Place Items on Reserve
Guidelines and Limitations:Faculty may place up to 40 items per course on Reserve for the current semester. For Reserve purposes, an "item" is defined as any individual work or part of a work which instructors list in their Reserve requests. For example, a book, a photocopied chapter from a book, or a journal article each constitute one item. Reserve requests for multimedia and non-print materials, such as slides, CD-ROMs, audio- and videocassettes, and computer disks, must be accompanied by evidence of copyright permission, which instructors are responsible for procuring. Please be aware that the library is not responsible for providing the equipment for patrons to view the multimedia materials listed above.
Course packs, photocopies of pages from workbooks, compilations of photocopied readings, and textbooks cannot be placed on Reserve. These materials infringe on the owners rights, according to copyright law. Instructors may place compilations of their own lecture notes and examinations on Reserve, provided that they are the owners of the copyrights for these materials.
Instructors' personal copies of books may be placed on Reserve, with few exceptions. These items will be labeled and barcoded, and will probably sustain more than average wear and tear. It should be noted that, while the Libraries make every effort to ensure that instructors' personal books are not stolen or damaged, this does sometimes happen. Under no circumstance is Temple University Libraries responsible for the replacement or compensation for the lost or damaged material.
Placing items on Reserve:
We require up to TWO WEEKS to process any reserve request or reserve list.
Reserve request forms ( Book, Book chapter or Journal Article forms) must be completed in their entirety. Without the proper forms, the Reserve staff cannot complete the reserve request.
Copies of journal articles, book chapters, and other material can be put on e-reserve.
Reserve staff will process requests in the order received, and will make every effort to ensure a two week or less turn-around of requests. However, the following potential delays should be considered:
Therefore, it is important to submit your Reserve requests well in advance of the beginning of the semester!
Removing items from Reserve:
A memo is sent to instructors at the end of each semester regarding their reserve items and whether they would like the items to remain on reserve or be removed. Generally, unless the Reserve staff is otherwise notified, all reserve materials are removed from reserve one month after the end of the semester. Photocopies and personal copies of books will be returned to the instructor's campus address.
Reserve request forms ( Book, Book chapter or Journal Article forms) must be completed in their entirety. Without the proper forms, the Reserve staff cannot complete the reserve request.
Copies of journal articles, book chapters, and other material can be put on e-reserve.
Reserve staff will process requests in the order received, and will make every effort to ensure a two week or less turn-around of requests. However, the following potential delays should be considered:
1. Book orders: Depending on availability, it can take two months or more for a book to be ordered, acquired, cataloged and processed for Reserve
2. Library books which have to be recalled from a user, located, replaced or shipped from the bindery
3. Articles from journals not owned by the Libraries, which must be acquired through Inter-Library Loan or Document Delivery
2. Library books which have to be recalled from a user, located, replaced or shipped from the bindery
3. Articles from journals not owned by the Libraries, which must be acquired through Inter-Library Loan or Document Delivery
Therefore, it is important to submit your Reserve requests well in advance of the beginning of the semester!
Other Options: If you find that these guidelines restrict your ability to make required readings available to your students, please be advised that Temple University Duplicating Services will assist you in compiling copyright permissible course packs for your classes.
Comments regarding this page should be directed to the reserve desk at Paley library.
This page last updated: December 30, 2004