Follett Collaborative
Bookstore Contract
CODD/ASAC Joint Meeting
Fredericksburg, VA
March 4-5, 2015
A Brief History
of the VCCS
Collaborative
Bookstore
Contract
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Follett Bookstore Contract Overview
Awarded a five year contract to Follett with a
5 year renewal option for a total of 10 years
Currently 17 of 23 colleges have joined the
contract
For 15 colleges, +0.25%; for 20 colleges,
additional +0.25%
List of Participating Colleges
BRCC
CVCC (SU15)
DSLCC (SP15
ESCC (SP15)
GCC
JSRC
JTCC
NRCC (FA15)
PHCC
PVCC
RCC
SVCC
SWCC (SP15)
TNCC
VHCC (SP15)
VWCC
WCC
List of Colleges Not Participating
DCC
LFCC
MECC
NVCC
PDCCC
TCC
Follett Bookstore Contract Overview
Extended bookstore services to the
smaller colleges
Negotiated textbook savings to
students
No-cost distribution of OER in
bookstores
Follett Bookstore Contract Overview
A Digital Course Material Specialist
dedicated to growing the use of OER
materials
Folletts support in educating faculty
and staff on how to make the most
cost-effective textbook selection
Follett Bookstore Contract Overview
Negotiated higher commission rates
(5.6% < $500,000 to $18.6% > $10M)
Process for leveraging commissions for
capital improvements: Follett to pay for
all furniture and equipment upgrades
Enhanced Point of Sale technology and
integration with PeopleSoft SIS
Follett Bookstore Contract Overview
Full-time Follett IT Project Manager
On-line discovery and adoption tools:
Faculty Discover and Student Discover
Established a collaborative, cooperative
contract platform where the real work
can begin
Opportunities
Textbook Rentals
Expanding and growing our textbook rental
program offers the greatest savings to
students
Follett incentive to grow rental textbook
options
Opportunities
Technology Enhancements
Fully integrated bookstore services to
include on-line bookstores that process
transactions in real-time, anywhere and
anytime
Seamless process for enrollment and
bookstore purchases and pickup/delivery
of course materials
Opportunities
Technology Enhancements
Immediate download of OER and digital
course materials directly to a students
Blackboard account at the time of purchase
Movement away from a physical bookstore
to a more virtual on-line store
Opportunities
IncludED: Fee Based Option
Textbook fee charged at the time of
enrollment
Course-based, program-based, or collegewide implementation
No change to faculty adoption process
Opportunities
IncludED: Fee Based Option
Advantages: students receive
textbooks before the first class, all F/T
students realize savings, textbook
costs to students would be known in
advance
$5,000 pilot incentive: requires 4
semester commitment
Requires VCCS and State Board
approval
Volume
Textbook savings are found primarily in
the rental and purchase of used books
Strategies:
1. Adopt same textbook version for all sections of a
course
2. Adopt the same textbook version for a longer
period of time (minimum of 2-3 years)
3. Order textbooks as early as possible
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