COLGATE UNIVERSITY | BLACKBOARD | MY COLGATE | WEBMAIL

Faculty Library Reserves Request

Reserve Location Case Reserves Cooley Science Reserves
Instructor's Name
Email
Course
Semester & Year When the Course Was Last Taught

If the course has been previously taught, and reserve materials are to be re-used, library staff must know the semester and date when the course was taught.

Complete Bibliographic Citation
Copyright Compliance.
Must check one.
Electronic Reserves Copyright Status.
article available electronically via Colgate Libraries’ Journal Finder. Permission not required.
fair use: Journal article, book chapter, short story, or short poem not used in a previous offering of this course by this instructor. Law limits to one article per journal issue, one chapter/story or 10% of a book, or one short poem from a publication. Permission not required.
(Generally pre-1923 publication or U.S. Govt. Document) 1st time use for electronic reserves. Permission not required.
(Generally pre-1923 publication or U.S. Govt. Document) 2nd or subsequent use for electronic reserves. Permission not required.
Instructor is the and has not assigned copyright to a publisher or other party. 1st time use for electronic reserves. Permission not required.
is the author and has not assigned copyright to a publisher or other party. 2nd or subsequent use for electronic reserves. Permission not required.
article, book chapter, short story, or short poem . 2nd or subsequent use for this course by this instructor. Instructor has requested a copyright permission, and permission has not been denied.
Hard Copy Reserves. Copyright Does Not Apply.
Book, journal issue, CD, DVD, or other physical item for hard copy reserve.  No copying or digitization required: 
         Personal copy
Loan Period
Electronic reserves (For most articles & chapters, subject to copyright restrictions. See Copyright Compliance below.)

Hard copy 2-hour or 4-hour reserves (for most books, journal issues, CDs, DVDs)
Hard copy 24-hour 
Hard copy 3-day

Important Notice:  By submitting this request , the instructor affirms that copyright permission has been requested as necessary and that the instructor will inform library reserves staff if a request for permission is denied or if the faculty member elects not to pay a required permission fee.

  If you are submitting photocopy or a personal copy, print the completed form and submit it together with the reserve mateial by campus mail or personal delivery to the Case or Cooley Circulation Desk.


Please note that faculty submitting library reserves requests must:

  • Provide full bibliographic citations for all materials submitted.
  • Submit photocopy of articles or book chapters to be placed on electronic reserves, except for articles available online through the Colgate Libraries’ Journal Finder.
  • Evaluate the need to seek copyright permission for each item and indicate the copyright status of each item submitted for library reserves.. See Copyright Compliance at left or Colgate Libraries Course Reserves webpages for information about copyright.
  • Seek copyright permission when necessary and arrange for payment of required fees. The Libraries do not provide funds for this.
  • Inform library reserves staff if they elect not to pay a required copyright permission fee or if copyright permission has been denied.
  • Submit reserves materials in a timely fashion to ensure availability when needed by students.  After all initial submissions for a semester have been processed, staff are normally able to make reserve items available to students within two business days of submission.  Early in the semester, processing time is dependent upon the volume of work and may be considerably longer.
Page Created & Maintained by Michael Poulin, Digital Resources Librarian | Last Updated: January 15, 2009 | ©2006
Colgate University Libraries | 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346 | 315-228-7300