook adoptions can be placed online for each of their courses.
"We have received more adoptions this semester then any other," Partyka said.
For students this increase in adoption translates to more textbooks being bought back at the retail price, which is 50 percent of the original price.
With online ordering students can avoid the hassle of crowds in the textbook aisles and the long lines at the cash registers.
"Students have already begun to order textbooks online," Partyka said.