LANGSDALE LIBRARY RESERVES GUIDELINES
The Langsdale Library offers Electronic Reserves through Docutek, and the traditional hard copy reserves at our Circulation/Reserves counter.
ELECTRONIC RESERVES
E-reserves are one of the great technological successes of the Library. The service allows users to access reserve material in an anytime/anywhere environment. This success has created a substantial demand on staff to prepare such material for electronic access and regular upgrade of computer systems that affect Library costs.
The Langsdale Library follows copyright and fair use rules for library reserves.
Copyright and Fair Use: Resources for Librarians
This page, created by the Stanford University Libraries,
provides information on applying Fair Use in the use of Electronic Reserves Systems
with clear definitions of the four factors used to determine Fair Use.
Additional copyright information can be found at our own Info & Services: Copyright page
Permission from the copyright holder must be obtained for chapters from books not in our collection and/or articles not from a journal to which the library subscribes and we place on reserve for a subsequent semester for the same instructor and the same course. As a service to our faculty, the Library requests copyright permission, and pays up to $50.00 per article for royalty fees invoiced by the copyright holder. The Library will not put on reserve an article that exceeds $50.00 in royalty fees (UNLESS the Faculty member or the Faculty members Department is willing to pay the remaining amount).The faculty member will be notified if permission is denied, or if the fees exceed our maximum limit. Faculty may elect to place an alternate reading on reserve when copyright permission is denied.
To process materials being used for the first time: If the library does not own the journal or book, please provide us with the original to enable us to make the best electronic copy possible. The original will be returned to you when we are finished processing your request. We will make every effort to produce the best quality electronic files if only a photocopy of the original is available.
To Submit a Reserve request please use the online forms available at:
| For Books | For Journal Articles |
In addition, paper copies of the request form are available at the Circulation/Reserves counter in the Langsdale library or from your department’s administrative office.
Citations must be complete. The sources of articles should also be included; any item without a citation will not be put on reserve.
Only one copy of an item will be placed on reserve. In accordance with the Copyright Law (P.L. 94-553 October 19, 1976) as well as the guidelines adopted by the National Commission on New Technological Uses or Copyrighted Works (CONTU), only one copy (either a photocopy or a scanned article) of a journal article will be placed on reserve.
Password protection for copyrighted material: Passwords restrict access to e-reserves as required by the rightsholder(s). Each semester the password(s) must be changed. Faculty are responsible for providing the password to students enrolled in the course.
VERY IMPORTANT
All E-reserves are archived at the end of each semester and will not be accessible for the following semester until you have contacted the Reserves department.
HARD COPY RESERVES
Multiple chapters from the same book, complete works and other materials not permitted to be placed online (E-Reserve) can be held for students to use as a “hard copy” reserve. The normal circulation period for hard copy reserves is 2 hours, in library use only. Other arrangements can be made, including overnight checkouts, depending on the faculty member’s discretion. Please contact the reserves staff to find out more about hard copy reserves.
Items on hard copy reserve are removed from the Reserve shelf at the end of the semester. Items will be returned to the Library circulating stacks or to the owning faculty member.
The Reserves staff is eager to assist you. There are many options available for organizing your assigned readings and webreserve pages, please contact our staff to discuss the benefits of using this popular teaching tool.
Brian Chetelat (bchetelat@ubalt.edu) Langsdale Library Reserves Technician 410-837-4234 or 4260 |
Tammy Taylor (ttaylor@ubalt.edu) Langsdale Library Circulation Supervisor 410-837-4263 |
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