Reserves Services for Faculty

Direct link to Reserves Requesting Form
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Further detailed information

Materials that can be placed on reserve:

When providing materials for Reserves processing, please include the identifying wrapper which can be printed from the Reserves Requesting Form after the request has been submitted.

Materials that cannot be placed on reserve:

• Online journal articles not in the SFU Library’s electronic journals collection due to copyright restrictions
• Materials in print or paper format cannot be scanned in for electronic delivery unless the instructor holds copyright or provides proof of copyright clearance
• Reference books
• Special Collections and Rare Books materials
• Complete issues of journals

Contacts:

Bennett Library Reserves for SFU Burnaby courses and Belzberg Library for SFU Vancouver courses:
lib-reservesurl@sfu.ca 778.782.3271

Media Resource Centre at Bennett Library for Bennett Library media materials:
lib-mc-staff@sfu.ca 778.782.4497

Fraser Library for SFU Surrey courses:
lib-surrey@sfu.ca 778.782.7411
 

Designated Requesters:

Instructors may delegate others (Departmental Assistants, Tutor Assistants, or Tutor Markers) to submit requests on their behalf by completing the Reserves Requesting form and providing their delegate with their email name and the password they have created. To place readings on Reserve or to delegate another person to place requests requires:

• A current SFU Library card (a SFU ID card ). Newly appointed instructors without a library card may contact Reserves staff at the appropriate campus location : to make arrangements

• An email address registered on the instructor’s library record. To register an email address with the Library, click here.

• View your library record to make sure that personal information is complete and up-to-date.

• What loan periods can be assigned to materials on reserve?
• When should requests be submitted?
• Are there limits on the number of items an instructor can place on reserve?
• How can an instructor check the status of reserves requests?
• How can an instructor make changes to the materials on reserve for a course?
• What happens when a course or semester ends?
• Can usage of reserve materials be tracked?
• How can students borrow reserve materials?
• Can lectures be recorded?
• What is the SFU Exam Bank?

What loan periods can be assigned to materials on reserve?

Loan periods can be selected on the Reserves Requesting Form:
2 hours, 4 hours, 24 hours, 3 days, 7 days

When should requests be submitted?

Please allow at least two months for the ordering and receipt of any books not already held by the SFU Library.
Later submissions are always accepted but may not be available for the start of the semester.

Are there limits on the number of items an instructor can place on reserve ?

Books: Up to 30 titles per course. One (1) copy per 50 students up to a maximum of three (3) copies (additional copies may be requested if they are already owned by the library).

Online articles: no limit (For articles available from the SFU Library electronic journals collection, a link will be made from the Reserves record for the course, in preference to providing a print or paper copy.)

Print or paper photocopies of articles: Up to 30 articles per course, with up to 4 copies of each article for classes of over 100 students, or 6 copies if provided by the instructor. (The Library prefers that all photocopied material is supplied by the instructor.)

How can an instructor check the status of reserve requests?

Log into the Reserves Requesting form and choose to “View all items requested.”

How can an instructor make changes to the material on reserve for a course?

To change loan periods, log into the Reserves Requesting form page and choose to “Modify loan period.”

For other changes, e.g. to remove material for Reserves prior to the end of the semester, contact Reserve Processing staff at the appropriate Reserve office for your campus.

What happens when the course or semester ends?

If the course will be offered again the next semester, the materials can be retained in Reserves. To retain materials, the requestor can access Reserves Requesting, choose the View all items requested, check all items that are to remain in Reserves, and resubmit.

Unless there has been a request to retain the materials in Reserves for the course offering the next semester, at the end of the exam period for that semester:

Can student use of reserve materials be tracked?

Statistics are recorded for the use of each item on reserve for each course for each semester. This information may be helpful when compiling future course reading lists.

Please request this information by contacting Reserves staff of the library on the campus where the course is offered.

How can students borrow reserve materials?

Reserves materials in electronic format are linked from the SFU Library home page under the Reserves link. Reserve materials in print format are assigned specific limited loan periods and placed in the reserves section of the library of the campus where the course is offered. For more information on borrowing reserves materials, please go to the Reserves Collection Guide.

How can lectures be recorded?

At all three SFU campuses, lectures can be recorded in digital audio format (WMA and MP3) on request, and may be heard or downloaded at any computer when the student is signed on to the SFU network. For information about lecture recordings, please contact lectures@sfu.ca or review the digital lecture frequently asked questions.

What is the SFU Exam Bank?

SFU Library hosts an online exam bank for instructors who wish to make old exams available to students for study purposes. Participation is voluntary. Exams are retained in the Exam Bank indefinitely unless the instructor requests their removal. Bennett Library Reserves maintains the exam bank though it is not considered part of library course reserves. To see items in the Exam Bank, do a Reserves search and then choose the “Exam Bank” option, or use this direct link to the Exam Bank

Exams may be placed on reserve for a single semester by logging into the Reserve Request form