Course Reserve Contracts

The Dick Smith Library's Course Reserve collection is located behind the Circulation Desk.  This service allows faculty members to pull our materials as well as provide their own items specifically as supplemental material for their class.  We have varying loan periods as options so that all students have access to materials.  In the past, a physical contract has always been required.  This semester, we have gone digital!

Faculty can now submit their course reserve contracts online by visiting our faculty support page on Course Reserves.  All you have to do is fill out the form's three sections and it will automatically be emailed to the library member in charge of reserves.  Then all you have to worry about is providing the materials.  If it's physical, items can be delivered through campus mail or dropped off in person.  If it's for an E-Reserve, simply email the file to Kym Schow at Schow@tarleton.edu.  E-Reserves will require a password, and one will be generated for you unless you contact Kym and ask for something specific.  Passwords cannot be submitted through the form for security reasons.

We hope this extra service makes things a little bit easier for faculty to make items accessible for their students.  If you have any questions, feel free to contact Kym Schow via email or at 254-968-9871.

Do You Know About Course Reserves?

The library is in full swing getting ready for the start of the fall semester.  As faculty finish wrapping up their own preparations, they are starting to set up their course reserves for the semester.  These are items that the instructor has deemed important for the entire class to have access to, and therefore have allowed the library to keep it to loan to students.  Faculty can choose to have their items available for 2 hours (in library use only), 24 hour overnight use, 2 day and a 7 day check out.

To see what items we currently have on reserve, simply search the course reserves in our catalog.  You can search by instructor, course number and course name.  Between now and the first week of classes our course reserve selection will be growing a lot.  If you don't find what you need today, check back as it gets closer to the start of class to see if they've been added.  You can also call the Circulation department at 254-968-9450 to ask or just stop by the library in person.

If we don't have the item that you're looking for, ask your professor if they have a copy that they're willing to place on reserve in the library.  It never hurts to ask!