Hard Copy Reserves | Electronics Reserves
(e-Reserves)
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Materials may be placed on
reserve (electronic or non-electronic) at the initiative of a Howard
University professor solely for the non-commercial, educational use of
HU students.
Submit a
Reserve Request
Form to your designated library at least 15 days before the beginning
of the semester for which the material is intended. Requests are processed
in the order of receipt.
Complete and accurate forms are processed more
rapidly.
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Hard Copy Reserves
Non-electronics reserve
formats may include:
Photocopies
and copyright policy
Instructors must provide their own photocopies, which are then placed in
numbered manila folders. Please refer to the Copyright & Reserves page and the general copyright
information page, for details on
what may or may not be placed on reserve if you have any question about an
article's copyright viability. Instructors will determine if reserve readings are in compliance with fair use.
Books/media
owned by Howard University Libraries
Library materials requested
for reserve may be retrieved from the stacks by the library staff.
Personal
copies
All personal copies placed on
reserve will be labeled and barcoded. Staff takes all reasonable
precautions to preserve personal materials on reserve.
Loan period
Indicate the length of the loan period for each item. Options include:
1, 2 or 3 hours at a time
with the option for students to borrow for overnight use and return
during the first hour of opening the following day.
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Other options include:
- 1 hour, w or w/o overnight
- 2 hours, w or w/o overnight
- 3 hours, w or w/o overnight
- 1 day
- 2 days
- 3 days
- 14 days
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Please bring in materials to
be placed on Reserve well in advance of student’s needs for them. Our goal
is to process material in 24-48 hours but at peak times during the
semester it may take longer to provide access to materials.
4 day/10 day turnaround
If the reserve form is
complete, with all copyright signatures and materials are brought to the
service desk, then the Library will have all materials on reserve within
four business days. All other reserves will be processed within ten
business days on a first-come-first-served basis.
Electronics Reserves
(e-Reserves)
The library offers an
Electronic Reserves Service that supplements the traditional paper
Course Reserves system. Access to e-reserves is restricted to Howard
University faculty, staff, current students—campus and distance learners.
E-reserves service has several advantages:
Web-based access to
digitized objects as well as links to the faculty's online course syllabi
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24 hours/seven/365 access
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Access from any computers
with Internet connection, via HUnet or
commercial ISPs (AOL, Comcast, MSN, ...)
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Multiple users can view the
same materials simultaneously
Copyright
policy
The following copyright
statement will be attached to each e-reserve document: "This material may
be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code)."
Please refer to the copyright
information page, for details on
what may or may not be placed on reserve if you have any question about an
item's copyright viability.
Professors
may submit digitized materials in any of the following formats
Other
materials that may be linked to or placed in the e-reserve system
Quizzes/Exams/Solutions
(links only)
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Lecture notes
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Government publications
(links only)
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Homework assignments (links
only)
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Bibliography or faculty
prepared lists
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Study guides prepared by
faculty
Copyright
materials that may be placed in the e-reserve system for one semester
without obtaining copyright permission include
One chapter from a book
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One article from a
periodical or newspaper
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A short story, essay, poem,
whether or not from a collective work
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A chart, cartoon, drawing,
graph or picture from a book, periodical or newspaper
Procedures
for submitting requests for e-reserves
Complete one “Reserve
Request Form” for each course
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Submit the e-reserve “Reserve Request Form” to the appropriate library
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Provide all required data on
the “Reserve Request Form”
To ensure highest quality electronic files at the smallest possible file
size.
Check online resources and
databases first before submitting an article for scanning
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Submitted material must be
printed on white 8.5 x 11 or 8.5 x 14 sheets
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Material should not contain:
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Illegible text
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Small text (under 10 points)
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Smeared or distorted text
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Blotches
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Pasted on material
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Dark areas (other than pertaining images)
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Frayed edges, cutout material or staples
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Clear legible text on submitted material is vital for a good quality PDF file
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Text that is not readable when submitted will not be readable when scanned
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Full bibliographic information must be provided for all copyrighted material.
