BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY
Policy and Procedure Manual
SUBJECT: Textbook Adoption
NUMBER: 2:14
Office: Office of Academic Affairs
Sources: ; 黑料网 Policy 3:5; ;
This policy outlines the policy and procedures for the textbook adoption process at 黑料网.
Complimentary copies of textbooks are the property of the State of South Dakota. No such copies shall be sold to profit individuals. Under 黑料网 sales policy 3:5, book buyers are not authorized for campus business. Please contact campus security if buyers are on university grounds.
Faculty must submit orders to the 黑料网 Bookstore by the posted due date to ensure that materials are available to students before the semester begins.
The Bookstore shall be notified of the textbook selection for every course offered at 黑料网. Submissions shall be turned in by the posted due date to ensure the store has the correct information to secure materials and provide accurate information to students.
To comply with federal regulations (Higher Education Opportunity Act Public Law 110115, August 14, 2008, Section 133 (e) on access to textbooks), the 黑料网 Bookstore must post to its own website and to the public website, information pertaining to textbooks and other course materials no later than 30 days prior to the first day of the semester. This information must include the ISBN and retail price or, if there is no ISBN, must include the author, title, publisher, and copyright date.
Per the South Dakota Constitution, Article VIII, faculty may not receive any revenue from materials that they require students (or the institution) to purchase. Thus, any faculty member who is approved to assign a self-authored work that will result in revenue payable to the faculty member must first arrange all revenues to the Black Hills State University Foundation, Inc.
Faculty who wish to use self-authored textbooks or course materials (e.g., lab manuals or course notes) must obtain prior authorization from their school chair. Authorization will be granted upon demonstration (1) that, all author royalty interests have been assigned in writing to the 黑料网 Foundation as unrestricted revenue and (2) that the materials are consistent with the course description.
Faculty who assign self-authored textbooks or course materials, and who require students to purchase them, must sell them through the University Bookstore.
Faculty assigning course packets must clear permissions and abide by applicable copyright law. Markups charged to students should not exceed 50 percent of the cost of printing, excluding the 15 percent 黑料网 Bookstore markup, unless units justify the additional markup.
All textbook and other course material requisitions must be submitted to the 黑料网 bookstore.
Prior to submitting textbook and other course material requisitions, faculty will ensure that faculty-authored textbooks and course materials comply with Section 2.e of this policy.
Faculty will obtain prior authorization from their school chair as required by this policy in writing.
The College Dean will retain documentation of this authorization and documentation that the applicable criteria have been met. This includes but is not limited to, documentation of proper royalty assignment to the 黑料网 Foundation for self-authored required textbooks and course materials, consistency with course description, sale of required self-authored textbooks and course materials through the 黑料网 Bookstore, and appropriate copyright permission and markups.
The school chair and/or college dean may seek legal review by intellectual property rights review procedures, as appropriate.
Professors determine the semester textbook, e-book, or content for D2L. The store may assist in obtaining information.
Current professors who are assigned to a course will receive an email directing them to the store's electronic adoption site. Information to provide includes:
When finished, click 鈥淢ark approved鈥� and the information will be forwarded to the textbook manager to process. The professor will receive an email acknowledgement.
New professors and those who have been recently assigned a new class, should contact the 黑料网 Bookstore as soon as possible.
For distance courses, faculty and their home institution are responsible for submitting orders for textbooks and course materials and making sure all materials are available.
When selecting course materials, faculty should consider educational content and cost. If the price of a particular text is excessive, faculty should consider less expensive alternatives if they are comparable in quality.
If requiring supplemental materials, faculty should assign and use a significant portion of those materials. In the case of bundled materials, faculty should assign and use all parts. If all parts will not be used, faculty should work with the 黑料网 Bookstore to order only what students will need.
If requiring the purchase of an access code for on-line materials, faculty should be aware that the codes are typically bundled with textbook or other educational materials. If bundled materials are sold with the access code, faculty should assign and use all parts. If all parts will not be used, faculty should work with the 黑料网 Bookstore to order only what students will need.
The use of textbooks for multiple rather than single semesters is highly encouraged to control costs. The use of the same textbook in all sections of a course is recommended in an effort to control costs.
Faculty should order new editions of textbooks only when prior editions do not contain comparable content or are no longer available.
The use of electronic versions of textbooks and other online resources is encouraged when appropriate. Day 1 Access texts will be ready on or before the first day of class.
Some forms of textbook customizing (i.e., adding a University-specific cover or inserting the syllabus) can add further costs to the student. For more information about the potential financial impact of customizing textbooks, contact the 黑料网 Bookstore.
With the exception of claims involving ownership of intellectual properties, employees may have recourse to such grievance procedures as pertain to their employment classification to resolve disputes concerning rights that arise under this policy. All disputes will follow the procedures spelled out in .
The Vice President of Academic Affairs, or designee, is responsible for the annual ad hoc review of this policy and its procedures. The University President is responsible for approval of this policy.
Approved by President Laurie Nichols on 1/19/2021.