From a response by Terry Hogan to an inquiry on this matter: the University's obligation is: ‘‘(d) PROVISION OF ISBN COLLEGE TEXTBOOK INFORMATION IN COURSE SCHEDULES.—To the maximum extent practicable, each institution of higher education receiving Federal financial assistance shall— ‘‘(1) disclose, on the institution’s Internet course schedule and in a manner of the institution’s choosing, the International Standard Book Number and retail price information of required and recommended college textbooks and supplemental materials for each course listed in the institution’s course schedule used for preregistration and registration purposes, except that— ‘‘(A) if the International Standard Book Number is not available for such college textbook or supplemental material, then the institution shall include in the Internet course schedule the author, title, publisher, and copyright date for such college textbook or supplemental material; and ‘‘(B) if the institution determines that the disclosure of the information described in this subsection is not practicable for a college textbook or supplemental material, then the institution shall so indicate by placing the designation ‘To Be Determined’ in lieu of the information required under this subsection; and ‘‘(2) if applicable, include on the institution’s written course schedule a notice that textbook information is available on the institution’s Internet course schedule, and the Internet address for such schedule. We are interpreting this to mean that when we publish the online course schedule, it should include the textbook information required. The gap that will exist between the time of submission and the time of publishing the online course schedule will be reduced from what it has been in the past (a benefit of publishing online only rather than in print and online). Relative to textbooks, this gap (processing time) allows three things: ISBN numbers must be gathered and/or verified and (if necessary) added, pricing information must be gathered and added, and the submitted information must be proofread (along with the entire course listing). If it turns out that the amount of time allocated for this processing is excessive (because we get more efficient at it), we would reduce the gap in subsequent terms. If textbook information for a given course in not available or not submitted, the listing will read "to be determined." At a later date (any date) when the textbook information is provided, it can be entered and immediately made available in the online schedule of classes. To allow individual faculty to submit textbook information would require them to be trained to use the system and would require setting up and then managing security access for each. Most departments report that they currently gather this information and submit it centrally. . . . Finally, I should note that we had hoped to discuss this and other questions with the Council of Academic Departments Heads at a meeting on Dec 3, but we were bumped from that meeting and rescheduled for January 7. This and other questions were vetted through a work group of academic unit representatives and this one did not spark any concerns.