Textbook Information

For Fall 2023, a new system for entering textbook adoptions at the River Hawk Shop is now available, as the university prepares for the transition of the bookstore’s management to Valore Campus in July.

We strongly encourage faculty begin working with this system, Verba Collect, as soon as possible for Fall 2023 materials.

All faculty should receive an email from “River Hawk Shop Textbook Adoptions” guiding you to create a Verba Collect account. You may also access this tool at Verba Collect's website.

On your first visit, use the “reset my password” link and follow prompts using your UMass Lowell faculty email address. Once your password is set, use these credentials for future Verba Collect sessions. (We’re still working to integrate the tool into the university’s Single Sign On system).

Please adopt materials in the new system for each class or section you will be teaching in the fall. Unfortunately, despite our best attempts, adoptions for the fall already entered into the Follett Discover tool will need to be entered again in the new system.

If a course has no materials, or uses open educational resources, please indicate that. Verba Collect will ensure this important information is shared with the bookstore and students.

The timely adoption of course materials helps our students by ensuring the most cost-effective choices are available. Late adoptions may mean only new, and thus most costly, materials are available.

An instructional webpage is available with resources guiding you through this process.

Still have questions? Contact Crystal_Leopard@uml.edu.

 

A few notes and reminders about textbooks:

  • Faculty must submit your textbook information to the bookstore each semester you teach, even if you are using the same book from a prior term.
  • If you do not use a textbook in your course, please notify the bookstore so that they are aware when inquiries are made by students.
  • Please be sure that any materials selected are ADA compliant (i.e, videos are captioned, audio files have transcripts, images have alt-text, etc.)