The Library will place books, bound periodicals, current periodical issues, and audiovisual materials that it owns on reserve for courses at the request of the faculty. The Library will also accept personal copies of books and photocopies of journal articles for reserve. Please note that personal copies of materials are marked and tagged for our circulation system and undergo heavy use. Photocopies of journal articles to be placed on course reserve must be in compliance with the Copyright Law of the United States. Please read the description of Copyright Law as it applies to course reserves.
"Faculty Reserve Request" forms are available at the Circulation Desk in the Library or may be completed online. Please fill in the form and return it to the Circulation Desk. Each item you place on course reserve, whether owned by the Library or not, must appear on the Reserve Request Form.
The Library will use this list to enter information into our automated system. It is important that your reading assignments use the same bibliographic information you gave on the form, so students will be able to request the required readings under the appropriate title. We are always glad to have copies of course bibliographies and to make them available to students. It will help the students if items on reserve are clearly marked on these bibliographies.
Reserve materials generally circulate for one hour and may be checked out of the Library one hour before closing for overnight use. Video materials generally circulate for 4 hours.
If you would like for the Library to retrieve materials from the shelves, we must have your Reserve Request Form in hand two weeks before the materials are to be placed on reserve. The Library does not have enough staff to make copies of articles; photocopies are the responsibility of the faculty member placing them on course reserve.
The Library cannot promise that course reserve materials will be available for student use unless we have time to process materials. Please allow the Library at least 24 hours to process materials before students are notified that the items should be on reserve.
All materials will be removed from reserve at the end of each term. Personal copies and photocopies will be returned to faculty at that time.
If you intend to use materials for more than one consecutive term, please note that information on the Reserve Request Form. If you intend to use photocopies for more than one term, please attach a copy of your copyright permission.
If you have any questions about Course Reserves procedures or policies, please contact :
Victoria Bramwell, bramwell@hanover.edu,
866-7169
Ken Gibson, gibson@hanover.edu,
866-7160
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