{"id":947,"date":"2018-02-27T04:52:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T04:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-student-government\/textbook-reserve\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T16:13:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T21:13:25","slug":"textbook-reserve","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/student-government\/mcsg-committees\/academicaffairs\/textbook-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Textbook Reserve Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/student-government\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/IMG_0178.jpg\" alt=\"Textbooks\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Academic Affairs Committee of MCSG is allocated $10,000 every year for the Textbook Reserve Program. With this money, the AAC works with the DeWitt Wallace Library to purchases textbooks for Macalester students to check out of the library. The selection process focuses on expensive textbooks and frequently relied upon textbooks to ensure that all students have access to their course materials through effective and affordable ways. Please consider requesting additions using the form on this page; the AAC adds new copies to the Textbook Reserve Program at the beginning of each semester based on student, faculty, and staff requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>To see a list of textbooks on reserve, <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1rYe60XyyLrrrDePGwMZ7VAgYtoFMiyoQTyYM5XgOMHg\/edit?gid=0#gid=0\"><strong><em>click here<\/em><\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To see the Textbook Reserve Bill (updated Nov. 2016), <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/lvZJ2B\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/student-government\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-4.08.10\u202fPM-1024x663.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/student-government\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-4.08.10\u202fPM-1024x663.png 1024w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/student-government\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-4.08.10\u202fPM-300x194.png 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/student-government\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-4.08.10\u202fPM-768x498.png 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/student-government\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/609\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-at-4.08.10\u202fPM.png 1204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<section class=\"link-group block-container\" >\n            <div class=\"link-group__heading-row\">\n            <div class=\"link-group__heading-container\">\n                <h2 class=\"base-lockup__heading\">Request a textbook for the reserve program.<\/h2>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"link-group__links-row\">\n        <ul class=\"link-group__link link-group__link--\">\n        \t                <li class=\"link-group__link-item\">\n                    <a class=\"base-cta-featured\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/649U8c7fuzXqU9Qh8\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    Faculty Request Form\n\t\t\t\t\t    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol base-cta-featured__arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-arrow.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"link-group__link-item\">\n                    <a class=\"base-cta-featured\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/xrv5wdHGh3JsFJ3U7\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    Student Request Form\n\t\t\t\t\t    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol base-cta-featured__arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-arrow.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>The Textbook Reserve Program is not the only way to get your course texts on campus for no cost. The Book Bank is located outside of the MCSG office on the second floor of the Campus Center. Please consider donating any of the books you&#8217;ve used for class\u2014textbooks, novels, nonfiction, anything\u2014to the Book Bank. A full list of the texts available for students to take for personal usage (and hopefully return later!) is <a class=\"more www\" href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/rKpi9c\">available here<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Academic Affairs Committee of MCSG is allocated $10,000 every year for the Textbook Reserve Program. With this money, the AAC works with the DeWitt Wallace Library to purchases textbooks for Macalester students to check out of the library. 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