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Reserve Services 

For More Information Contact: (203) 392-5754

General Reserves Information 

The Reserve collection is housed at the Circulation Desk and consists primarily of material requested by faculty for their assigned or supplemental course readings. A list of all Reserve material, both books and journals, is available in blue binders at the Circulation Desk. The lists are arranged alphabetically by professor's last name and course name/number. The Consuls online catalog will also note any books placed on Reserves for the semester.

In order to obtain Reserve material, the library patron must present a valid HootLoot ID card or a driver's license. Most Reserve material is restricted for library use only and can be used in the library for one-hour periods. Some Reserve material can be checked out overnight at 4pm and will be due back the next day at 9am. Material checked out on Saturday will be due on Sunday at 1pm. The library charges $2.00 per day, per book for any overnight Reserve material returned late. Library patrons will be billed for any material lost or not returned.

Faculty Reserve Services

SCSU faculty, teaching during the current or upcoming semester, may place reading material on Reserves. Books, photocopies of journal articles, including personal copies, may be placed on Reserves. Please submit all Reserve forms and material at least three weeks before the semester starts to provide adequate time for Reserve processing. Material will be processed in the order that the Reserve list was submitted.

All items are kept on Reserves for one semester and will be withdrawn at the end of each semester. Faculty members can renew their Reserve lists each semester by notifying the Reserve desk at 2-5768. All personal material will be returned to the faculty members via campus mail, unless arrangements have been made to pick up Reserve material in person.

• Faculty must fill out a reserve form for each course and submit these forms to the Circulation Desk. Be sure to fill out the form completely and include all books/ articles that will be placed on reserve.  Also, please indicate whether the reserve material can go out overnight or circulate in the library for an hour at a time.
• All reserve material will be processed in a timely manner. The library recommends that all required readings be submitted at least two weeks before the start of each semester.  Reserve lists are processed in the order that they are received, and the library needs adequate time to process all material before the semester begins.
• All reserve material is kept behind the Circulation Desk to prevent any loss or damage to library or personal material.  Our reserve service provides all students with immediate access to course assignments.  Faculty are encourage to place heavily consulted items on reserve. 
• Circulation staff will ask for either a student HootLoot ID or driver's license to check out reserve material.  Only one item can be checked out at a time, with the option to renew for an additional hour.
• Reference, bound and unbound periodicals and non-SCSU items can not be placed on reserve.
• Books that are missing or not owned by our library can be rush ordered and catalogued for your reserve requirements.
• Journals not owned by Buley can be obtained quickly through our Interlibrary Loan Department.  Please request journal articles from Beth Paris at 392-7038.
• At the end of each semester, professors will receive a letter from the reserve desk concerning their reserve materials.  Material can either be kept at reserve for an additional semester or be removed.  If no response is received from you, Circulation will send all personal items back to you via campus mail and will return all books to the circulating collection.
• All Copyright laws (Title 17 United States Code) will be followed.
• If you have any reserve questions please call Marsha Clement at 392-5754 or Shirley B. Cavanagh at 392-5768.