Overview

Course reserves are required or supplemental materials available for student use, and can include current library materials, faculty personal copies and/or new items purchased by the library upon faculty request. (Please see the note below regarding textbooks.)

To request materials for your course(s), please submit a request form and include as much information as possible.

As noted above, faculty may provide additional personal copies for use in the library. To submit a personal copy, please fill out a slip at the Circulation Desk and drop items off there.

For questions on reserve materials, please email reserve@conncoll.edu.

Textbooks

Upon the request of a faculty member, the library will make every effort to purchase one copy (in print or digital, if available) of a course textbook, up to $500 per course. The library does not purchase consumable materials such as workbooks or materials with digital access codes.

Book Chapters

Where possible, the library encourages placement of a digitized copy of a chapter on Moodle in lieu of a print book on reserve. To foster this practice, staff at the Circulation Desk are available for assistance with the book scanner on the first floor of the library, as well as the scanning functions on the multifunctional devices (MFDs) located throughout the library. For more advanced digitization needs or assistance, please contact teachtech@conncoll.edu to schedule the use of specialized scanners or scanning software.

Ebooks

Library-licensed ebooks can be placed on reserve, so that your searchable reserve list encompasses electronic as well as physical books. The library prefers to purchase ebooks in unlimited-user format if available, so that books can be used simultaneously by an entire class. A link to your reserve list can be added to Moodle or emailed to students.

Copyright Statement

Faculty, staff and students are responsible for following the Connecticut College Copyright Policy relative to their reserve materials. Items that fall under fair use, as well as those that are not covered by copyright, e.g., public domain materials, may be placed on reserve without obtaining copyright permission or paying copyright royalties in most cases. The library staff will not place anything on reserve, or allow electronic reserves to remain accessible, that they believe to be in violation of copyright law. Materials placed on Moodle sites by faculty that the library knows are not in compliance with copyright policy or law will be removed from the site. Please visit this online guide for more information on copyright resources at Connecticut College. 

General Guidelines for Print Reserve and Moodle E-Reserves

  • All materials placed on reserve will be at the initiative of faculty for the non-commercial, educational usage of students.
  • Whenever possible, materials to be used for print and e-reserve will be those owned or licensed by the library.
  • The library encourages faculty, wherever possible, to place a multi-user electronic book on reserve rather than a print book.
  • In addition, the library encourages linking to library-licensed resources.
  • All articles, book chapters or excerpts on Moodle should include a notice of copyright: i.e.: © year of first publication, if known, name of copyright holder, if known, and a full bibliographic reference (author, title, journal title or book publisher, and date). The copyright notice, "The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials. Users may be liable for copyright infringement." will appear on the course access screen in the Moodle system and individual users will accept this liability prior to being allowed to access Moodle materials.
  • Faculty should remove electronic files from Moodle sites when they are no longer needed for student access.