If a student wishes to purchase his or her books for classes and avoid the long and tedious process at the bookstore, some professors at Utah State University consult the neighboring Borders Bookstore for help providing the students with new textbooks for their classes.
Every semester, hundreds of students line by the tiny store inside the Taggart Student Center to purchase their textbooks for their classes. A handful of professors do not like this and order the textbooks through Borders instead, where the book waits for the student to pick up and purchase. An incorporation like this has been an effective way to help professors who wish to help their students avoid the long lines and sometimes scarcity of books that the Utah State University bookstore has been notorious for, according to their general manager Donja Wright.
“A lot of students prefer this,” Wright said. “The number of classes varies from semester to semester.”
Among the USU classes that asked for Border’s assistance is the photojournalism class taught by Patrick Oden and Edward Pease. They reserved many textbooks for the students benefit. Some are still in the store not purchased.
According to their web site, Borders Bookstore is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Mich. It was founded in 1971 by a husband and wife team, but began as a rental library in Stamford, Conn. In 1984, the Kmart Corporation purchased Walden Books and then Borders in 1992 to become the Borders-Walden Group. They then moved to from Stamford, Conn. to Ann Arbor, Mich. in 1995. The Logan Borders opened in Logan, Utah in 2002. Their target audience, according to Wright, includes college students and book lovers.
For more information regarding this store or other stores please contact us at 734-477-1100 or in Logan, Utah at 435-787-0678.
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Kade Delis
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