Lamson Library and Learning Commons

Electronic Reserves/Blackboard Guidelines

1. Please use the ereserve request form
2. Submissions must be filled out completely (we need this information for Copyright Clearance ). If we don’t have all the information we need, your request will be returned to you
3. On the ereserve request form we ask for the “File Name.” That is the name that we will give the document that we scan for you. Please identify them in the same manner as on your syllabus.
4. We can only use original, licensed copies of works-either purchased or owned by the institution or instructor. When submitting new ereserve requests please supply us with your copy of the original journal or book if it is not owned by Lamson Library. Books or journals can be mailed to the library to the attention of Joyce Bruce (MSC#47) or dropped off at the Information Desk with a copy of the online form attached or left off at the Interlibrary Loan office (Room 112). When we are finished with your book we will leave it on the Information Desk hold shelf for you to pick up at your convenience.
5. EACH semester BEFORE the material can be put on ereserves. Obtaining copyright permissions can take anywhere from a day to a few weeks. Please plan accordingly. Ereserve requests are processed in the order in which they are received.
6. We cannot copy more than 10% of a given work.
7. All material placed on ereserves must be removed from Blackboard at the end of the semester. You are responsible for removing your ereserves.
8. Towards the end of each semester we will be sending you a list of all ereserve requests you have submitted for the current and previous semesters. At that time, we will be asking you to check off those that you would like us to put back on for the following semester. You will not need to fill out a new form for material that has previously been placed on ereserves.
9. Please direct your questions to jbruce@plymouth.edu or x2576