Additional Services for Law Faculty: Reserves and Exams

Reserve * Course Reserve * E-Reserve * Loans * Exams

The library maintains a core collection of materials in the reserve areas behind the circulation desks at Pappas and the Annex. At the beginning of each semester the library automatically adds at least one copy of all materials listed on the booklists for J.D. and LL.M. students. Law faculty teaching courses may add any additional items they feel would be of interest to students in their classes.

Course Reserve

Terri Geiger supervises the reserve department and Jessica Richardi is in charge of daily reserve activities. Both can be reached at x3151. Before each semester begins, Terri and Jessica will send each faculty member reserve request forms to complete. During the semester, additional items may be requested by either phoning Terri or Jessica at x3151, or emailing tgeiger@bu.edu.

Photocopies of articles for reserve can be copied within a week, but books that must be ordered may take as long as six weeks to be received. Please send your reserve requests as far in advance as possible to ensure the materials will be available when needed. Faculty members are responsible for obtaining permissions from copyright holders.

Any personal materials you place on reserve, books and photocopies, are restricted to use within the library. If you would like students to be able to borrow these materials for a 24 hour period, please alert either Terri or Jessica when the materials are requested. All personal materials are returned to faculty at the end of each semester.

Law Faculty can view their course reserve materials online using the library catalog.

E-Reserve

Electronic or E-Reserves are available. The library can link to electronic documents that you provide or to articles that are available electronically through library database subscriptions. Please contact Terri Geiger, tgeiger@bu.edu, to add electronic reserve materials.

Loans, Overdues and Recalls

Law faculty may borrow items from the Pappas and Annex reserve collections for two weeks. If a requested item is currently on course reserve, library staff will attach an alert.

Overdue notices for reserve materials are sent by Amity Dubell. If you have need of the materials for a longer period, please let Amity know and she will renew them for two additional weeks.

Recalls for materials to be placed on reserve are generated when faculty request materials. Due dates on these materials are set to allow you the maximum use possible before they are needed for the semester. If you will need materials past the due date, please contact Amity Dubell to make arrangements.

B.U. Law Exams

The Registrar's Office collects exams each semester and sends those that are approved for publication to the library. Bound volumes of exams from Fall 1967 - Spring 2005 are available in Pappas Reference at KF 292 B5 A23. Starting with the exams published in Fall 2004, library staff scan these documents to provide online access to law students.

Faculty who wish to replace the scanned copy with a cleaner electronic copy should send the document to Terri Geiger, tgeiger@bu.edu. Terri will convert the document to PDF and put it on the web site. Faculty who have older B.U. Law Exams in electronic format may also send these to Terri Geiger for inclusion in the online exam database.

Please note: Memos, Best Answers, etc. will continue to be placed on Course Reserve or E-Reserve.