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This page is intended to serve as a historical repository for designers and students of electronic course reserves services in academic libraries. It will be maintained only sporadically.  Please read and abide by any posted guidelines for use of instructional resources you encounter by following links from this page.

Anyone may reproduce part or all of this top-level page for non-profit educational purposes with an attribution of authorship; please ask me if you have other pages or uses in mind. 

Most recent update: June 30, 2009.  Send me email at rosedalej@mville.edu to inform me of broken links or suggest a resource. Thanks for visiting.

• Electronic Reserves News
• Current Events
• E-Reserves Listserv
• Scanning, Reformatting and Deep Linking
• Vendors and Products related to E-reserves
• Publishers and their E-Reserves Policies
• Compilations, Faculty Projects, Miscellaneous Links
• Links to Course Reserves Sites
• Faculty Information and list submission forms related to E-Reserves Projects
• Selected Copyright Information and Policies
• About the Keeper of this site

Electronic Reserves News

• LAMA/SASS minutes on Blogspot
• The Section 108 Study Group report- read it here.
• Here's an article from Library Journal on E-Reserves and copyright.
• This Canadian presentation on E-Reserves is interesting!
• Trevor Dawes from Princeton edited Maketing and Managing Electronic Reserves- a fine collection of articles.  Electronic Reserves has grown into a mature and vital service in today's academic libraries.  Highly recommended.    
  
• A group of Canadian librarians maintains a blog on Electronic Reserves issues.  Check it out at their Blogspot site.  
  
  
• Here are some details on the ARes program from Atlas Systems:  
   
  The ares software has three main components.  A web based instructor interface allows instructors to manage reserve materials and classes from any web browser, including creating proxy users for any or all of their courses.  The web based student interface offers a variety of features to search, view, manage and review reserve items and classes.
  Lastly, the staff client replicates all the functionality of the web
  interface for instructors and students, but also allows reserve staff to
  search, scan, and track all aspects of the reserve process.  In
  addition, the ares client also includes copyright tracking and
  management via a live link to the Copyright Clearance Center reserve
  pricing gateway.

   

• Copyright education is critical to any successful Electronic Reserves system.  Protect your institution by developing a written policy that explains your local practices, and learn about relevant Copyright laws and exemptions.  Make sure your legal counsel is informed and on board with everything you are doing.  Examples of model policies can be found here.  
  
  • Check out what the Copyright Clearance Center is calling  "guidelines and best practices" for Electronic Reserves 
  • See this recent press release from the AAP website on the agreement reached with Hofstra, Syracuse and Marquette

• Volume 14, no. 1 and 15, no. 2 of The Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery and Electronic Reserve look especially relevant and interesting.  Both issues have been published in book form as well.  This is a great journal- a subscription is recommended!  
  
• Have a look at this "reprint" of a special issue of ALAWON pertaining to Electronic Reserves and Fair Use. (MS Word format) 
  
• ARL publications on Electronic Reserves: Cindy Kristof of Kent State University compiled the results of an E-reserves survey of ARL Libraries. Point your browser to http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/spec245web.pdf to see the announcement and a summary of the findings. The kit is well worth ordering from ARL since it represents the first collection of real data from the field on this topic!  Also see their report on Electronic Reserves and Fair Use from February, 2004.  

Current Events, and ACRL Electronic Reserves Discussion Group

This section has not been maintained in a while.  Current news of ALA/ACRL E-Reserves activities coming soon.  

• Here old minutes from a June, 2003 meeting of the Discussion Group, courtesy of Alan Cornish.

• Here are minutes from the 2002 midwinter meeting of the ACRL E-Reserves Discussion Group:
  
• Archived meeting minutes include:
  The June, 2001 meeting, courtesy of Rebecca Martin.
  ALA Midwinter in Washington, DC, January 14, 2001.
  Minutes of the June, 2000 meeting, thanks to Rebecca Martin.
  The June, 1999 meeting at ALA Annual in New Orleans.;

  ALA Midwinter, 1999 meeting, thanks to Lorraine Haricombe.

