Overview
Faculty may place personal and/or Library-owned materials on reserve for their students. Reserves may be either physical (as is the case with print and audiovisual materials), electronic, or both.
- A completed Reserve Request Form is required for each reserve item. Copyright compliance is included as part of the request form and is required for all photocopies and electronic reserves.
- All photocopies must include the complete bibliographic citation on the photocopy itself.
- Please allow 5 business days for processing.
- All materials not owned by the Library will be returned to the instructor at the end of the semester. Please pick up your reserve materials by the last day of exams or upon the reserve expiration date.
Questions? Please call (434) 395-2433 or e-mail reserves@longwood.edu.
Physical Reserves
Physical reserves are checked out to students at the Desk for a time period you specify:
- 4 hours in library use
- 3 days
- 7 days
If the material does not belong to the Library, we need to affix identifying labels so that it can be entered into the online catalog. If preferred, we can treat the material (except audiovisuals) for security purposes.
Electronic Reserves
Electronic reserves are available online through the library catalog or through the search bar located in the second tab, above. Please note the following regarding e-reserves:
- A course password is required for each course. Students will have to enter this password to access e-reserve items.
- The Library will scan your photocopy to PDF format and insert a copyright stamp on the first page.
- If a journal article is available in one of the Library’s online databases that allow direct linking, the reserve item will link directly to that article instead.
- Copyright compliance is required for all e-reserves.
Updated July 2021
