Reserves

Student Informaiton

Reserve Policy

Each semester professors may request that heavily used materials be placed on reserve temporarily for their current class. This procedure is generally used for required readings and class assignments. The reserve collection also includes items kept on permanent reserve because of their continuous high demand.

Access to Reserve Materials

Items placed on reserve by instructors--books, articles, and personal copies-- may be requested at the Reserve Desk in the La Guardia Reading Room. In order to identify the correct reserve item, you must know either the instructor's name, the course title and number, the title of the book, or the author of the book.

Loan Period

The instructor placing the item on reserve generally determines the loan period. The short loan periods allow greater access to the materials for more students.

Materials placed on two-hour loans are for Library use only.
Materials placed on three-day loans may be charged out.

Overdue Items

Note carefully that overdue reserve materials are heavily fined, more so than circulating stack books. Overdue fees are listed on each due-date slip in the back of the reserve book or on the folder. Reserve items not returned after overdue notices are sent will be considered lost. The borrower will be billed for the cost of the book plus a service fee, in addition to the accrued overdue fines. These fines can range to a maximum of $80.00 per item. Overdue notices are sent as a courtesy, but it is the patron's responsibility to notify the Library of any name or address change. Failure to receive a notice does not eliminate the fine.

Instructor Information

To place an item on reserve, the instructor must first complete a Reserve List Form. Due to the required processing time and high reserve volume, faculty should submit reserve lists to the Reserve Office at least four weeks prior to the beginning of a new semester. Lists will be dated and processed in the order of their receipt. However, processing will be speeded up if you submit reserve lists with the materials needed.

Books not already owned by the Brooklyn College Library should be ordered well in advance through the Reserve Office. This will ensure proper processing and avoid confusion and delay. Photocopies of journal articles and chapters of books to be placed on reserve should be provided by the instructor. Multiple copies can be placed on reserve depending on the assignment and class enrollment-usually one copy for every twenty students. If the Library does not have the required materials, faculty members may place their personal copies on reserve. Please note that neither bound periodicals nor interlibrary loan materials may be placed on reserve.

At the end of the semester, reserve material will be returned to the stacks without further notice to the instructor. Faculty wishing to have the materials kept on reserve for the following term must notify the Reserve Office before the end of the current semester.

For further assistance regarding reserve procedures, please direct all questions or problems to the Reserve Office, Gideonse Library, room 245, ext 951-4137.