Materials (books, articles, class notes, solutions, sample tests, etc.) selected by faculty members may be placed "on reserve" for a semester for use by students in their classes. These materials may be made available in print or electronically. Some heavily-used library items are kept on permanent reserve to insure availability.

Where are they?

Print reserve materials

Cooper Library Circulation Desk, 4th Floor Architecture Library Reserves Shelves (Lee Hall)

Electronic reserve materials

Accessible at MyCLE (the Collaborative Learning Environment) Log into Blackboard via MyCLE Click on the Content Collection tab at the top of the page Open the green Institution Content menu at the left of the page. Open the Library folder. Click on eReserves. All of the reserve readings for your classes are in the eReserves folder. Each class has its own folder. Adobe Acrobat is needed to view MyCLE reserve items. Campus Lab computers have Acrobat loaded. Download the Acrobat Reader from http://www.adobe.com/. Call the Help Desk at (864) 656-3494 for assistance.

 

Print Reserve Materials

Check Out
Students, faculty, and staff with a valid Clemson University ID can check out materials placed on Reserve for courses. Alumni and community borrowers with a valid courtesy borrowing card have privileges limited to Reserve Room use.

Check out periods for Reserve materials vary from two hours to two weeks. Some material may be restricted to Library Use Only.

Fines
Most reserve materials have hourly or daily loan periods and fines are assessed at $1 per day or hour accordingly.

General Instructions for Faculty

How to Place an Item on Reserve

A copy of your class syllabus must accompany your request. No more than 25% of of course content can be placed on reserve. Mail or email the syllabus to the appropriate address below. If you would like us to pull the item(s) submit this electronic request form.If you are supplying the item(s) use the printable reserve request form or request a faxed or emailed (MS Excel) form from the Reserve Desk (864) 656-0402 or Architecture Circulation Desk (864) 656-3933. Return the reserve request form in one of the following ways:

Cooper Library Reserves
Mail it to Reserves, 4th floor, Cooper Library
Email it to reserve-l@clemson.edu

Architecture Library Reserves
Fax it to (864) 656-3932
Mail it to Reserves, Architecture Library, Lee Hall
Email it to mnix@clemson.edu

Materials will be processed as quickly as possible on a first-come first served basis. An email message will notify you when new material has been loaded in the CLE space and is available for viewing. Processing time depends on the number, length, and quality of material(s) as well as the time of semester. Please do not advise students that material will be available until you have received confirmation from the Libraries. Please notify the Libraries if your class groupings are changed or combined.


Material Guidelines for Electronic Reserves

1. Use 8 1/2 x 11 white paper only.
2. Handwritten items should be neatly printed in black ink. Originals always scan better than a photocopy.
3. Photocopied items should be of the best possible quality. Light copies and items with extremely small print do not scan well.
4. Do not reduce the size of the print on newspaper or magazine articles. Pages may be enlarged.
5. Copy only one (1) page at a time. Do not copy double pages from a book.
6. Any items longer than 50 pages will be scanned in parts (ex. chapter 6 part a and part b) for ease of viewing.

Copyright Guidelines

The Guidelines for Classroom Copying in Not-for-Profit Educational Institutions states, "A single copy may be made of any of the following by or for a teacher at his or her individual request for his or her scholarly research or use in teaching or preparation to teach a class: a chapter from a book; an article from a periodical or newspaper; a short story, short essay or short poem (whether or not from a collective work); a chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon or picture from a book, periodical or newspaper."

To comply with copyright law, one photocopy of a journal article or a small portion of a book (no more than one chapter) may be placed on reserve at the request of a faculty member. With written permission from the copyright owner, additional copies may be placed on reserve, and single or multiple copies may be carried over from one semester to another.

Copyright permission will be secured by the reserve staff. Once copyright permission has been requested, the item in question will be placed on reserve and stamped with a notice of "COPYRIGHT PERMISSION PENDING". The item will also be stamped "Copyright Permission Approved" when approval is received. Copyright permissions are valid for only one semester.

Electronic Reserves Guidelines

The electronic reserves system is operated under the provisions for "Fair Use" in existing U.S. copyright law. All materials placed on electronic reserves will be initiated by faculty, solely for the non-commercial, educational use of students within the guidelines of U.S. copyright law.

Under the provisions of "Fair Use", there are limits to what materials can be placed on electronic reserve. A journal article or a single chapter from a book is generally acceptable. Only a small portion of the total reading requirements will be placed on reserve. There will be no charge for access. Copyright notice will appear on all items indicating that materials covered by copyright law have restrictions on additional use.

Reserve staff are authorized to place materials in the "Library Reserves" area for each course within the CLE (Collaborative Learning Environment). These items are accessible on a read-only basis by the instructor(s) of a course and the students enrolled in the course. All materials will be removed at the end of each semester. All copyright guidelines listed above apply to material placed on electronic reserve.

The electronic use of copyright-protected materials for library reserve services is an area of the law that may be addressed by the courts or by revisions to the copyright law. The Clemson University Libraries reserve the right to change these guidelines to comply with copyright law.

Questions?

Please contact:

Reserves		reserve-l@clemson.edu
Lori Mullinix, Reserves Coordinator	(864) 656-0401	lorib@clemson.edu
Fredda Owens, Circulation Manager	(864) 656-4499	fmealor@clemson.edu
Michael Nix, Architecture Library Reserves	(864) 656-3933	mnix@clemson.edu
CLE Home Page		http://mycle.clemson.edu
Architecture Library Reserves Fax Number	(864) 656-3932