   

• VALE, a New Jersey library consortium, hosted a day-long users group meeting featuring discussion of Electronic Reserves. For details, check their web site at http://www.valenj.org/conf2002/draft_agenda_1-02.html. The conference took place on January 4, 2002 and I was the keynote speaker.
  
• Here's a link to information from a Dartmouth conference on electronic reserves and other web-based course related services.
  
• Here's an even older summary of a panel presentation that I participated in at ASIS in December, 1997.
  
• Please send me info of historical interest regarding e-reserves..

Traffic on this list is generally light, so don't be afraid to join! Also see the following:

• Usenet thread on electronic reserves via the Web

Scanning, Reformatting and Deep Linking

• Here's an e-reserves scanning guide, used at Wellesley College.
• Document conversion info from MIT

• Why not try linking to articles instead of scanning?  This spreadsheet, courtesy of Heather Martin, will give you a start on how.  Also consider using your OpenURL linking software to discover whether articles requested for reserves are available in full text in your subscription databases.  
  

• Foxit Reader renders large .pdf files quickly
• ReservesDirect is a new, open source E-Reserves product.
• ARes is a new E-Reserves product offered by Atlas Systems.  
• Desire2Learn is an interesting courseware platform that can incorporate some e-reserves functions.  
•  Ex Libris: their Voyager supports e-reserves
• 1mage Software, Inc., a company that offers digitization services.
• Adobe, publisher of Acrobat Capture (and other .pdf utilities)
  Folks with technical questions about Adobe products can email acrobat@blueworld.com for insights and advice.
• Blackboard courseware program
• Docutek Information Systems, and their founder, Phil Kesten. Currently one of the most popular E-Reserves applications on the market.
• FirstClass ED courseware program
• Innovative Interfaces, Inc. has an electronic reserves module as a part of their Integrated Library System software.
• Moodle open source courseware
• Open Source Course Reserves, from Wally Grotophorst of George Mason University
• Proquest has a new interface that makes it easier to copy durable links into E-Reserves systems using the "Marked List" feature.  This is easier than using Sitebuilder.  Speak to your local rep or check it out yourself!  
• Silverlinker, an Ovid product enabling durable links to articles in certain aggregator databases.
• SIRSI; IOLS with an electronic reserves module

Selected Publishers and their E-Reserves Policies (Thanks to Bonnie Woodman of Grand Valley State University for reporting this information!)

The following publishers have a history of granting permissions for electronic reserves uses of copyrighted materials. Note that the issue of when to request permissions is complex and open to interpretation. Publishers may request that materials be password-protected, have copyright warnings precede viewing, include proper attribution of authorship, etc. Fee structures will vary.

• Ablex Publishing (a division of the Heineman/Greenwood group)
• American Accounting Association- Issues in Accounting Education
• American Psychological Association
• Annual Reviews, Inc. (Annual Review of Sociology; Annual Review of Psychology)
• Blackwell Publishing- blanket permission has been granted to print subscribers
• Haworth Press- blanket permission has been granted to print subscribers
• ICSI- HealthPartners.com
• National Academy Press
• National Association of School Psychologists: School Psychology Review
• Smithsonian Institute Press (case-by-case basis)
• Pro-Ed, Inc.
• TASH Organization - Journal for the Association for Persons with Severe Disabilities
• TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) is reportedly offering e-reserves permissions to subscribers of their print periodicals for an annual fee- currently $75. Interestingly, their web site still says they do not give permissions for electronic reserves uses.
• Thomson Learning Global Rights Group- requests password protection

This is a very incomplete list! Please email me at rosedalej@mville.edu to request updates and changes.

Thanks to these publishers for their cooperation in supporting classroom instruction.

