Electronic
Reserves: Frequently Asked Questions Information
about Print Reserves: Deadlines, Procedures, and Guidelines Print
Reserves: Deadlines
Submit materials by November
20 to guarantee availability for the
Winter Session or Spring semester and Winter
session
Submit
materials by April 1 to guarantee availability
for the Summer semesterSubmit materials by June
1 to guarantee availability for the Fall semesterPrint Reserves:
Procedures
Please provide Lending services with the following materials
at the time of submission:
- a copy of your course syllabus
- a
Reserve Submission Form
with complete bibliographic information
- materials to be placed on Reserve
(clean copies, 8.5x11 paper, books, software)
- a Repeated
Use Form, signed and completed - only necessary if materials have been previously
on Reserve
Please be advised:
- Materials will
be processed on a first-come-first-served basis.
- Reserves staff will
need a minimum of 3 working days to process materials prior to their availability
to students. Additional time will be required if copyright permission is needed.
- If a book owned by the University is requested for Reserves, please
bring a copy to the front desk. If it is currently checked out, inform a staff
member and it will be recalled and placed on Reserve as soon as possible.
- The
maximum number of separate items that an instructor may place on Reserve for a
given course is 20.
Print Reserves: Guidelines
Instructors
may place a variety of materials on Reserve including: books, course syllabus,
lecture notes, sample exams, and journal articles. Instructors may provide personal
copies of books and/or articles or request that specific items be purchased.
Guidelines for placing photocopies on Reserve:
- a single copy of
an article from a periodical or newspaper
- a single chapter from a book
- a short story, essay or poem
- a graphic representation
Only
one article from each issue of a journal or one chapter from each book can be
duplicated for the same course. What may not be put on Reserve:
- complete issues or volumes of periodicals
-
materials obtained via Interlibrary Loan
Information
about Electronic Reserves: Deadlines, Procedures, and Guidelines
Electronic Reserves: Deadlines
Submit materials by November
20 to guarantee availability for the
Winter Session or Spring semester and Winter
session
Submit
materials by April 1 to guarantee availability
for the Summer semesterSubmit materials by June
1 to guarantee availability for the Fall semesterElectronic
Reserves: Procedures
Please provide Lending services with the following
materials at the time of submission:
- a copy of your course syllabus
-
a Reserve Submission Form
with complete bibliographic information
- materials to be placed on Reserve
(clean copies, 8.5x11 paper, software)
- a Repeated
Use Form, signed and completed - only necessary if materials have been previously
on Reserve
Please be advised:
- Materials will
be processed on a first-come-first-served basis.
- Reserves staff will
need a minimum of 3 working days to process materials prior to their availability
to students. Additional time will be required if copyright permission is needed.
- The maximum number of separate items that an instructor may place on
reserve for a given course is 20.
Electronic
Reserves: GuidelinesInstructors may place a variety of materials
on electronic reserve including: course syllabus, lecture notes, sample exams,
journal articles, and links to the Internet. If requested, print copies of all
digitized materials will also be available in the Library at the Reserves desk.
Guidelines for photocopies: - a single copy of an article from a
periodical or newspaper
- a single chapter from a book
- a short story, essay
or poem
- a graphic representation
Guidelines for submitting paper documents
for scanning: - copies should be in 8.5 x 11 inch format
- copies should be clear, clean, and legible
- copies should be no longer
than 20 pages
Guidelines for submitting electronic documents:
- provide a disk with your materials
- attach electronic file to an email
message to Reserves wagnerv@wpunj.edu
Fair Use at Cheng Library As stated in Section
107 of the US Copyright Act, educational, not-for-profit institutions are afforded
special exemptions from copyright law. These exemptions, known as the Fair Use
guidelines, pose questions for determining whether making a copy will be fair
depending upon how the copied material will be used:
- What is the character
of use? For educational, not-for-profit, or commercial use?
- What is
the nature of work to be copied? Factual, published, or imaginative?
- What
is the amount to be copied in proportion to the original? A small amount or
more than that?
- What is the market effect of copying? Will it compete
with sale of original work?
Fair Use Interpretation for Cheng Library Reserves:
- a single copy of an article from a periodical or newspaper
- a
single chapter from a book
- a short story, essay or poem
- a
graphic representation
- a link to a full-text article through a subscribed
database
We will seek permission in the following cases, which exceed Fair
Use: - Materials used repeatedly by the same instructor for the same
course.
- Materials that exceed the amount of work (single chapter or
article) rule.
- Materials that infringe upon commercial rights of the
copyright owner.
The Library will seek permission and pay royalties
for those Reserve submissions exceeding Fair Use guidelines.
We will not pay more than $50 for a single document, and we will not spend more
than $100 for a single course. Library staff will work with faculty to determine
alternatives when costs become prohibitive or when copyright permission is denied.
Forms Reserve
Submission Form | Repeated
Use Form
Information for
Students Policies, Guidelines and Access
to Print Reserves Policies, Guidelines and Access
to Electronic Reserves Print Reserves
- In-Library Use: A valid WPUNJ id card is necessary to check out
Reserve materials. To locate materials: Please refer to our online
catalog. Select the Course Reserve tab and select your course and/or instructor.
Readings are listed alphabetically by title. Please provide the Library staff
member with the call number you need. One item may be checked out at a
time. Reserve items can be used in the Library for 4 hours - occasionally
an instructor will request an overnight loan period.The
fine for overdue reserve material is $5.00 per day. Reserved audiovisual
materials are housed in Media Services. Reserved computer software may
be used in the Library's Electronic Resource Center.
Electronic Reserves - Remote Access Use
of these materials is limited to the students and faculty of a particular course.
Library staff will inform the instructor of the webpage address and required passwords
needed to access these materials. Readings are organized by instructor's
name and course number. Adobe Acrobat software is needed in order to view
these readings. We have provided a link to Adobe Acrobat® allowing users to
download this free software. Copyright
The Library Reserves service upholds the current copyright law and relies
upon its educational Fair Use guidelines. Library staff will assist faculty in
evaluating how copyright affects reserve materials before including them in our
collection. Copyrighted material used for consecutive semesters may require the
permission of the copyright holder. A copyright notice will appear on the first
page of photocopied reserve material to indicate that materials may be covered
by copyright law. Full citations and attributions to original sources will be
included. For additional information about Fair Use, please refer to section
107 of Title 17 United States Code, Copyright Law: http://www.loc.gov/copyright/title17/
Contact Information
To speak with someone about Print or Electronic Reserves, please contact
Library Lending Services: by phone: 973.720.3183
by email: wagnerv@wpunj.edu
or prudenj@wpunj.eduTo speak with
someone about Audiovisual Reserves, please contact Media Services: by phone: 973.720.2307
by email: krucinskit@wpunj.edu Updated
K. Wagner
