Course Reserve Policy

Course Reserve Policy

Putting Materials on Reserve

Materials to support classroom instruction may be made available on Library Reserves for use in the library. A lead time of 24-working hours is needed to process items for Library Reserves. Items needed over the weekend should be brought to the library by noon on Thursday.

Library Reserves

Reeves library materials may be put on reserve, Examples:
Books, Videos,
Bound periodical volumes, CDs,
Other bound materials, DVDs

For questions about Library Reserves, contact Kathy at 5248.

How to

Bring your reserve materials to the Circulation Desk and fill out the "Library Reserve" form. The form is also available for printing in your office here.  Include your name, course identification, preferred checkout time (e.g. 2 hrs, 4 hrs, overnight, 3-day, etc.).  Library Reserve items are kept behind the Circulation Desk and are usually checked out for two hours. Library Reserve materials are generally understood to be for "In Library Use Only,"

Copyright and Reserves

Copyright guidelines can be reviewed at:
Copyright on Campus or the Copyright Advisory Network

A general guide for fair use is that the amount of material copied or scanned should be reasonable in relation to the total amount of the original source. For example, one article from a specific issue of a journal, or a chapter from a book is within the guidelines.

Reeves Library materials and personal copies may be placed on Reserve. The library cannot place on Reserve any books, articles, or videos obtained via interlibrary loan or otherwise borrowed from other libraries. Contact Victoria Knight, at x5245 or email Reeves.Library@wcmo.edu if additional purchases are needed for your course.

If material is going to be used repeatedly semester after semester copyright permission must be requested. Permission may be requested through the Copyright Clearance Center.