MCC-Maple Woods textbook library continues to grow, assist students

While most people think the biggest part of paying for college is tuition, that's not always the case. Just ask any A+ student, whose tuition is covered by state funds, but whose textbooks have to come from somewhere.

Textbooks can be prohibitively expensive, and every MCC campus has one or more programs designed to ease the burden on already-overextended students. A book-loan program for single parents returning to campus and a rental system via the bookstore is available at each campus. MCC-Maple Woods also has its own programs that aim to ensure students can participate fully in their classes - among them the Emergency Book Fund, funded by faculty and staff via donations and fundraisers and a textbook rental library that operates on the honor system.

Deb Cougill, assistant to President Merna Saliman, began building and maintaining her own rental library, free of charge, several years ago. Books are available to students based on need and loaned out on the honor system at the beginning of each semester. Since the start of the program, the number of books has grown steadily each year, with students not only returning the loaned books but also contributing others to the collection, making the selection wider for each new class of students.

Students: Rental returns and book buyback

The MCC Bookstores will conduct the end of semester buyback on the following days:

July 28 - 8 a.m.-noon and 1 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
July 29 - 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Rental books are due back no later than 4 p.m. on July 29, 2011 to avoid charges to your student account.

Students: textbook rental returns

Did you forget to turn in your rentals at the end of last semester? Never fear, we still want those books back so bring them on in. Drop off rental returns at the campus bookstore in which you rented them. A $2o service fee will apply through May 26, which is better than a charge on your student account for the price of the book.

Students: Textbook rentals are due next Friday

All MCC students who rented textbooks this semester must return those books to the MCC bookstore where they rented them from before 4 p.m. on May 20. Charges will be placed on student accounts of those students with outstanding text rentals.  If a student has an outstanding charge on their account, they will not be eligible to graduate or enroll for future semesters until those charges are cleared.