The University Libraries offer 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.
Dec. 19 is the deadline to submit course reserves and have items processed by the first day of the spring semester, which is Jan. 12. Reserve requests turned in after the deadline will be processed in the order received.
For additional information about reserves, go to http://libraries.unl.edu/reserve. For questions about reserve services or a reserve request form contact: Love Library, Nicole St. Arnold, 402-472-7696 or nhruska2@unl.edu; or C.Y. Thompson Library, Gayleen Hill, 402-472-4401, ghill1@unl.edu.
Below is information on how to request items for course reserves.
Library Books and Personal Books
Books can be physically put on reserve and made available in City and East campus libraries Request books from the UNL libraries to be placed on reserve by using the new electronic reserve form online.
Personal copies of books will follow the same procedure as Library books. The libraries are not responsible for personal copies placed on reserve.
A valid NCard is required to check out items on reserve.
Reserve books are filed by title. All syllabus lists should include the title (as listed in the library catalog) of all necessary books, even if assignments are to read a single chapter.
Electronic Reserves
The procedure for processing electronic reserves has changed. All electronic reserves are attached specifically to each course and can only be accessed through My.UNL (Blackboard).
Once library staff processes the electronic files, course instructors will need to create a content area in the Blackboard tools bar to directly link electronic reserves. Know that each course especially cross-listed courses will need a 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 here.
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; and 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.
The libraries also have the ability to link a personal Web page to the e-reserve system. E-mail the URL, with the class name, instructor and phone number to one of the contact people listed below.
For more information about electronic reserves, visit http://libraries.unl.edu/reserve.
Processing Time
A reserve list may take one to four business days to process. Materials will not be processed and available at the time of submission. Requests submitted on the first day of class and during the first three weeks of the fall, spring and summer semesters may experience some delay in processing. If the materials requested are unavailable, the request will also experience some delay. To ensure requests are processed in a timely manner: supply complete citations of materials and when including a personal copy of a book or other personal material be placed on reserve, remember to include it with the request.
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.