Navigating the University of the Cumberlands Bookstore: Hours, Rentals, and Resources
The University of the Cumberlands Official Bookstore in Williamsburg, KY, serves as a central hub for students and graduates, offering a diverse array of products and services. From textbooks and academic supplies to apparel and technology, the bookstore aims to support the academic journey and foster school spirit. This article delves into the bookstore's offerings, with a particular focus on textbook rentals, policies, and the integration of the bookstore with the university's broader resources, such as the Grover M. Hermann Library.
Textbook Rentals: A Cost-Effective Option
The University of the Cumberlands Bookstore provides a textbook rental service, which can be a more economical alternative to purchasing textbooks, especially for students on a budget.
Rental Process and Payment
The textbook rental process is designed to be straightforward. Most forms of payment accepted at the bookstore can be used for rentals. However, a credit card is required to be kept on file, even if you pay with an alternative method. This is to cover potential costs if the textbook is returned late or damaged. Financial aid can also be used to pay for textbook rentals.
Rental Period and Returns
The rental period begins on the day the rental is paid for and lasts until the last day of Finals, as indicated on the Order Confirmation. All rented textbooks must be returned to the bookstore in good condition by the Rental Return Due Date. For students who are not on campus, a return shipping label is available online for printing. Multiple books can be returned in one box using a single shipping label.
Drop/Add Policy
The drop/add policy for rented books mirrors that of purchased books. Students who drop or add courses can return the book to the bookstore within the allowed period, along with the necessary drop/add documentation.
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Condition of Rented Books
Normal use, including highlighting and writing, is permitted in rented textbooks. However, the bookstore reserves the right to refuse a rental book if it is not returned in good condition. Good condition is determined by the bookstore and generally means the book spine is intact, there is no excessive damage to the cover or contents, all original pages are intact, all original components are present, and there is no excessive highlighting, writing, or other markings.
Consequences of Not Returning or Damaging Rented Books
If a rented book is not returned in good condition, the card on file will be charged a replacement cost and a non-return processing fee. The replacement cost is 75% of the new book price at the time of purchase, and the non-return processing fee is 7.5% of the new book price. By paying these fees, the student keeps the book. The replacement cost plus the non-return processing fee will be charged for any book not returned to the bookstore, regardless of the reason.
Rental Agreement
The rental agreement is a legally binding contract between the student and Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC (BNC). By renting textbooks, students agree to the terms of this agreement. Rented materials remain the property of BNC or its authorized supplier. Students are granted limited use of the materials for personal, non-commercial, and non-transferable purposes.
Rented materials can be refunded and then purchased during the first two weeks of classes only. Rented materials must be returned to the bookstore from which they were originally rented by the rental return date designated by us at the time of rental and in salable condition. Salable condition will be determined by us in our sole discretion, but generally means book spine intact, without excessive damage or any water damage to the cover or contents, all original pages intact, all original components present, and no excessive highlighting, writing or other markings.
Students are responsible for loss or theft of all rented materials. Rented materials not returned by the rental return date or returned on or before that date not in salable condition will be subject to non-return processing fees equal to 75% of the new book price (at the time of rental) plus a 7.5% non-return processing fee. Non-return processing fees will be automatically charged to the securing tender on file for this agreement. In the event that the securing tender on file is no longer valid or if the purchasing limit on the securing tender has been exceeded, we will contact you for, and you agree to promptly pay in full, the non-return processing fees with an alternative payment method accepted at the bookstore. If you have not returned the rented materials by the rental return date and we are unable to charge your securing tender, it is your responsibility to pay the non-return processing fees immediately.
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Online Shopping
Shopping online is even easier, with many books displaying a RENTAL option, along with NEW and USED options. In the event you do not pick up your item(s) within this 30 day period, the item(s) will be considered abandoned and will be re-shelved for sale at the store. If your refund request for all other merchandise is within 90 days of purchase, the refund will be made to your original form of payment. All sales are final and non-refundable on opened course materials and printed access codes.
Other Bookstore Offerings
Beyond textbooks, the University of the Cumberlands Bookstore offers a variety of products to support student life and academic success.
