Setting Up Course Reserves
Course reserves ensure your students have access to required readings and materials, whether physical or digital. The library can place your personal materials on reserve, purchase new items, or provide electronic access to articles and book chapters.
Getting Started
- Submit course reserves for your upcoming semester.
- Planning ahead: Submit requests 6 weeks before the semester to ensure all materials are ready by the first day of class. Requests are processed in order of submission.
What You Can Place on Reserve
- Physical Materials: Library books and e-books, your personal books, library DVDs and licensed streaming media, your personal DVDs
- Digital Materials: Articles and e-resources from library databases, scanned book chapters and articles (for posting in Sakai).
- Purchase Requests: Request that the library purchase books or e-books through the reserves form. For AV-related purchase requests, please fill out the AV Purchase Request form.
Reserve Limits & Copyright
- Maximum titles per course:
- Undergraduate courses: 30 titles
- Graduate courses: 75 titles
- Copyright compliance: All reserves must follow U.S. copyright guidelines. For more information, please see href="http://libraries.luc.edu/reserves_policies">Reserves Policies & Guidelines.
Loan Period Options
- 4-hour loan: In-library use only
- 3-day loan: Materials can leave the library
- DVDs: Library-owned DVDs automatically use 4-hour periods (in-library use only)
Contact for Setup Help
- Lake Shore Campus
Avril DeBat, Course Reserves and User Accounts
Cudahy Library
adebat@luc.edu
773-508-2631
- Water Tower Campus
Terry Cornelius, Course Reserves
Lewis Library
lewis-res@luc.edu
312-915-6216
Copyright Guidelines
The Copyright Clearance Program assists with obtaining permissions. Complete a Copyright Permission Request form for each item requiring permission.
No Permission Required (Fair Use Allows)
- Book chapters, articles, stories, essays, or short poems less than 10% of entire work
- Number of copies proportional to class size (generally one copy per 20 students)
- Materials include copyright notice on first page
- Urgent need without time to purchase or seek permission
- Use doesn't harm the market for the work (library should own at least one copy)
Permission Required
- Creating anthologies or collective works
- Consumable materials (workbooks, tests, answer sheets)
- Previously used materials by same instructor without prior permission
- Materials used in multiple courses
- More than 9 copied titles total (even if individually under fair use)
- Additional Limits: No more than one short work per author on reserve
- No more than three short works from same publication on reserve
Special Request
- Scanning for Sakai: Request scans of physical library articles and book chapters through the reserves form for posting in your course management system.
- Classroom viewing: If you plan to show a reserve video in class, contact library staff for current procedures.
