Request Forms and Instructions

Course Reserves Request Form (Word format - may be completed online and then printed)

How to Submit Electronic Reserves

Online Article URL Request Form (for direct article linking from Blackboard)

Reserve Materials Copyright Guidelines

FAQ

Faculty may place personal and/or Library-owned materials on reserve for their students.

• Please allow one week (5 business days) turn-around time to process reserve items.
• A completed Course Reserves Request Form is required for each reserve item. Forms are available online or at the Circulation/Reserve Desk.
• Copyright compliance is included as part of the request form and is required for all photocopies and electronic reserves.
• Bring all items (personal and library-owned materials, photocopies, etc.) to the Circulation/Reserve Desk.
• All photocopies must include the complete bibliographic citation on the photocopy itself.
• If a library-owned item requested for reserve is checked out, it will be recalled immediately.
• All materials not owned by the Library will be returned to the instructor at the end of the semester. Please pick up your reserve materials by the last day of exams or upon the reserve expiration date.
• Usage statistics will be provided at the end of the semester.

Please call the Circulation/Reserve Desk at 395.2433 or email reserves@longwood.edu if you have questions about course reserves.

Types of Reserve

The Library offers both traditional (print) reserves and electronic reserves. You may place items on traditional reserve only, electronic reserve only, or both traditional and electronic reserve. The same form is used for all types of reserves.

Traditional reserves are checked out to students at the Circulation/Reserve Desk for the time period you specify:

• Hourly: Materials may only be used in the Library. Please specify a time period of 1-hour or 3-hour.
• Hourly/Overnight: Materials may be used in the Library. Please specify a time period of 1-hour or 3-hour. They may be also checked out of the Library 30 minutes before closing and returned the following day by opening time.
• Daily: Materials may be checked out anytime and returned by closing on the due date.

If the material does not belong to the Library, we need to affix identifying labels so that it can be entered into the online catalog. If you like, we can treat the material (except audiovisual) for security purposes.

Electronic reserves are available online through the library catalog. Please note the following regarding e-reserves:

• A course password is required for each course. Students will have to enter this password to access e-reserve items.
• The Library will scan your photocopy to PDF format and insert a copyright stamp on the first page.
• If a journal article is available in one of the Library's online databases that allow direct linking for e-reserves, the reserve item will link directly to the article.
• Every effort will be made to keep the file size reasonable. An item that exceeds 1 MB may be split into multiple files.
• Copyright compliance is required for all e-reserves.

Please see How to Submit Electronic Reserves for more information.