Class Closed Reserves: Includes books, photocopies, and other items for specific classes that have been gathered by instructors to support class assignments. These may be required readings, supplementary materials or anything an instructor has deemed necessary or useful for the class.
Who May Place Materials on Reserve?
OSUM and MTC faculty, staff and teaching assistants who are teaching on the Marion Campus during the current or upcoming quarter may have items placed on Closed Reserves for the Marion Campus courses taught.
What Type of Materials May be Placed on Reserve?
Photocopies, books, journal issues, personal copies of materials such as exams, quizzes, class notes, media (video, CD, DVD), or any materials as determined by the instructor may be placed on reserve.
Please Note: materials from OhioLINK libraries CANNOT be placed on reserve. Exception: e-journal articles from the OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center (EJC) can be linked thru e-reserves or articles from the Ebsco databases can have a url link added.
How Are Materials Placed on Closed Reserve?
Closed Reserve request forms are available at the library circulation desk or click here for a PDF form. The forms may be picked up or you can call ext. 5-6254 and request that they be placed in your mailbox, or you can fill out the PDF form and return it and your materials you wish to place on reserve to the library. Please be sure to fill out the form completely. Incomplete forms could delay getting materials added in a timely fashion.
Upon receipt of your materials and/or request forms, the Circulation Staff will process your requests within 48 hours. There is no limit on the number of items you can place on reserve, but we strongly encourage you to place no more than 2 copies of a single item on reserve. Staff will need time to locate library items, recall items on loan, and if possible, purchase books not owned by the library. If you have any students in your class with disabilities, please notify us immediately.
You will be notified when your materials have been processed and ready to loan. DO NOT announce to your class about the items before you bring them over to us.
Copyright Compliance
The library follows current copyright laws by relying on the educational Fair Use provision of the copyright law which can be found at http://www.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ21.pdf.
Faculty are responsible for securing any copyright permissions before items can be placed on Reserve. If you need help with this, please contact library staff.
How May Items Be Borrowed?
To borrow Closed Reserve materials, Marion Campus patrons must have a current campus ID.
In order for the Circulation Department staff to be able to retrieve Closed Reserve materials, patrons must know one of the following:
- Title of the book/article
- Author of the book/article
- Course name and number, or
- Instructor's name
How Long Can Items Be Borrowed From Closed Reserves?
Reserves provides the following circulation options:
- 2-hour loan, no overnight loan
- 1-day loan
- 3-day loan, or
- 7-day loan (1 week)
- 2- week (used only in special cases)
You may specify which one of these loan periods we should use for the materials on the request form. Items will circulate for two hours with no overnight loan unless you select one of the other options.
Reserve items are not renewable unless specified by the instructor. Because of the high volume of use the materials receive, only two items may be borrowed at a time for daily use. Two items may be borrowed overnight. Regardless of loan period, overdue fines will accrue if patron does not return item(s) by due date and/or time.
Items will remain on reserve until the end of the quarter unless the instructor requests that they remain for another quarter. At the end of each quarter, all materials not to be used the next quarter are removed. Personal copies and photocopies will be returned to you via campus mail.
Borrowed books will be returned to owning libraries. If materials are to remain on reserve for the following quarter copyright compliance is the responsibility of the instructor.
Fines
Anyone returning an item after the specified loan period will be fined as follows:
2-Hour Reserves
- $2.00 for any fraction of the first hour, and
- $5.00 for each hour thereafter to a maximum fine of $102.00 per item.
1-Day, 3-Day, 7-Day (1 week), 2-week Reserves
- $5.00 for the first day
- $10.00 for every day thereafter to a maximum fine of $105.00
Unpaid fines totaling at least $75.00 for Reserve, other library fines or lost book charges will result in the suspension of the borrower's privileges, and holds will be placed on all instruction records and funds. Fines will remain on a patron record until paid or resolved.
If you have any questions concerning the information on this page, please contact Pat Wood or Jessica Osborne in the library.
