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Print Reserves Policy for Faculty
Entire books, audiovisual materials, and photocopied material may be placed on traditional Reserve. Professors’ personal material and library material may also be placed on Reserve. Coursepacks from XanEdu and Consumables (solution manuals that accompany text books, workbooks, etc.) will NOT be placed on Reserve. Copyright for coursepacks is non-transferable. Consumables are intended for one-time use only, and therefore their placement on Reserve violates fair use.

It is not UTD Libraries' policy to purchase textbooks and course required readings for the students. However, if UTD Libraries already have copies available, then these copies can be placed on Reserve.

For courses taught in Richardson, bring your personal and/or library materials to be placed on Reserve to the Reserve Department, 3rd floor, Room 3.7. For courses taught at Callier Center in Dallas, bring materials to the Callier Library. Note: Personal copies of books have call number labels, loan period stickers, and barcodes affixed to them. They also have a security strip placed inside in an attempt to prevent theft. McDermott Library cannot be responsible for the replacement cost of damaged, lost or stolen materials.

  1. Complete an online Reserve Request form for each course. On this form, you will need to designate the loan period: 2 Hour, 1 Day, 3 Day, or 7 Day.
  2. To assure that your material is available in a timely manner, please bring your material in as soon as possible. Materials are processed on a first come, first served basis.
  3. Please do not announce to students that Reserve material is available until you receive confirmation that your requests have been processed. It is the goal of the Reserves Department to handle each request as soon as possible.
  4. At the end of the semester, you may pick up your personal copies at the Reserves Department, 3rd Floor, Room 3.7.
  5. If you do not pick up your materials within 5 working days from the end of the semester, the materials will be returned to you via campus mail. Items on reserve at Callier will be returned to you within 5 working days from the end of the semester.
  6. A new Reserves form must be submitted for each semester materials are needed (even if the same materials have been used before).

Copyright Information for Print Reserves:

General Provisions:

Placing copies of copyrighted original commercially available material on reserve cannot generate the effect of negating the commercial sale of the material.
b) copies of materials that are commercially available cannot be continuously maintained on reserve.
c) copies of materials that remain protected by copyright but are not commercially available cannot be continuously maintained on reserve status.

We reserve the right to refuse to copy or make available duplicated material in violation of U.S. copyright law.

We appreciate your cooperation and look forward to serving you. If you have any questions about policies and procedures, please contact the Reserves Coordinator at 972-883-2587 or libresv@utdallas.edu. If you or your students have any problems, please notify us immediately. Thank you!