Today, August 16, marks the beginning of what we here at Newman Library like to call "Faculty Week." Basically, we like to take this week--the week right before classes--and make sure that faculty and students are aware of the services and resources that we have to offer. One of these is course reserves.
Course reserves are a "means to set aside materials for a class in the library branch of your choice." Putting in-demand materials on reserve ensures that all students have the opportunity to view material that may be significant for a particular course. Materials on reserve will have limited loan periods (2 hours, 2 days, 2 weeks) so that everyone (theoretically) will have a chance to use them. Shorter materials (articles and chapters) can be digitized; all other material will reside in the chosen library branch.
The reserve request form is available online (http://www.lib.vt.edu/forms/reserve_request_form.pdf), and should be filled out by faculty members interested in placing something on reserve. Faculty members can place personal copies or library copies on reserve; if the library does not own a book that you'd like to place on reserve, then you can simply email me and ask me to purchase it for you!
More information about course reserves at VT can be found here: http://www.lib.vt.edu/libnews/2010/2010-08-16.html
As always, just let me know if you have any questions!
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