Apparel and Spirit Gear
The bookstore provides a range of apparel and spirit gear, allowing students to showcase their school pride. This includes clothing items, accessories, and other merchandise featuring the university's logo and colors.
Supplies and Technology
Students can find essential supplies such as notebooks, pens, and calculators, as well as technology products like computers, headphones, and accessories. The bookstore aims to provide tools that enhance the learning experience.
Health and Wellness Items
The bookstore also offers health and wellness items, catering to the overall well-being of students. These may include personal care products, health supplies, and other items that promote a healthy lifestyle.
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Graduation Regalia and Diploma Frames
To celebrate academic milestones, the bookstore offers graduation regalia and diploma frames. These items allow students to commemorate their achievements and preserve their diplomas in a professional manner.
Integration with the Grover M. Hermann Library
The University of the Cumberlands Bookstore is complemented by the resources available at the Grover M. Hermann Library. The library has been transformed into a $7.5 million 21st-century learning center.
Library Resources
The Grover M. Hermann Library offers a variety of resources to support students' academic pursuits. These include books, journals, databases, and other research materials. The library also provides access to online resources and digital collections.
Study Spaces and Technology
The library features group and individual study rooms, computer workstations, and a makerspace for current students. These spaces provide students with a conducive environment for studying, collaborating, and working on projects. The library also offers modernized technology assets to support research and learning.
Coffee Shop and Lounge
To enhance the library experience, a coffee shop and lounge are available. These spaces provide students with a place to relax, socialize, and recharge while studying or working on campus.
Online Student Orientation
The library also offers a 1.5-hour session intended to orient all online students (undergraduate and graduate) in any degree to library resources and services. The Makerspace at Grover M. Our library is trulty an academic center for the modern college student.
Data Privacy and Security
Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC; and MBS Textbook Exchange, LLC (collectively, âBNEDâ, âweâ, âusâ, âourâ), collect, use and disclose your personal information, which applies: (i) Online where this Policy is posted; (ii) in person in our stores and at our events; (iii) through our customer service channels; and (iv) in other Online and offline interactions with you. or to other countries by our Vendors (as defined below).
Information Collection
While registration with us is optional, please keep in mind that you will not be able to use certain features of our Services unless you register for an account. You must maintain the confidentiality of your access information and are responsible for controlling access to your account. If you ever use a public computer to visit your account, we strongly encourage you to log out at the conclusion of your session.
We may also collect personal information about you from external sources, including your friends, our Vendors, customers, applicable educational institution(s), and other third parties that provide information to us, including advertising networks, publicly available information and our affiliates that generally have shared management or ownership with us. BNED affiliates. Vendors and Institutions. Government and law enforcement authorities.
Use of Information
Where permitted by applicable law, we may disclose your personal information for the purpose of protecting the rights, property, life, health, security, and safety of BNED, our Services, our users, or any other party.
External Services
Vendors and external services may use their own tracking technologies to independently collect information about you and may solicit personal information from you (âTracking Technologiesâ). For example, BNED maintains its own branded pages on various social networks.
Certain functionalities on our Services may allow you to interact with external services, such as social networks (âSocial Featuresâ). If you use Social Features, and potentially other external services, information you post or provide access to may be publicly displayed on our Services (see âUser Generated Contentâ section, below) or by the external services that you use. Similarly, if you post information on an external service that references our Services, e.g., by using a hashtag associated with BNED or our affiliates in a Social Feature, your information may be used on or in connection with our Services or otherwise by BNED. Also, both BNED and its customers and Vendors may have access to certain information about you, and your use of our Services and any external services.
Advertising and Analytics
We may engage and work with Vendors, customers, and other parties to serve ads on our Services or on external services. Some of these ads may be tailored to your interest based on your browsing, across time, of our Services and elsewhere on the Internet, which may include use of data from cross-device usage, sometimes referred to as âinterest-based advertisingâ or âOnline behavioral advertisingâ (âInterest-based Advertisingâ), which may include sending you an ad on external services after you have left our Services i.e., âretargetingâ.
