Course Reserves Purchase Request
In the 2025-26 academic year, the Library is running a one-time program to purchase high-use, high-demand textbooks for Course Reserves. This is part of a strategic initiative to increase student access to course-specific materials at all COCC campuses.
The Library’s Collection Development Policy typically excludes the purchase of textbooks with Library funds, but this special program is an exception for the 2025-26 academic year.
How this special program works and how we’ll spend this funding:
- Due to limited funds, our purchases will be limited to required course textbooks.
- Requests will be considered on a first-come, first-serve basis.
- The deadline for requests is April 1st, 2026 or when funding runs out, whichever is first.
- Priority will be given to textbooks that
- serve high enrollment and/or required foundation courses
- are high-demand (as determined by factors like the number of library uses and requests)
- are expensive
- Multiple copies of a text may be requested depending on demand, availability and cost.
This special program does not impact our usual Course Reserves service, which allows instructors to place their own (or department-provided) copies on Course Reserves in Bend, Redmond, Madras or Prineville.
Our usual Purchase Request form and process remains in place for non-textbook/Course Reserves items which instructors would like to have in the Library’s regular collection in Bend, Redmond, Madras or Prineville.
Not sure if we already have your textbook on reserve? Check our catalog.
To request that we purchase an item for Course Reserves via this one-time program in 2025-26, provide us with the following information:
