Reserve Services for Faculty
Materials in the Reserve area are selected by the faculty for class assignments and circulate for a limited time, designated by the faculty member, in order to make them equally available to everyone.
In addition, we offer a service which uses image scanning technology to provide electronic document delivery for some class readings. The service allows students to view and print selected course readings online as Electronic Reserves.
Books and audiovisual materials from the Library’s circulating collections can be placed on Traditional Reserve. If an item needed for Reserve is checked out, library staff will recall it. Materials owned by the professor or department, such as books or audiovisual material, can also be placed on Traditional Reserve. Please note that stickers and book pockets will be attached to these materials for Reserve use. The Library assumes no responsibility for replacing personal materials should they be damaged or lost.
Photocopies may be placed on Traditional or Electronic Reserve, with certain limitations. The Michener Library Reserve Policy is designed to comply with U.S. copyright law, based on the fair use provisions of the Copyright Act of 1976, and subsequent case law.
No copyright permission is required for:
- Exams/quizzes
- Lecture Notes
- Items in the Public Domain (e.g., selections from Tom Sawyer)
- Government Publications
- One semester use of one article from a journal issue
- One semester use of one chapter from a book, including an anthology
- One poem
Copyright permission may be required for:
- The same journal article or book chapter on Reserve for more than one semester
- More than one article from a single journal issue
- More than one chapter from a single book
To determine if placing copyrighted materials on Reserve is a fair use of those materials, please see the Library Reserve Fair Use Information sheet or speak with a Reserve staff member.
Fill out a Reserve form and bring it with your materials to the Reserve desk, or send the form with your materials to Michener Library Reserve, Campus Box 48. Please allow at least 48 hours for materials to be processed. For electronic reserve, please provide clean, single-sided copies. All material must be accompanied by complete citation information.