We may use Vendor tools, such as Google Analytics and Adobe Analytics, to help us analyze our performance, and to deliver Services and advertising to you. Additionally, some of the technologies used on our Services, e.g., session replay tools, allow us and our Vendors to monitor and analyze how visitors use our Services to better understand user behavior and improve our Services.
User Communication and Marketing Preferences
Please note that any links to external services are provided for your convenience only. Review, Update, or Change your Information. Because there is no consensus on how to interpret âDo Not Trackâ signals, our Services do not currently respond to browser Do Not Trackâ signals.
Certain Vendors that perform advertising-related services on our behalf participate in voluntary programs that provide tools to opt-out of interest-based advertising, such as the Digital Advertising Allianceâs (âDAAâ) Self-Regulatory Program for Online Behavioral Advertising. We support this program, and we expect those ad networks we directly engage to serve you interest-based advertising will do so as well, although we cannot guarantee their compliance. Some of these companies are also members of the Network Advertising Initiative (âNAIâ).
Mobile Device Settings
You can use mobile device settings to limit mobile Tracking Technologies and associated activities. For instance, you can adjust or reset the advertising identifiers on your mobile device in the device settings. In some cases, you can also use mobile device settings to allow or restrict the sharing of location information. If you do not share your location information, some features of our Services may not be available for use, but we may still estimate your general location based on the IP address you use to access our Services.
If you disable or remove these Tracking Technologies, some functionality on our Services may not be available nor function properly. Please be aware that, even if you are able to opt out of certain kinds of Interest-based Advertising, you may continue to receive other types of ads. In addition, we may serve ads on external services that are targeted to reach people on those services that are also identified on one of more of our databases (âMatched List Adsâ). This is done by using Tracking Technologies, or by matching common factors between our databases and the databases of the third-party services. We are not responsible for these external services, including without limitation their data security. BNED may implement Googleâs Invisible reCAPTCHA technology on our Services in order to reduce spam and prevent abuse of our Services.
User Generated Content
Our Services may permit you to post or submit User Generated Content (âUGCâ) including, without limitation, written content, user profiles, audio or visual recordings, computer graphics, pictures, data, or other content, including personal information. If you choose to submit UGC to any public area of our Services, your UGC will be considered âpublicâ and will be accessible by anyone, including BNED. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, unless otherwise explicitly agreed by us, personal information included in UGC is not subject to our usage or sharing limitations, or other obligations, and may be used and shared by BNED and other parties. We encourage you to exercise caution when making decisions about what you disclose in such public areas.
Children under the age of 16 are not eligible to use our Services and must not submit any personal information to us. Our Services are not intended for children under the age of 16 and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 16.
Promotions
We may offer sweepstakes, contests, and promotions (each, a âPromotionâ), including any Promotion jointly or solely sponsored or offered by other parties, which may require submitting your personal information to such other parties. If you voluntarily choose to enter a Promotion, your personal information may be disclosed to BNED, Promotion co-sponsors or administrators, Vendors, and other parties, including for administrative purposes and as required by law, e.g., on a winners list. By entering, you are agreeing to the official rules that govern that Promotion, which may include consent to additional or differing privacy practices from those contained in this Policy.
Data Security
We take steps to help protect your personal information. We maintain appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to help protect personal information collected or received through our Services. Additionally, we limit access to personal information to employees and authorized parties who need to access that information to operate, develop, or improve our Services.
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
This California Consumer Privacy Act Policy and Notice at Collection (the âNoticeâ) describes how we collect and use personal information, and the rights that the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended (the âCCPAâ), provides to California residents. This Notice does not apply to personal information collected from employees, contractors or job applicants. This Notice supplements other parts of our Policy and provides additional information for California residents. We collect the categories of personal information about California residents that are indicated in the chart below. Except as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law or regulation, we will only retain your personal information (which includes the categories of personal information set forth in the charts and sections herein) for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, as required to satisfy any legal obligations, or as necessary to resolve disputes. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we consider applicable legal requirements, the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information, the purposes we process your personal informat…
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