Placing Material on Course Reserves

Guidelines for Instructors

• When submitting Reserves, please complete a Reserves Request Form.
• Submit a separate form for each course.
• Please allow 3–5 working days for materials to be processed.
• Personal copies, items owned by a Biola department or circulating items in the Biola Library may be placed on Reserves.
• Items that have been checked out from another library or borrowed through Interlibrary Loan may not be placed on Reserves.
• Coursepacks may not be placed on Reserves. The Biola Bookstore will process such materials where copyright clearances may be obtained.
• A maximum of 5 copies per title will be accepted.
• Optional Reserves codes are available upon request.
• All Biola materials must be retrieved from the shelves by the submitting department or individual and brought to the Reserves desk for processing.
• Personal copies will be prepared by library staff with the following items: security strip, call number label, book strap, barcoded card.
• Fair use is a doctrine of U.S. copyright law that permits the limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. The four guidelines for determining fair use are:
  • the purpose and character of the use
  • the nature of the copyrighted work
  • the amount and substantiality of the portion, and
  • the effect of the use upon the potential market.
• All materials submitted for Reserves must conform to fair use guidelines. Instructors may be contacted with any questions or concerns.
• The library accepts no responsibility for lost, stolen, or damaged materials.
The library no longer provides Electronic Reserves. See FAQs about electronic course reserves for more information about this transition.

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For more information on Reserves, please contact:

Felicia Xa
Access Services Manager
felicia.xa@biola.edu
(562) 944-0351 ext. 5604