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by yardie 2445 days ago
> Undergraduates rarely needed to access the physical books, since they're told to buy almost all the books they need for each class anyway.

Once I found out about the university library reserve system I cut my textbook budget in half. It was something first-gen, broke college students aren't told about that would have saved them from spending on books they only needed occassionally.