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Jennifer N. Wynn: Elementary modern Chinese coursepack...
...United Against (Library) Discrimination (QUAD). The protest occurred simultaneously with a celebration of Lamont Library’s new 24-hour service that drew over 1,500 students. Beginning Nov. 5, the Quad Library will be open on Saturdays from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. and will increase its coursepack reserves, Associate Librarian of Harvard College for Collection Management Marilyn Wood wrote in an e-mail. HCL also plans to establish a committee, which will include students and a House master, to examine library services, Currier House Master Joseph L. Badaracco wrote in an e-mail. Badaracco will...
During this month’s review period, the PMD should look at tailoring coursepack solutions to individual classes. These solutions can cut costs by eliminating the middle-men. In our “business on demand” age, there is no need for professors to use New England-based printers (the only options currently listed on the PMD’s website) and distributors. If Putnam’s example using University Readers, a California-based company, proves anything, it is that there are numerous competitors in the coursepack business that do a perfectly acceptable...
...Coop, potentially leading to lower costs. We doubt, at least at first, that many course leaders will expend the effort to do this. Instead, they will take the easiest path and continue using the HPPS-alternative that the PMD arranges. Here, the PMD can use the sheer amount of coursepack business it is representing to drive down printing and distribution prices for all coursepacks. The PMD should submit sample article lists from this year’s coursepacks to multiple printers and distributors. And as it calculates the best option, it should weight convenience far less than price. We suspect...
...XanEdu, and the Coop have done a tremendous job filling the void. The PMD succeeded in its search for HPPS’ replacement, and the Coop took on a tremendous amount of business in a short time span. Going forward, the PMD can and must aggressively cut coursepack costs by exploiting market competition. Anything less would be a disservice to students...