Electronic ReservesJournal articles, old tests, homework solutions, or book chapters provided by the instructor can be made available electronically through OAK (Blackboard). OAK is the electronic reserves system used and supported by the Heard Library System. All electronic reserves readings that the Library supplies are in a content area in the course page of OAK called E-Reserves. Clean, unstapled, single-sided paper copies of the materials must be delivered to the library in person or by mail. Files on disk or CD can also be linked electronically.
When faculty request that Library staff place materials on either OAK, reserve staff will scan and link the items, provide the necessary security, and work with the Copyright Clearance Center to obtain any needed copyright permissions. Copyright costs will be charged back to the appropriate school. Whenever possible, full-text or imaged articles will be linked through one of our licensed electronic resources or other web sites rather than scanning the document, thus avoiding copyright clearance costs. If copyright permissions are required, the materials will be scanned first and made available to the students while copyright permissions are being obtained. The VU Copyright Clearance Center will obtain these permissions. OAK items on electronic reserves are only available to enrolled students in the class.
When library reserve staff are not involved in maintaining course pages, whether they are posted in OAK or in other applications not supported by the library, faculty should work directly with the Copyright Clearance Center. In addition, faculty are advised to consult with the dean of their school to confirm that the school has approved of copyright fee payment for electronic reserves.
To place items on Electronic Reserves instructors should submit a completed Electronic Reserve Form to the Circulation or Reserve department using the Online Request Form for Electronic Reserves or the Excel form, which should be submitted as an email attachment. Send the email attachment to cenres.library@vanderbilt.edu.
Print ReservesPlease complete the Reserve form available at the Reserve Desk or use the web form. If books are requested for reserve, Reserve staff will be happy to pull the books from our stacks. If it is a book owned by another Vanderbilt Library, we will get it sent to the Reserve Room. Any books requested for reserve that are not owned by the Library will be ordered with the exception of textbooks. If you do not want to make other readings available electronically, the Reserve Room will be happy to accept the photocopied materials provided and place them on print reserves.
In the case of a journal article from a periodical volume that is not held at Central, a photocopy will have to be supplied. If it is a journal article for a journal that we do own, we will be glad to put the periodical on reserve if you do not wish to provide a photocopy of the article.
Materials such as old tests, homework solutions, book chapters, and journal articles should be supplied in manila folders. If material is over 1" thick, please supply a three-ring binder for the materials.
The recommended guideline is one (1) copy on reserve for every 10 students in the class. There are several length of circulation options that you can specify for the material that you place on reserve: restricted (building use only), 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours, overnight, 1 day, 3 days, and 1 week. Current lists of the available print reserves may be searched by instructor name, course name or course number in Acorn. The Reserve Room also maintains a paper list of materials on print reserve.
Whether using print or electronic reserves, new lists must be submitted each semester. In the case of electronic reserves, copyright permissions are granted for one semester at a time only. Reserve lists and materials from previous semesters cannot be stored in the Reserve Room. Personal copies of books or articles placed on reserve for a semester need to be picked up by the last day of exams if possible.
If you have any questions about placing materials on Reserve, please call Will Stringfellow at 343-3683 or 322-2838 or email him at: will.stringfellow(at)vanderbilt.edu.
Media ReservesMedia materials (DVDs, VHS tapes, CD-ROMs, CDs) may be placed on reserve in Government Information and Media Services on the 4th floor. Please do not place these items on reserve at the main circulation desk. GIMS also has DVD players and other equipment that students and faculty may use to view DVDs and VHS tapes. Video media materials can be placed on reserve using the online Video Reserve Request Form. For additional information on video reserves, please visit the Video Reserves FAQ.