The University Bookstore has rearranged its textbook inventory by author’s last name instead of by course. Now, a student who wants to purchase or rent course materials can pull up the shopping list on a mobile device or print it in-store using a kiosk.
With this list in hand, the student starts at “A” and walks through the text department collecting course materials based on authors’ last names. Before the Shop by Author system was in place, students may have had to jump around to different areas of the text department to find their books, especially when a title was used in multiple courses.
This new alphabetical arrangement will save students time and allow Bookstore staff to be more efficient with inventory operations and fulfilling online orders, ultimately delivering a better shopping experience for our students.