Summary

This policy describes policy information related to placing items on reserves.

Definitions

1. Course Reserves: Any material placed on reserve as required or recommended reading for a course. These materials have a shorter loan period than regular circulating materials.

General Course Reserves Guidelines

For courses currently offered at the University, the Libraries will make copies of certain works available on Course Reserves. Material may be made available in physical or electronic format depending on the type of material and amount put on Reserves.

The Borrowing Course Reserves policy provides details about Reserves materials checkouts. These items have shorter loan periods compared to regular circulating items, accrue overdue fines, and may be restricted to use within the library. Materials are placed on Reserves per instructor request.

Materials Which Can Be Placed On Reserves

• Items owned, leased, or licensed by the Libraries.
• Required reading for courses currently taught.
• Personal print copies from the instructor, if required reading.
• Electronic copies of articles or chapters of books, or scans of limited portions of materials owned by the UNT Libraries, by the instructor, or claimed as a resource in common with other libraries.
• CDs, DVDs, games, and other media or music.

Materials Which Generally Cannot Be Placed On Reserves

• Whole issues of print periodicals
• Workbooks
• Materials from other library institutions

Physical Material Reserves

Reserves materials will be removed at the end of the semester unless the instructor requests renewal for use within the following year.

The Libraries are not responsible for loss or damage to personal print copies of materials loaned to the Libraries by the instructor for reserves.

Electronic Material Reserves

Copyright and Licensing Limitations

Requests to place on reserves copies of articles or chapters from books will be made available to students in electronic format if at least one of the following is true:

• The print item is owned or leased by the UNT Libraries
• The print item is claimed as a resource in common with other library institutions
• An electronic version has been purchased or licensed by the Libraries
• A print version owned by the instructor is lent to the Libraries for digitization
• The article or chapter was authored by the instructor, and they are the sole copyright holder

Print items digitized by the UNT Libraries for electronic course reserves will be subject to the following limitations:

• No more than one chapter, or 10% from a single book, may be made available through electronic reserves for a course each semester.
• No more than one article from a single issue of a journal may be made available through electronic reserves for a course each semester.

The Libraries may digitize an entire item for electronic reserves if the item is:

• Not available for purchase in electronic format by the Libraries
• Not available for purchase in print or electronic format by students through the official campus bookstore
• Not available for licensing as an electronic coursepack through the official campus bookstore

A copyright notice will appear on the electronic reserves system opening screen and on the cover sheet of each scan. Articles available through the electronic resources or e-books of the Libraries are subject to the terms of the Libraries’ licensing agreement with the vendor.

Access and Availability

Access to electronic reserves will be limited to students currently enrolled in the relevant course, and all electronic reserves material digitized from print will be hosted on a secure, password-protected server.

The faculty member must provide to the Libraries a password that students will use in accessing electronic documents and will be responsible for distributing the password to the class.

All electronic reserves will be removed from the electronic reserve system at the end of every semester, but the faculty member may request that the file be reinstated for the following semester. The course password must be changed if the materials are to be used again.

Copyright Information

The Libraries comply with U.S. Copyright Law. For additional copyright information, please go to our Copyright Advisory Services page.

Dates

• Approved: 06/11/12
• Revised: 12/04/17, 06/26/20, 06/13/24
• Reviewed: 07/08/24

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