Course Reserve Services

Article Form
Book Form    [Use for books, CD's, and DVD's/videos]
Excerpt Form   [Use for a portion of a book, play or short story]

The library offers two types of access for Course Reserves:

1. Reserve Desk Access (main desk of library)
2. Electronic Access

Reserve Request Forms

Online forms may be submitted at any time. Paper forms are available at the Circulation Desk. A separate reserve form should be completed for each item to be placed on reserve, and for each chapter within a book. Forms from previous terms should not be reused. It is important to fill out each form in entirety, including bibliographic information for photocopies. Incomplete forms require further interaction with the faculty member and result in additional processing time.

The library will accept books, photocopied articles, other printed materials and audio-video materials for inclusion in the reserve collection. Some items regarding University policies or general UMM information are on permanent reserve so that they can be accessed easily by the UMM community.

All items on Electronic or Print Reserve must conform to copyright law. For general information please go to Copyright. Specific questions about reserve items and copyright should be directed to Jayne Blodgett, Briggs Library Circulation Manager.

Electronic Reserve

Faculty are encouraged to utilize electronic reserve for articles, handouts, or chapters of books. This option enables more students to use the reserve items simultaneously and gives them the option of access from any networked computer. Check the appropriate box on the request form to use this option. Check with Circulation Manager Jayne Blodgett if you have questions about the scanability of the reading and about expected processing time as well as to learn the password that students will need to access the course page and the readings. Because file size is of concern in making the e-reserves usable for varying computer sophistication and age used by students, it is recommended that readings be broken down into individual chapters (using the chapter title as the title of the reading) with a maximum limit of approximately 25 pages per file. Longer chapters can be broken down into more than one file.

Electronic reserve is a link on the library's home page. After clicking on the general electronic reserve heading, students use the pull-down menus for either instructor or discipline. Within each discipline there is a listing by specific course.

Print Reserves

Print Course Reserves are held at the circulation desk and are available for check out for either two or four hours. Fines are applicable on items not returned by the due time. To look up items click on Print Reserves. Searches can be made by instructor name or class title. Verify if an item is available by clicking on the "Availability" link on the right-hand side.

• Course Reserve Lists and Call Numbers

Students using Print Reserve services need call number information when requesting items. Print Reserve items have their own database accessible from the main library website or on the SUMMON site. Called Print Reserves, it enables searching by title of item, course number, course name, Discipline, or instructor.

• Personal Copies for Library Reserve Desk service

It is common practice for faculty to place personal copies on reserve. It should be noted that barcodes and labels will be applied to these items.

• Interlibrary Loan Materials

Interlibrary loan protocols prohibit the library from placing books or materials borrowed from other libraries on reserve. We are also unable to put licensed or rental items on Print Reserve.

Questions?

Please call the library at 589-6175 and ask for Circulation Manager Jayne Blodgett. You can also contact her by email.