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We’ll take care of Copyright and Retrieval

ZSR has changed the Course Reserves service to make the process easier for faculty than ever before.

First, the library will take over compliance with copyright for Course Reserves. We have long recognized that copyright laws can be frustrating and securing copyright permissions can be time-consuming and costly. In the past, faculty were required to sign that they had secured permission for posting electronic reserves. No more! Now the library will submit all items to the Copyright Clearance Center on behalf of faculty. All reasonable copyright fees will be paid by the library. If you submit a printed photocopy or PDF for Reserves, please include the copyright page from the book or journal. This information will assist us in locating the rights holder and will help your material become available more quickly.

Secondly, requests for reserve items can now be made online. Use our Faculty Course Reserves Request Form to send us a citation, a PDF, or a link to an online item. To comply with licensing agreements, articles from electronic journals and databases must be linked to, rather than copied. On-site reserves for books and films can also be requested via the online catalog. Look for the “Faculty Course Reserve Request” link at the top of any catalog page.

Finally, the library is happy to pull reserve items for you from our collection. Use the online form as stated above and our staff will take care of locating items in the stacks.

We hope these new services will simplify Course Reserves for faculty while keeping us all compliant with copyright law and licensing agreements. For more information, please read our Faculty Course Reserves information or contact Mary Beth Lock, Head of Access Services, at x6140.