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Instructions for Placing
Items on Reserve
Completing the Reserve Request Form
A completed Reserve Request Form is required for all items placed on
reserve. We are unable to accept e-mail or other lists, or printouts of
citations from the WRLC Libraries Catalog.
- Download a PDF copy of the Reserve
Request Form (PDF) to print and complete or download a Microsoft
Word version of the Reserve Request Form
(doc) to complete electronically and print.
- Fill out one form for each course.
- List each item separately.
- Indicate the length of circulation for each non-electronic
item. There are four options:
- Two hours - This period is required for all
periodicals and other restricted use materials. It is
also recommended for faculty members' personal copies.
- One day
- Three days
- Seven days
All items without specified periods of circulation will be placed on
two-hour reserve. If an item is being used for more than one course,
the shorter loan period requested will take precedence.
- Indicate the number of copies of each item you are placing
on reserve.
- Submit the Reserve Request Form to your designated library
by the specified due date.
Reminders:
- Reserve requests are processed in the order they are
received.
- Typed or legibly printed and complete and accurate forms
are processed most rapidly.
- Submitting library copies of your reserve books with the
Reserve Request Form also will expedite processing.
- Incomplete Reserve Request Forms
or those received after
the due date may not be processed by the beginning of classes.
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Placing Items on Electronic Reserve
- All articles are placed on electronic reserve which are available through Blackboard only. Access Services staff will respond to the Reserve Request Form by e-mail with URLs for the articles. It is the professor's responsibility to delete the links from Blackboard after the semester.
- Professors must supply photocopies or electronic copies of
the articles.
- Photocopies are scanned onto an electronic course page by
the Access Services staff.
- Large files are divided to make it easier to access or
print them in a timely manner.
- It is the responsibility of the professor to inform
students that course reserve items are in electronic format and to
explain which software is required to access those items.
- The electronic course pages are password-protected with
case-sensitive passwords provided and distributed by CPIT.
The library staff does not give electronic reserve passwords to
students.
- All electronic reserve items are deleted after the
semester's use.
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Reserve Items Not Owned by the Library
- If a book listed on a Reserve Request Form is not owned by
CUA, the appropriate reference librarian is notified and the title
usually is ordered. A minimum of six weeks is necessary for a book to
be ordered, added to the collection, and placed on reserve.
- Personal copies of books, photocopies, and other materials
may be placed on reserve. The professor's name should be written on
each item. The library will make every effort to protect personal
materials, but will not replace lost or damaged materials.
- We will accept up to five copies of any item to be placed
on reserve.
- In compliance with interlibrary loan regulations, we cannot
place items belonging to other libraries on reserve at CUA.
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Copyright Information
- Professors submitting copies of copyrighted material are
required to sign the copyright waiver on the front of each Reserve
Request Form, by which they assume full responsibility for compliance
with the copyright law.
- See Making
Copies: Student Handouts or Course Packs and the Resources, Forms,
and Checklists section of the CUA Office of General Counsel's
copyright site for guidance on obtaining copyright permission. For more
information regarding copyright law, please contact the General
Counsel's office (202-319-5142, cua-generalcounsel@cua.edu).
- Copies of copyrighted materials must bear the notice of
copyright on the first page of each article or chapter. The following
format should be used:
"c Publisher (or Author/Title) Date."
Example: "c Nat'l. Assoc. of Social Workers 11/94."
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How Long Will an Item Stay on Reserve?
- Items remain on reserve for one semester. All materials
will be taken off reserve at the end of the semester indicated on the
form.
- Copyright clearance must be obtained each semester an item
is placed on reserve.
- New Reserve Request Forms must be filled out each semester.
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Helpful Hints
- To help students locate materials, include call numbers
for library items on your class syllabus.
- Reserve lists with call numbers may be located in the WRLC
Libraries Catalog with a Course Reserves search (http://libraries.cua.edu/access/findres.html).
- On the Reserve Request Form, cite the item information
exactly as it appears on your syllabus so students know what to search
in the WRLC Libraries Catalog. Include as much item information as
possible.
- Please encourage students to ask for assistance from
Access Services if they have questions about course reserve listings in
the WRLC Libraries Catalog or about electronic reserves (202-319-5061, Contact Form,
Circulation desk on the first floor of Mullen Library).
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