Reserves Policies & Procedures   Tags: course reserves, reserves  

Placing items on physical reserve:

All requests to place items on physical reserve must be submitted through Moodle.

Please see our pages on placing Books on Reserve and placing Audio/Visual items on Reserve for detailed instructions.

Note: To comply with copyright laws, the Library will not hold or reserve films that are not originals (i.e. copies). If you need assistance locating texts, media, or other original materials, please Ask a Librarian.

Processing time for reserves requests:

Requests are processed in the order that they are submitted.

If the item is in our collection, please allow up to two (2) weeks for processing.

If the item is not in our collection, you may request that we purchase the item. Please note, it can take up to eight (8) weeks to process a new addition to the collection and place the item on reserve. (In some cases it can take longer depending on how difficult the item is to obtain.)

If you are requesting that your personal copy of a book be placed on physical reserve, please allow up to two (2) weeks for processing.

Interlibrary loan and reserves:

Interlibrary Loan materials (books, DVDs, CDs) may not be placed on course reserves.

You may request a film through Interlibrary Loan for in-class viewing purposes only. 

Placing items on electronic reserve:

Material obtained from a website or a subscription database can be linked directly to your Moodle course! 

To learn how to link to articles and other electronic content in Moodle, see TLTC's help page: Making Files Available to Students on Moodle.

When you add electronic articles to Moodle, we recommend that you link to the articles in our databases whenever possible in order to comply with copyright and accessibility standards.  If you are linking to library subscription content (i.e. an article in a database), you may need to use the ezproxy prefix in the URL to ensure your students can access the content from off-campus. 

If you are requiring your students to read a chapter from a book currently in our collection, we recommend that you place the entire book on physical reserve for the semester.

WARNING CONCERNING COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS:

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in this law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order, if, in its judgement, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.