Professional Roles and Responsibilities - Faculty and Academic Professional Staff
Reserve Readings for Courses
Instructors wishing to place materials on reserve for their courses may select from two modes (paper or electronic) and for paper reserves, from three loan periods (library use only, three-day, or seven-day). Electronic reserves have proven especially useful for off-campus courses. To place materials on electronic reserve contact the Circulation Department (6-6605).
For best results, all materials to be placed on reserve should be submitted at least two weeks before the students need them. Two forms, A and B, must be filled out and signed for each course when submitting reserves. The forms are available at the Circulation desk or online at: http://www.uis.edu/library/circ.html. Library policy limits the paper copies of an item on reserve to one copy for 24 students. A maximum of 25 titles per course may be placed on reserve. Requests for exceptions to these guidelines should be addressed to the instructor’s library liaison. Required textbooks available through the Bookstore will not be put on reserve unless the Bookstore stock is depleted. Since bound and microfilm periodicals will not be put on reserve, instructors are responsible for supplying photocopies according to copyright guidelines stated below.
Materials that may be photocopied and placed on reserve without obtaining copyright permission:
- Exams
- Lecture notes
- Student papers
- Government publications
Materials that may be photocopied and placed on reserve, for one semester, without obtaining copyright permission:
- One chapter from a book
- One article from a periodical or newspaper
- A short story, essay, or short poem, whether or not from a collective work
- A chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon or picture from a book, periodical, or newspaper
Materials that may not be photocopied and placed on reserve:
- Pages from works intended to be “consumable” in the course of study or teaching. These include workbooks, exercises, standardized tests, test booklets, and answer sheets.
When to write for copyright permission:
- When a journal article is needed on reserve for more than one semester.
- When multiple articles are needed for reserve.
- When one book chapter is needed on reserve for more than one semester.
- When multiple chapters from a book are needed for reserve.
For more information visit the library website: http://www.uis.edu/library and click on Circulation.
See also:
Brookens Library in the Educational Support Services of this handbook
Copyright in this section of the handbook
- Location: Brookens 207
- Contact: (217) 206-6605
- URL: http://www.uis.edu/library/circ.html
