STUDENT SATISFACTION SURVEY 2007 RESPONSES TO OPEN ...

CAMPUS = YBOR CITY18: too high prices makes students buy books onlibe42: A bigger facility, longer hours47: Allow students to determine next semesters books.48: Sometimes they don't have the books available for students when the semester starts,which it takes 2 weeks for students to purchase a book.51: The staff needs to be friendlier; seriously. Ybor campus has oneof the rudest [staffmembers] runing their bookstore.107: The paid staff look miserable all the time. They can be very grouchy.115: they don't always have the book i need. they don't order enough books in.152: make sure they have more books then they need. Did not get my text packet unit half ofthe term185: have books instock190: Again, hire temp staff to cut down on hour-long lines.210: ensure books are at the ready prior to term beginning and that there are enough textbooksfor students and if not be aware of a time period when books will be available. staff canbe more corteus for those of us less knowlegable about HCC textbooks and or proceduresfor attaining textbooks.222: We need a larger area. I feel that we get treated like elementary children when they gointo their library for "Book Fair Week". Living our bags at the entrance.224: make the textbooks more affordable288: be open for all available class and/or hours. I work and take evening classes and I neededscantrons and misc. supplies and I could never get to the book store during their hours ofoperation. VERY FRUSTRATING!!323: i wish there was more of a used selection... the people there are great...340: It's such a pain to get them there! You're required to have so many documents-an id, aschedule, etc. etc. and then once you get them, they're more expensive than other places.As a broke college kid, I"m always going to choose the cheapest route, which isinvariably half.com.341: Books should cost the same at all campuses408: Make sure that the book store had the books we need431: do not run out of book459: Lower the prices.464: Get the newest edition475: longer hours482: Get some students to work the book store that actually know what they are doing wouldbe great.498: We are told to use the bookstore at the campus where we attend, there have been timesthat not enough books were available.503: I am satisfied with the bookstore staff and operations.522: Come down on the price and match what books & more sell theirs for.525: na561: Better hours. Also, when I visit the bookstore, I feel like I am visiting an inmate in jail. "Ihave to leave by bag at the door?" I dont want to steal from the bookstore, we are alladults and that seems childish + offensive.Student Satisfaction Survey 2007 – Q61: Bookstore – Page 330