Guidelines are offered for bookstore managers with a minimal background in accounting or finance. Two journals need to be maintained--a "Sales Journal" and a modified "Cash Disbursements Journal"--to record daily sales and summaries of the number and value of invoices and credits passed for payment or deduction by department. (LBH)

Two full-time university bookstores, with three satellites helping during rush period, serve the Howard students and faculty. Solutions to problems of space, acquiring used books, and communications with faculty members are discussed, and the successful retailing of black studies books is described. (LBH)

A manager of a university book shop in New Zealand offers his impressions of American bookselling on campus. (PG)

A Credits-For-Resale program underwritten by the California Association of College Stores is described. A brief history of the program, guidelines on the mechanics involved, and suggestions on how selling credits could work for individual stores are presented. (MLW)

Defines the services a publisher or distributor may offer a college store in paperback operations (assistance with orders, inventories, returns, displays and promotional material). (PG)

Describes the opening and functioning of the new bookstore of the Seattle Pacific College. (PG)

The Illinois Institute of Technology, in cooperation with the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, sponsored its second annual Product Fair in which engineering students could examine products provided by numerous vendors. Students could increase their consumer knowledge of a wide variety of supplies offered by college bookstores. (LBH)

Renovations providing an 86 percent increase in space as well as expansion of merchandise offered have increased overall sales at the Dartmouth bookstore by 29 percent in the first nine months of operation. Details on all facets of the modifications are reported. (LBH)

Data processing methods applicable to the small college bookstore are reviewed, including a proposal for creating more meaningful reports. When used properly, the reports yield much information that the manager can use to decrease operating expenses and increase sales. (LBH)

Presents the Tulane University Bookstore Manual of Operations that covers all phases of the bookstore operations with faculty, students, and administrators. (Author)

A large part of any merchandising program is picking products that will sell. Sixty alumni professionals were asked about their ideas. Some of the winners included a watch with the institution's seal, a windsock, and athletic shoes. Some of the losers included a sweater and a commemorative plate. (MLW)

The Blank Check Order System was developed to cut paperwork and in-store processing costs for special order books. The customer pays in advance and the bookstore sends a blank check order to the publisher. The process and its advantages are described in detail including evaluation by publishers and college store managers. (JT)

In order to fulfill its mandate from Congress to make government publications available to the American public, the Government Printing Office offers a specialized service to college stores. Three major automation efforts, the Sales Operating Information Systems, enable the agency to be responsive to college store requests. (JMD)