1. You will continue to run your own spirit store
2. You are ready to gain back valuable retail space
3. You need to reduce the financial exposure of physical textbooks
4. You have multiple course materials goals on campus and need an expert provider to optimize to each goal
One of the most liberating changes a campus community can make is virtualizing course materials. You gain back valuable sales floor, reduce the need for highly skilled knowledge workers for course materials management, lower your financial exposure dramatically, and open up the future of course materials however it unfolds. Virtualizing course materials keeps every option on the table for students (physical, digital, IA, EA), while reducing your costs and exposure.
Since we already provide course materials to millions of students remotely from our Little Rock, AR operation, and our technology is built for virtualization, this configuration is relatively plug and play. The largest needs arise in working with faculty to optimize adoption communication and ensuring we meet the needs of the spirit store. For example, it may make sense to offer "ship to store" even in a virtual configuration, so you can maintain foot traffic. We're eager to design a plan that meets the various goals of going virtual.
Even if you're years away from making this decision we're here for guidance, advice, or just to be a sounding board.