• Nicely organized e-reserves info from University of California at Fresno
• A Reserves FAQ from UNC Health Sciences (both print and E)
• A general guide on Course Reserves from Princeton
• An example of using Blackboard course reserves software with E-Reserves
• Iowa State foresees moving E-Reserves to integrate with WebCT Vista courseware 
• A long, detailed FAQ from University of New Mexico
• Information from the University of Arizona: Students and Faculty
• IUPUI Course Reserves FAQ
• Another strategic planning document, this one from the University of Maryland, foresees expansion of their E-Reserves services
• Terry Brandsma's E-Reserves page, from UNC Greensboro
• Ariadne article on Monash University (Australia) site
• ARL "Transforming Libraries" issue on Electronic Reserves
• The Elib Project, aka the Electronic Libraries Programme (UK)
• Access to Core Course Materials, UK
• Pelican Project, UK
• ELINOR Project, UK
• 1995 Paper from Northwestern, originally presented at CAUSE 1995 in New Orleans.
• Demo Page, mounted by U. Kansas Medical Center.
• Web page support policy, University of Kentucky Libraries. For faculty DIY projects; a product of their Electronic Reserves Task Force. Good list of issues here.
• World Lecture Hall , University of Texas at Austin

Course Reserves Sites:

• Armstrong Atlantic State University, Docutek
• Auburn University (no active link available), Docutek
• Australian Defence Force Academy, Docutek
• Australian National University
• Bard College
• Bates College: See link to reserves sorted by course/professor
• Bowdoin College:  notable for differentiating treatment of text and audio files
• Brandeis University, a Docutek site
• Bridgewater State College
• Brigham Young University: restricted access (by IP?)
• Bryn Mawr College, Docutek
• Bucknell University
• Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Now restricted access.
• California State University, Monterey Bay (Docutek)
• Colorado State University
• Claremont College, a Docutek site with restricted access
• Columbia University- using Prometheus 
• Cornell University, Uris Library
• DePaul University, No URL; Docutek
• Drake University
• Duke University
• Fairfield University, No URL; Docutek
• Eastern Oregon University, Docutek
• Florida Atlantic University has e-reserves, but authentication prevents outsiders from viewing.
• Florida Center for Library Automation, a sort of union catalog of Reserves; probably IP authenticated
• George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. Open source program.
• Georgia Tech, reference to e-reserves but restricted access.
• Harvard University central page
• Haverford College, Docutek
• HERON project, a UK site. Also see SCOPE project, below.
• Humboldt State University, "ONCORES" system
• Hunter College/CUNY, a Docutek site
• ITESM Campus Monterrey, Mexico: I believe the e-reserves collection has merged with a larger digital library initiative at this site- someone with Spanish Language expertise please have a look and see if you can find where e-reserves has gone! Nice course/professor reserve list searching and attractive design.
• IUPUI University- now ARes
• Illinois Institute of Technology
• Illinois Wesleyan University (no active link available), Docutek
• Indiana University Northwest
• Iowa State University
• Johns Hopkins University
• Kent State University, a Docutek site; now restricted by IP address and passwords.
• Lehigh University, a Docutek site
• Loyola Marymount University, Docutek
• Loyola University of Chicago: restricted access
• Macquarie University, an Aussie site in operation since 1998.
• Manhattanville College, Docutek
• Marist College, an interesting application requiring specific client software; informational link only
• McMaster University, Notable because it is a Canadian site and also for its homegrown development.
• Middlebury College, Docutek
• Missouri State University
• Monash University, Berwick Library (Australia)
