Course Reserves
Placing Items on Reserve
John W. Hicks Undergraduate Library
Library-Owned Materials: To place books or media on reserve, you may use the online form found at www.lib.purdue.edu/ugrl/reservesform.html . Please fill out this form completely. If you are placing more than one item on reserve after clicking "Submit Request," use your browser's back button. If an item is marked in the catalog as "lost" or "missing," we will try to re-order it. You may also come in person to the Undergraduate Library circulation/reserves desk and fill out a Course Reserve Information form and provide a printout of the Libraries Catalog record for each item.
For Items not Owned by the Library: If the Libraries does not own an item you would like to place on reserve, and you would like us to order it, please use the form found at www.lib.purdue.edu/ugrl/reservesform.html and include the ISBN.
Photocopies of Articles: Please bring photocopied articles with complete citation information to the Undergraduate Library Circulation/Reserve Desk. All articles (print or electronic) are subject to federal copyright law compliance.
Distribution of class materials: We will accept copies of non-copyrighted material, such as class notes or copies of past exams that we will distribute to your students. For example, if you were unable to have class, you could drop off at the UGRL circ/reserves desk copies of the notes or assignments from the class and we would distribute a copy to each patron asking for one. Please remember we cannot make copies for you nor monitor who has picked one up, so you may want to provide us with extra copies.
Open reserves: If an instructor has multiple copies of a book, we can place one on reserve behind our service desk and place the other copies out on our Open Reserve shelves. Students must use these items in the library we will place security strips in them. The following are some advantages to Open Reserves:
~ Students do not have to check out the material. At times students forget to bring their PUID, so they can't get the reserve item(s) they need.
~ Students can keep the item as long as they need it. No more worrying
about returning the book on time.
~ Students won't have to wait in line to find a call number or to get the reserve item.
Since these items are expected to be more frequently circulated, the possibility of damage may be greater. Please keep this in mind when determining whether or not to place any items on Open Reserve. If you'd like to place items on Open Reserve, please check the appropriate box when filling out the reserve form.
Personal Copies/Class Notes: Please bring personal copies of books or media to the Undergraduate Library Circulation/Reserve Desk or send them via campus mail (UGRL-RES/HIKS) with a copy of the UGRL Course Reserves Request Form.
Reserve materials are usually processed within 1-2 days; however, due to the large volume of material requested at the beginning of each semester, please allow up to one week for processing for the first few weeks of the semester.
If we have questions about a request, we will attempt to contact you by phone or email. If we cannot reach you or receive no response, materials may be returned, generally within two days.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us at 49-46822 or ugrlreserve@lib.purdue.edu.
