Course fees are mandatory fees for content or materials that students are required to have and use in a class and are charged at registration along with registration fee and are collected per policy. The use of course fee material is determined by academic departments/faculty. Course materials fees are described via Executive Order as Category III Fees: “Fees associated with state-supported courses specifically for materials and services used in concert with the basic foundation an academic course offering.”

CSU Immediate Access

This is a joint program in which students for a class have access at NO CHARGE to their major publisher course materials in digital format on the first day of class and retain access until the add/drop date deadline at no cost. At or prior to the add/drop date, the student will have the option to ‘opt-out’ electronically and discontinue access to the materials. Students who choose to continue will be charged for the materials and access continues.

AL$ maintains resources for bookstores to participate in all AL$ programs and CSU/legal directives. Many may be accessed via the web. For assistance, contact the AL$ bookstore liaison at sehrhorn@calstate.edu

A Directory of Providers has been assembled by AL$ to assist faculty and stores in locating sources for materials that help lower costs for students. The participants in the program offer course materials in formats that provide significant savings over traditional materials. Many of these allow faculty to continue with their preferred content but in a non-traditional format. Each provider listed has supplied evidence of effective use on at least one CSU campus.

• AL$ Newsletter
• WEBINARS
• CAMPUS COORDINATORS
• STORE MEETING ARCHIVES This link will take you to an external website in a new tab.
• LIBRARIES

The presentations by Affordable Learning $olutions regarding Campus Store support, participation, programs and successes are available on request. Please contact the Auxiliary and Bookstore Liaison at sehrhorn@calstate.edu for these resources. Presentation venues include Auxiliary Organization Association conferences; Affordable Learning $olutions conferences, workshops, and visits; National Association of College Stores events; Bookstore Advisory Team meetings; Annual Bookstore meetings;  and CSU on-site campus events.

California State University Academic Technologies partnered with Vital Source and developed vibrant interactive versions of Open Stax titles for faculty consideration and adoption. The goal is a more effective (than pdf format) resource at a very low cost designed to result in improved learning experiences and outcomes.

CSU Bookstore Directors

The person with overall responsibility for the CSU campus bookstore.

Campus

Name

Email

Phone

Bakersfield. SF

Richard Salcedo

1250mgr@fheg.follett.com

661-654-2273

Channel I.  MV

Kelsey Manning

k.manning@follett.com           

805-437-2668

Chico  PP

Lauren Lathrop

llathrop@follett.com

530-898-4988