• Montana State University: Access restricted by IP
• New Mexico State University
• New York University, now Docutek.
• Northwestern University, now integrated with their Voyager catalog
• Northwestern's Digital Media Services
• Oberlin College, Docutek
• Ohio State University
• Ohio University, now uses III; restricted by IP
• Oklahoma University
• Pace University, Docutek
• Princeton University
• Penn State University; restricted access
• Queens University, (Canada) now integrated with Voyager
• Queensland University of Technology (Australia)- Course Materials Database.  Especially notable for its detailed user instructions and slick design
• Regent University, Docutek
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - access restricted.
• Rochester Institute of Technology
• Rutgers University , appears to be integrated into the ILS now
• St. John's Seminary College: no active link (Docutek)
• St. Mary's College of Maryland
• Saint Mary's University (Canada)
• San Diego State University: The place where it all began!
• Santa Clara University, a Docutek site.
• Santa Clara University Law School, Docutek
• SUNY New Paltz, Docutek
• Texas A&M University
• Tokyo Gakugei University, Japan: Possibly the first e-reserves implementation in Japan.  Open source software, in Japanese.
• University of Alaska, Anchorage, Docutek
• University of Alaska, Fairbanks: Docutek
• University at Albany- now a live Docutek site.
• University of Baltimore
• University of Calgary: Allectra system. Nice and slick!
• University of California, Berkeley, a Docutek site
• University of California, Davis
• University of California, Irvine
• UCLA Law School, a Docutek site
• University of California, Riverside - Login instructions with screen shots
• University of California, San Diego, now IP authenticated
• University of California, Santa Barbara, a Docutek site
• University of California, Santa Cruz, a Docutek site
• University of Cincinnati, College of Engineering
• University of Connecticut
• University of Dayton, Docutek
• University of Delaware (restricted access)
• University of Georgia
• University of Kansas Medical Center
• University of Kentucky; nice, simply designed access page
• University of Louisville, Ekstrom Library: Access seems to be integrated with the OPAC
• University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• University of Michigan: now integrated with courseware
• University of Minnesota, Docutek
• University of Missouri, Columbia, Docutek; access by EZProxy login only
• University of Nebraska, Omaha, Docutek
• University of Nebraska Medical Center
• University of New South Wales, Docutek
• University of Oregon
• University of Quebec, Hull (UQO)- Docutek (in French); they are also using WebCT
• University of Quebec, Trois-Rivieres, Docutek (in French)
• University of Southern California: restricted access (demo page may be forthcoming- thanks, Toby!)
• University of Tennessee, Knoxville: Public portal and Staff Portal
• University of Texas at Dallas
• University of Toronto, a Canadian Docutek site; they also use WebCT courseware
• University of Vermont, Bailey Howe Library:  integrated with Endeavor Voyager OPAC
• University of Virginia
• University of the West of England at Bristol, Hyperion Digital Media archive info. ResIDE seems to have disappeared.
• Vanderbilt University, Docutek (restricted access)
• Vassar College: restricted access
• Virginia Commonwealth University; A very attractive and interesting site; assembled with OSCR and Cold Fusion components by Pascal Calarco. Here's what he says about access control:
  As far as access, the entire database is open to browse; we do, however, have the full-text reserve items proxied. For an example of what the e-reserve results screen looks like, select "ALHP 718" from the course menu, and click submit.
• Virginia Tech
• West Virginia University:  appears to be part of an Aleph/Ex Libris implementation
• William and Mary, Docutek
• Wright State University, Docutek

