Faculty may place course materials on reserve for an entire semester upon request and approval by the Circulation Department. Access the Course Reserves Guide here or see below.
Lead Time
Please provide us with your materials 48 hours before the time you want students to have access to the materials. You may drop these materials off at the Library's Circulation desk for processing. You may download and print our reserves request form ahead of time, although we maintain this form as a hard copy at the Circulation desk for you as well. Please only place items on reserve that will be used by your students in the current semester. Reserves will be removed at the end of the semester unless you inform the Library otherwise.
We process all reserve materials into our FOLIO catalog system to enable students to more easily identify and borrow through the Library. Students and staff will be able use the library catalog to search Course Reserve materials by professor's name or course code. We also attach barcodes to reserve materials to facilitate borrowing and use within the Library.
If you are placing any materials on reserve other than books or DVDs, then please read our Fair Use worksheet and visit our Copyright LibGuide to determine whether or not the use of your materials will fall within the Fair Use doctrine. For example, if you are placing photocopies of articles or book chapters on reserve, then you will need to read and fill out the Fair Use Form (available below).