{"id":22026,"date":"2020-04-08T16:24:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T23:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/?p=22026"},"modified":"2020-04-13T23:42:10","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T06:42:10","slug":"ufv-bookstore-on-track-for-summer-textbooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/2020\/04\/08\/ufv-bookstore-on-track-for-summer-textbooks\/","title":{"rendered":"UFV Bookstore on track for summer textbooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">Message from Jeff Thiessen, UFV\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Bookstore Manager &amp; Course Materials Buyer:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I would first like to applaud all your efforts for migrating to an online platform for learning.\u00a0 That is a huge task and accomplishment.\u00a0 The Bookstore has been closed to the public since the end of March in an effort to help \u201cflatten the curve\u201d and reduce contact points. We have remained open online for orders and have offered free shipping in the interim.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">We have continued to process adoptions for the summer semester and have received adoptions for close to 80% of classes so far, and have many titles already in stock and more are on order with the hope of having a robust inventory offering for summer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">We have tried to increase our listing of digital resources for ease of distribution to the students. Our publisher partners are also trying to increase their offering of digital material.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">We continue to place orders and receive shipments into inventory. Most vendors are responding positively to orders that are being placed. Two vendors: Broadview Press and Oxford University Press have indicated they are closed to comply with Ontario\u2019s Essential Businesses only mandate.\u00a0 They are tentatively set to reopen this week<\/span><span class=\"s1\">. Our expectation is that the supply chain should be functioning close to normal, but there may be delays.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">For Coursepack inquiries please continue to e-mail <a href=\"mailto:coursepacks@ufv.ca\"><span class=\"s3\">coursepacks@ufv.ca<\/span><\/a>. Print Services is open for production and will continue to partner with the Bookstore to deliver this service.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Students will be able to order material for the summer online.\u00a0 We are looking at providing a suitable pick-up option that is consistent with public health requirements.\u00a0 We will also be offering free shipping for the summer semester.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We look forward to continuing to be your partner in delivering course material in support of your classes.<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Message from Jeff Thiessen, UFV\u00a0Bookstore Manager &amp; Course Materials Buyer: I would first like to applaud all your efforts for migrating to an online platform for learning.\u00a0 That is a huge task and accomplishment.\u00a0 The Bookstore has been closed to the public since the end of March in an effort to help \u201cflatten the curve\u201d &#8230; <a title=\"UFV Bookstore on track for summer textbooks\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/2020\/04\/08\/ufv-bookstore-on-track-for-summer-textbooks\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,11],"tags":[135,136],"class_list":["post-22026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-ufv-today","tag-bookstore","tag-textbooks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22026"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22027,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22026\/revisions\/22027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}