Faculty Course Reserves Requests

General Policy and Deadlines

• Limit both book and article reserves to required readings only.
• Due to high volume, reserve items required for the start of the semester should be submitted at least 2 weeks prior to the start of each semester. During the semester, allow 3 working days for reserve processing. Requests will be processed in the order that they are received according to stated priority.
• Book reserve loan period is 2 hours, unless noted in the special instructions box on the form.
• Copyright: All reserve request forms must be fully completed for copyright clearance and permissions submitted by the library on your behalf. Please read all copyright guidelines below.

Course Reserves - Procedures

Articles, chapters, books or other materials can be submitted in one of the following ways:

• For items owned by the library, provide us with just a citation, and we will pull the item from our collection and scan it into Electronic Reserves or place it on the book reserve shelf.
• For items NOT owned by the library:Submit physical copies of the requested materials, along with the Course Reserve form. (Please print form)
• For items that you would like to place on Blackboard yourself: Please indicate this on the form. The library can scan and send the digital files to you. Select your preferred method (e-mail or netfiles) on the form. Documents are scanned at 300 dpi and in black and white unless otherwise requested.
• For direct linking to articles, electronic books, etc (permalink) found in the library's electronic journals and databases, provide the permalink (URL). Connect to: http://library.richmond.edu/services/faculty/linking.html for instructions or contact your liaison librarian.

All course reserves will be submitted by using one online form at:
http://library.richmond.edu/services/course-reserves-form.html

Copyright Terms of Use

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use", that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of the copyright law.

Due to copyright law, the following restrictions apply:

Boatwright Library assumes copyright responsibility for all materials submitted for reserve processing that are available through the library's e-reserve system. If faculty members choose to post scanned material themselves on Blackboard or other password-protected courseware, then faculty are responsible for the above Copyright Terms of Use.

The Fair Use Guidelines for copyright law are broad in scope and can be difficult to interpret. For this reason, the Library has come up with the following recommendations:

1. No more than 25% from a book
2. One article from a journal issue
3. Government publications
4. Anything for which you own the copyright
5. Anything in the public domain
6. The first use of an item (journal article) falls under the Fair Use Guidelines. However each subsequent use requires royalties to be paid to the copyright holder.

Copyright Permissions

At this time, Boatwright Library obtains copyright permission for reserves posted through the library's e-reserve system through the Copyright Clearance Center. If you are posting scanned e-reserves directly into Blackboard and you need assistance with obtaining copyright permission for a work, please contact Susan Opdycke in Boatwright library at: sopdycke@richmond.edu.

Faculty members are encouraged to use their classroom Blackboard accounts to create links to journal articles contained within Boatwright Library's electronic journals or databases. We either own or have permission to link directly to these numerous article databases.

Learn how to link to articles online here: http://library.richmond.edu/services/faculty/linking.html

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