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Reserve Information : Faculty

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General Information

Faculty may place materials on reserve for the use of students enrolled in their classes. Material on reserve is shelved in closed stacks behind the circulation desk and is available for loan periods of two hours, two hours/overnight, one day, three days, and seven days. Items from the library collection as well as personal materials such as course handouts, lecture notes, journal articles, or sample exams may be designated for reserve.

Faculty Reserve Procedures

Material may be placed on reserve by filling out a Reserve Request Form available at the Circulation desk (see below for a sample form) or submitting your request online. The library does not make copies to be put on reserve, so please supply any multiples required. A minimum of 4-6 weeks should be allowed for orders of books not owned by the library. Please allow 2 weeks for the recall of a book checked out to another patron. Reserves are processed on a first-come, first-served basis. Reserve material will be processed and available within 48 hours.

Faculty may remove or modify their reserve material by filling out a Reserve Request Form and selecting the DELETE or MODIFY option at the top right hand corner of the form. The Reserve Coordinator will remove the items off reserve and return the items via campus mail or in person at the Circulation desk. Faculty can also check out their own reserve items for an extended period of time. In January of each year, the Reserve Coordinator sends to all SED faculty via campus mail a list of their current reserve items in order to keep their reserve material up-to-date.

Sample Form

RESERVE REQUEST FORM

Boston University Educational Resources Library

Please print legibly

Instructor: Last: ____________________________

                  First: ____________________________

Course Number (s) __________________________

Office Phone _______________________________

Email _____________________________________

Add: ______ Delete: ______ Modify: ______

Loan Period : (choose only one)

2 Hour _________ 2 Hour / Overnight ________

1 Day _______ 3 Days _______ 1 Week ________

Semester (s) needed : Academic Year _______

Fall _____ Spring _____ Sum1_____ Sum2_____

OR Permanent Reserve ________

Author	Title	Number of Copies	Call # (please note if personal copy)

If there are additional titles for the same course, please print the title and author on the back of this form.

Printable Reserve Request Form

These forms are available at the circulation desk in the library. You are welcome to take one and make copies for future reserve items.

Contact the Reserve Coordinator