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Course Reserves Information

Course reserves are supplemental readings reserved by faculty for the use of students in a particular class. Students can find print and electronic reserves by choosing the Course Reserves link on the library homepage.

 

Forms and Documentation

 

** Important information about submitting materials for reserve:

  • Clean, single sided copies ONLY
  • Do not staple submitted materials
  • Documents must have FULL citations (book chapter titles must have source title and journal articles must have journal information).

 

 

Important Dates

Date to begin accepting materials for any Summer semester is: Monday, May 12, 2008.

"Guarantee Date" - To guarantee that your materials will be processed and available for the first day of class each semester, you must submit your materials to the library by the following dates:

  • Summer I & Summer Nine-Week: Friday, May 23, 2008 (first day of class is June 2, 2008)
  • Summer II: Friday, June 27, 2008 (first day of class is July 7, 2008)

Materials submitted to the library past the "guarantee date" will be processed and accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis.

You may submit material for the current semester at any time during that semester, but it will be processed on a first-come, first serve basis.

 

Instructions for Placing Materials on Course Reserve

Use the Course Reserves Request Form to list both print (hard-copy) and electronic reserve readings. Give the completed form along with your reserve materials to any staff at the Library Circulation Desk. Temporary barcodes and labels will be attached to all hard-copy reserve items. If you would like the Library to purchase a book or video for course reserves, please contact one of our subject librarians. Allow at least six weeks for the purchase of new items. If filling out the form electronically, the form can be saved, attached to an e-mail, and sent to libraryreserves@uhd.edu. If you submit a form by e-mail, send the corresponding reserve material either by mail or in-person. Your course reserve list will be created when we receive both the form and materials.

Copyrighted materials made electronically available will be password protected for copyright compliance purposes. You will receive that password from the Library after your materials have been processed. Faculty are responsible for giving students the needed password to view electronic documents. The Library staff will not have access to those passwords.

  1. The use of copies, either hard-copy photocopies or scanned documents from originals, must comply with copyright law. Reproduction of materials that oppose “Fair Use” (unacceptable to copy) will not be placed on Reserve.
  2. Any copyrighted reading material made electronically available will be password protected for copyright compliance purposes. You will receive that password from the Library after your materials have been processed.
  3. The Library will not copy material from a category of works called “consumables.” These include workbooks, lab manuals and test answer sheets – any item designed to be used by one person, by being filled out or written on.
  4. If you want to submit an original, unpublished work belonging to someone else (e.g. student paper or project), you must obtain their permission. Please use the Original Materials Permission Form (PDF, 19 KB) and submit the form with your materials.
  5. Course reserves are visible during the active semester. On the last day of exams all course reserves are taken offline for copyright compliance purposes.
  6. Once materials are available, students can look them up on ERes by going to the library’s webpage (www.uhd.edu/library) and clicking on “Course Reserves.” To access electronic reserve items, students will need the password provided by their instructors. Faculty are responsible for giving students the needed password to view electronic documents. The Library staff will not have access to those passwords. To borrow any hard-copy materials on reserve, students need to present a valid student ID at the Circulation Desk. Note that the hard-copy reserve items usually have short loan periods. Students can access any electronic reserve items 24 hours a day.

 

 

Contacts

For assistance with UHD Course Reserves, please contact the following library staff:

  • Course Reserves Policies and Procedures
    Lisa Carrico
    Circulation Librarian
    Phone: 713-221-8936
    E-Mail: carricol@uhd.edu

 

  • Electronic Documents and Electronic Reserves
    Shannon Cunningham
    Distance Education and Interlibrary Loan Librarian
    Phone: 713-221-8469
    E-Mail: cunninghamsha@uhd.edu