Reserve Services For Faculty

ERes (Electronic Reserves):
ERes is the library's Electronic Reserves module allowing you to have your own course page on the Internet which can include many of your reserve materials such as articles, graphs, slides, PowerPoint lectures, class notes and web links to other sources.
Your students can view it from campus labs, dorms or anywhere they can access the Internet. They no longer are tied to the library Reserve Desk! They simply enter the course password that you give them and view and print your reserve items as they would any Internet item.
Your students will have bulletin board and chat room capabilities and best yet - your materials will only be viewed by your passworded students--not for everyone on the Internet.
If you have any other questions, you can click here for our FAQ, or call Rhonda Rosen at x84584.

If you are new to ERes, follow the instructions below.

How to begin:
You will need to meet with Rhonda Rosen, Head of Media & Reserve Services, (x84584) for a 10-15 minute training session. After training, you will need to fill out a Instructor Request for ERes Account form, as well as receive documentation to take with you. Once we have the completed Account form we will create your new account, create your ERes course page and email you that you are able to start adding documents to your new page.

Use the Quick Guide For Instructors Getting Started as a reference.

What items can be placed on my ERes page?
You can put a variety of items on ERes - PowerPoint slides, Excel graphs, journal articles, one chapter or 10% of a given book, Microsoft word documents, or images such as illustrations, pictures, slides, etc.

Once I have an ERes page, how do I submit materials to Media & Reserve Services for placement on my page?
Once your page is created you can go ahead and upload any digital document using the instructions here, or you can send it to Rhonda Rosen, Department Head and Acting Reserves Coordinator, via email attachment and we will load it for you. Make sure you include the course title and number. Also, make sure that the filename has no spaces in it!

If you have something that is not digital, you can bring it or send it over via campus mail, to the department and we will go ahead and scan it and load it onto your course page.

If the library is scanning my materials, how long will it take?
Similar to traditional reserves, we find that timing is everything! If you can bring your materials to us a couple of weeks before school starts, then you will more than likely beat the rush and your materials will be up for the first week of school. Generally, we ask for a two week turnaround time - especially at the beginning of a semester, but know that we will do our best to get your materials scanned and loaded.

At the end of the Semester....
We suggest that if you are not teaching the class again the following semester, that you go ahead and archive your course page. If you forget to do so, we will probably go ahead and do it, and it will be your responsibility to unarchive the next time you need it.

Copyright
The Media & Reserve Services Department abides by the Federal U.S. Copyright law of 1976, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 and the Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia.

If you already have an ERes account, but would like to add another course, you can use our Instructor Request for ERes Account form.

If you are a faculty member using traditional reserves

What items can be placed on reserve?
A variety of materials can be placed on reserve - journal articles, LMU library books, personal books, slide carousels, videocassettes, audiocassettes. You may only put one chapter or 10% of a given book. We ask that you do not put more than 20 titles (5 copies of each title is maximum) per course due to our limited space. We cannot put books from other libraries on Reserve.

How do I submit materials for reserve?
You will need to bring your materials to the Media & Reserve Services counter and fill out a form.

How long will it take to get my Reserves ready for the students' use?
We find that timing is everything! If you can bring your materials to us a couple of weeks before school starts, then you will more than likely beat the rush and your materials will be up for the first week of school. Generally, we ask for a two week turnaround time - especially at the beginning of a semester, but know that we will do our best to get your materials processed as soon as possible.

At the end of the semester...
If you are not using your reserve items in the consecutive semester, we ask that you come and pick up your materials. If you do not do so, we will probably pack them up and send them to you in the campus mail. If you are continuing to teach the same course, please contact Rhonda Rosen, Department Head and Acting Reserves Coordinator, at x84584 and let her know to update your reserves in LINUS.

Copyright
The Media & Reserve Services Department abides by the Federal U.S. Copyright law of 1976, the Digital Millennia Copyright Act of 1998 and the Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia.

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