« Schedule set for Biechele's sentencing in Station fire | Today | Bill Clinton to speak at Scholar Athlete Games »

May 3, 2006

Brown bookstore will remain independent operation

PROVIDENCE -- Brown University officials will not outsource their locally-run bookstore to a national chain, according to a decision released today.

A statement posted on the bookstore's Web site said that a university committee spent the past several weeks meeting with various groups to decide whether to outsource bookstore operations. It acknowledges that some improvements are needed.

"While the committee feels both models are viable, the committee also believes Brown’s values, culture and customers can be best represented and successfully served at this time in a self-operated store," reads the statement from Beppie Huidekoper, Brown executive vice president for finance and administration.

Members of the university community rallied outside the bookstore in March to protest the possible move to bring in a national chain such as Barnes & Noble.

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 3:28 PM | Permalink

Comments

Post a comment

Please be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish.

Name:

Email Address:

URL:
Remember Me? YesNo

Comments: (you may use HTML tags for style)