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Barnes & Noble College Bookstores to run Health Science Campus bookstore |
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Jim Winkler |
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Nov 26, 2007 |
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In about a week, University of Toledo students will be able to sip Starbucks coffee and browse through a Barnes & Noble bookstore on the Health Science Campus.
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| Health Science Campus Bookstore Manager Sue Jankowski reviewed design plans for the new Barnes & Noble bookstore with construction worker Dan Heenan. |
The bookseller, the largest dealer of textbooks nationwide, has been awarded a contract to operate UT’s Health Science Campus bookstore, which is now located in the Health Education Building. However, it will move to the Mulford Library Building starting today.
The 1,700-square-foot bookstore will occupy one floor, said Sue Jankowski, current Health Science bookstore manager, who will manage the Barnes & Noble store.
The store will stock, among other things, course textbooks, reference and review books, lab coats, scrubs, the latest best sellers, UT logo apparel, gift items, snacks and beverages. The new store will include a Starbucks coffee-dispensing machine.
Barnes & Noble College Bookstores manage 600 stores on campuses nationwide.
Barnes & Noble will cover the costs associated with the store’s operations such as cashier equipment and computers and upgrade the bookstore with shelving and display areas as part of the move to the new location.
Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., outside New York City, Barnes & Noble should provide purchasing power and economies of scale not achievable by an in-house bookstore, Jankowski said.
Moving the bookstore to the Mulford Library location is part of the University’s master plan to convert a portion of the building into a student union, a facility that will be vital when the College of Pharmacy moves to the Health Science Campus, according to Chuck Lehnert, associate vice president for facilities and construction. The UT Board of Trustees has approved the pharmacy college relocation.
Later this year, work will begin to enclose the top-floor patio of the building for additional space.
“We hope that once all the renovations are completed, the building will be an outstanding gathering space for faculty, staff and students,” Lehnert said. “Students are looking for places to gather, to congregate, and to hang out on the Health Science Campus. We want things there that people can use and enjoy. The bookstore will be visible to hospital visitors. It’s a great location for marketing the University.”
As part of the move, Room 140, the so-called “Faculty Dining Room,” will be taken out of use and utilized for receiving for the new book store.
The space in the Health Education Building will be converted to small classrooms and dry laboratory space.
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