The University of Nebraska-Lincoln libraries offers faculty, staff, and graduate assistants the opportunity to put library books, journal articles, and other materials, as well as personal copies of books, on reserve and make them available to students. The reserves service is available at Love Library, C.Y. Thompson Library and the other branch libraries.
Reserve lists turned in by May 11 shall have their items processed by the first day of the summer semester. Reserve requests turned in after the deadline will be processed in the order they are received.
I. Library Books and Personal Books
Books can be physically put on reserve and made available in City and East campus libraries. You can request books from the UNL libraries to be placed on reserve by using the new electronic reserve form located at: http://libraries.unl.edu/docs/forms/CourseReservesProcessingRequestForm.pdf.
Personal copies of books will follow the same procedure as library books. The libraries are not responsible for personal copies placed on reserve.
We encourage you to remind your students that a Ncard is required to check out items on reserve. Reserve books are filed by the book’s title. If you have assigned your students to read a chapter from a book, please make sure your syllabus lists the complete title of the book as it is listed in the library catalogue in addition to the chapter title.
II. Electronic Reserves
The procedure for processing electronic reserves has changed. All electronic reserves are attached to each course and can only be accessed through My.UNL (Blackboard).
Course instructors will need to create a content area in the Blackboard toolbox to directly link electronic reserves. Know that each course especially cross-listed courses will need an individual content area created in Blackboard. Teaching assistants enrolled in the course will also be allowed to create content areas. For more information on how to create a content area in Blackboard go to http://libraries.unl.edu/docs/forms/CreatingaNewContentAreainBlackboardf…
The types of materials that can be made available electronically include: - Exams - Lecture notes - Student papers (which must be approved by the student) - Government publications - One article from a journal issue - One chapter from a book
Materials placed on electronic reserve are accessible only to student and others affiliated with the course. Photocopied materials consisting of two or more articles from a journal issue or more than one chapter from a single book must have copyright compliance, or meet the criteria under the fair use guidelines for classroom copying in not-for-profit educational institutions.
Personal Web pages can also be linked to the electronic reserve system. E-mail the URL, with the class name, instructor, and phone number to one of the contact people listed at the end of the memo.
For more information about electronic reserves, go to http://libraries.unl.edu/reserve.
III. Processing Time
A reserve list may take one to four business days to process. Materials on the lists will not be available until processed.
Requests submitted on the first day of class and during the first three weeks of a semester may experience some delay in processing. In the event that requested materials are unavailable, a request will experience some delay.
To ensure requests are processed in a timely manner:
Supply complete citations of materials.
When you request your personal copy of a book or other personal material be placed on reserve, remember to include it with your request.
IV. Removing Items from Reserve
Reserve materials will be removed one week after the corresponding session has ended, unless the class is to be taught the following semester. Copyrighted items may not be renewed for consecutive semesters unless a letter of approval from the publisher is submitted.
V. For more information:
For more information go to the course reserves section at http://libraries.unl.edu/reserve. For questions about reserve services or a reserve request form contact Nicole St. Arnold, Love Library, 402-472-7696, nhruska2@unl.edu; or Gayleen Hill, C.Y. Thompson Library, 402472-4401, ghill1@unl.edu.