• IUPUI Information about Reserves (now using ARes)
• Penn State form to post student/faculty work and other unpublished material
• UConn form to post student work
• Submission form, University of Maryland
• Submission form, FIU Miami
• Old Submission form, Case Western
• Print and E-Reserve forms from SUNY Stonybrook
• Submission form, SIU
• Submission form, Loyola U. Chicago
• Submission form, UC Davis
• Submission form, Haverford
• Portland State University, faculty copyright information
• University of Maryland, Health Sciences Library- Faculty FAQ
• Bonnie Woodman, from Grand Valley State University, generously supplied several documents she regularly disseminates to faculty with information on reserves and e-reserves:

    *E-Reserves Information handout
    *Reserves Cheat Card
    *Photocopy submission guidelines
    *Help with Reserves
    *Student Copyright Release Form
    *Troubleshooting link
    *Course reserves policy link

• Penfield Library, SUNY Oswego:  Reserves packet, including a faculty "contract"
• Colorado College, Tutt Library:  A nice summary of Reserves options
• CUNY/Baruch University, Newman Library:  Guidelines
• Here's a link to a survey of E-Reserves in ARL Libraries. Thanks to Cindy Kristof for doing this and to Lorraine Haricombe for reporting its existence to the world! It might be interesting to see a broader application of this same survey tool...
• Cornell University, including other related informational links
• Arizona State University : faculty info with a link to a submission form
• University of Arizona- see "Instructors" subsection
• Bard College : faculty info and submission form
• University of California, Davis: Instructions for faculty and links to forms. 
• UC Irvine : submission form
• Indiana/Purdue University, Fort Wayne: Faculty info
• University of Connecticut : submission form
• UCLA Faculty request form
• Humboldt State University : submission form
• Notre Dame's Law School Library: Books and Articles forms
• User Survey Form, from University of Vermont
• Emory University : submission form
• Monash University, Australia: Scroll down and click on one of the "Reserve Request" links
• Info and Submission form, New Mexico State University
• Rochester Institute of Technology, a nice faculty guide
• University of Oregon : submission form

• Section 108 Study Group report
   
• Cornell E-Reserves Copyright Guidelines (cooperatively created with the Association of American Publishers)
   
• Resources from the ALA Copyright Advisory Network
   
• Fair Use Checklist from IUPUI
• ACRL Distance Education Section has information on E-Reserves
• Copyright issues page from U. of Albany
• Music Library Association statement on the digital transmission of reserves
• A clever copyright education site for faculty from Baruch College- requires the latest Macromedia Flash player. 
    
• A sample fair use analysis for e-reserves by Andrew Marshall, Pennsylvania State University
• A Copyright Policy from Grand Valley State University
• Copyright FAQ from the University of Oregon
   
• General info at LC
• Copyright issues from ALA
• IFLA Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters
• Statement from the Music Library Association
• Bibliography from ASIS, Northeast Chapter
• Fair Use policy from the AALL
• General info at IUPUI, courtesy of Prof. Kenny Crews
• General info at IPFW
• Nolo.com  article on Fair Use
   
• ARL copyright materials
• An Interesting Article by Howard Besser, Associate Professor at UCLA
   
• Text of US Copyright Law and related texts
• "White Paper", NII Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights
   
• An article by Stephen Melamut:  "Pursuing Fair Use, Law Libraries and Electronic Reserves"
• Interpreting the Digital Copyright Millenium Act, from ARL
• IUPUI memo on the Digital Copyright Millenium Act (1998)
• Position Paper on Libraries, Copyright and the Electronic Environment, International Publishers' Copyright Council- presents a view parallel to US publishers' associations.
   
• Draft Fair Use "Guidelines" (March 1996), also called the "CONFU Guidelines"
• CETUS page on Fair Use in education
• Stanford site on Copyright and Fair Use
• Some Fair Use scenarios, including electronic reserves. Not much detail but good issues.
• "Fair Use In the Electronic Age", a draft by six library associations
   
• University of Georgia:  Nice, detailed site
• Copyright clearance services at Northwestern
• Johns Hopkins University, Welch Medical Library Copyright Policy
• University of Nebraska, Omaha
• University of Texas, Arlington
• Model Policy, Triangle Research Libraries
• Copyright and Electronic Reserves, via University of Texas
• Texas A&M copyright policy
• Guidelines for use of Multimedia materials, Princeton University
   
• Copyright and Fair Use Resources, Regent University Library
• Lorre Smith's comprehensive list of Copyright and Fair Use resources
   
• National Writers' Union Position Papers
• Copyright Clearance Center
• Access Copyright (Canada), formerly known as CanCopy
   
• Wake Forest Copyright Permissions page: subject-specific, but an interesting model
   
• UK Electronic Reserves Copyright Management System, including other useful links
• UK Copyright FAQ for digitization projects

Also, don't forget good old fashioned mail and telephone contacts
like:

   Copyright Society of the USA
   1133 Avenue of the Americas
   New York, NY  10036
   212-354-6401 (p)
   212-354-2848 (f)