<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-509147e6-7fff-6c92-15a9-b306ae56ebc4"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Colleagues,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">As you prepare for your spring book/material orders for students, please keep in mind that for students who have been given aid money of some kind that they would like to use towards their course materials purchases, they will need to be able to order those items *from* our Bookstore (i.e. the Campus Store).  This includes textbooks and other resources like ‘access codes.’ Faculty who suggest ordering from other outside vendors to save students some costs–and who do not place an order with the Bookstore–actually create issues for students who need to use award money with our Bookstore.  The best solution, then, is to place an order with the Bookstore while also suggesting alternate sources for purchasing, if you wish.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Another way to help save students money is to consider using Open Educational Resources (OER). More information is available through the </span><a href="https://researchguides.plattsburgh.edu/oer" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Feinberg Library</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> or by contacting Malina Thiede. </span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div>