Course Reserves: Faculty Procedures & Policies

We hope these guidelines and policies will avoid confusion and provide you with clear instruction of what services we can and cannot provide in order to assure you quick and efficient service. Please provide all requests as soon as possible in order to assure timely availability of your course reserves.

All course reserves should be set up to support the specific needs of a class. Please review the library course reserves policy before submitting course reserves.

Types of Course Reserves

Material Copyright Restrictions
Articles No more than 1 article from a single issue without copyright permission from the copyright holder.
Book Chapter No more than 1 chapter from a book without copyright permission from the copyright holder.
Library Books All books can be placed on paper course reserves
Journal Issue Faculty can place a personal copy of the original journal on paper course reserves but photocopies of entire issues cannot be placed on course reserves without copyright permission(s) from the copyright holder(s).
Media All media can be placed on course reserves.
Personal Copy Faculty's personal copies of books and articles can also be placed on course reserves. Copyright restrictions continue to apply. The library is not responsible for items lost or damaged by student borrowers.

Please read and understand the Copyright Policy and the related restrictons

Procedures

Submit a form each semester you are teaching, even if you taught the course(s) the previous semester. (If we do not receive, a form we will remove the item(s) from course reserves.)

The library places these requirements on course reserves in order to be in full compliance of "fair use" guidelines for photocopied items. We also have limited shelf space.

Access Services Staff will contact you when the course reserves are available.

If you have any questions feel free to contact any of the Access Services staff.