Textbook Procedures

Textbooks for every course at NCSSM are issued to students from the central bookroom located next to the student cafeteria. At the beginning of each trimester a formal schedule for textbook distribution by residential hall is posted, and the bookroom is open to service students’ needs on a regular basis throughout the academic year. To check out textbooks, students must bring their personal NCSSM identification card and a copy of their official class schedule. Students are encouraged to write their name in each book as they are responsible for all books checked out on their cards. Although textbooks at NCSSM are provided for student use free of charge, lost, damaged, or stolen books are each student’s financial responsibility.

At the end of each trimester, students are expected to return all textbooks due to the central bookroom immediately following their course exam. For continuing courses, textbooks may be checked out for multiple trimesters or renewed. If books that are due are not returned, the student is placed on a “hold” status and prohibited from checking out any further textbooks or NCSSM library materials. Those students receive a notice in their school mailbox, and parents are notified via mail. If the books due are not returned within five academic days, they are marked as lost and the student’s security deposit is debited for the books’ replacement cost.

At the end of the academic year, juniors who have not returned their books or fully covered their replacement cost may not be allowed to return to NCSSM for their senior year and/or have a hold placed on their final transcript. Seniors who have not returned their books or fully covered their replacement cost may be denied their diploma and/or have a hold placed on their final transcript (i.e. no official notification is forwarded to their intended college or university that they have met the requirements for NCSSM graduation).