Course Reserves
The library operates a reserve collection of books and photocopied items in heavy demand for course-related readings. Faculty members may place materials on reserve for 2 hour, 1 day or 3 day loan periods. If an item to go on reserve is not owned by the library, faculty members should request that the library purchase the material, keeping in mind that it may take 6 to 8 weeks for an order to be filled. In order to ensure that reserve materials are ready for the beginning of the term, please submit your reserve lists and materials by the following deadlines.
Fall Term - September 1
Winter Term - December 12
Materials submitted after these deadlines will be processed as quickly as possible, but we cannot guarantee availability in one or two days.
Copyright issues
Under our licence with CANCOPY, all photocopied articles or excerpts submitted for reserve will be checked to make sure that the publishers of these articles or excerpts from books are not on the list of excluded publishers. No copying shall exceed 10% of a published work, or an entire single essay or article from a book or periodical issue, or an entire chapter which is 20% or less of a book, whichever is greater.
Books from Huron University College Library collection
- For each course, make a list of books that you wish to put on reserve, including author, title, publication information, and Huron University College Library call number.
- Clearly label your list with your name and the course number and name. For courses that are group taught, include the names of all instructors.
- Beside each item, indicate the desired loan period - 2 hour, 1 day or 3 day.
- Submit the list in print format to the circulation office, or email to huclibrary@uwo.ca
Lists should be submitted at least two weeks before the books are required by students.
Books not held by Huron Library
- Please submit a book order request indicating that the book is to be put on reserve.
- For each title requested, provide the author, title, publication details, your name, the number and name of the course for which it is required, and the desired reserve loan period - 2 hour, 1 day, or 3 day.
- Submit the order request to to Bice Schmitz du Moulin in the library or email to bschmitz@huron.uwo.ca
- Please allow at least 2 months for the ordering and receipt of any books not already held by Huron Library.
Book chapters or excerpts
- Please submit a clean photocopy of the chapter or excerpt to the Circulation department of Huron Library.
- Provide complete bibliographic information about the book that contains the chapter or excerpt, along with your name, the course number and name.
Journal articles available online
- Please check our library databases to determine if the article is available online in full text. If full text is available online, the library will not place a print copy of the article on reserve.
- Provide your students with the complete bibliographic citation for the article and indicate that it is available online.
- If your students need help finding online articles from citations, you can refer them to the one minute video on the Huron library home page Find an Article from a Citation.
Articles from print journals
- Please submit a single photocopy of the article to the Circulation department of Huron Library.
- Provide complete bibliographic information about the article, along with your name, the course number and name.
Student essays
- Student essays will be placed on reserve with the permission of the student.
- Students will be asked to complete a form granting their permission to put their essay in the reserve collection when they submit their essay to the library.
