DURANT, Okla. -- In a continuing effort to meet the needs of its students, Southeastern Oklahoma State University has established the Textbook Reserve Program (TRP).

The TRP is designed to help offset the financial burden imposed on students by making available free of charge -- required textbooks for basic courses.

All students who are enrolled for the Fall 2008 semester are eligible to participate in the program. The reserve books will be located in the Henry G. Bennett Memorial Library on campus. Inquiries should be made at the circulation desk.

At least one of each of the required textbooks for all general education courses, all remedial courses and the College Success Course are now available. The program will be expanded in the future.

Students must have valid SE identification and books may be checked out for room use only. Textbooks may be checked out for a 2-hour period, but may not be removed from the library or be checked out overnight.

The state has mandated that colleges and universities address the rising cost of textbooks and this is one example of Southeasternıs efforts toward easing the financial burden on students.

The Textbook Reserve Program committee Sharon Morrison, Director of the Library; Dr. Bryon Clark, (Dean of the School of Graduate and University Studies); Adam Lovell, (president of the Student Government Association); and Sharon Robinson, (vice-president of Student Affairs) has worked on the program for several weeks to ensure its successful start-up.

The textbooks may be checked out from the library staff at the front desk during regular hours 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Friday; 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Saturday; 3 p.m.-10 p.m. Sunday).

For more information, call Morrison at 580-745-3172 or smorrison@se.edu; or Clark at 580-745-2064 or bkclark@se.edu, or go to the libraryıs website at www.se.edu/lib . Click on Find; click on Books/Library Catalog; click on Reserve Desk; and search by instructorıs name to locate a specific textbook.