coe-fac: Fall Course Reserves and Textbooks

[Katherine Donaldson]

Hello COE faculty,
I’m forwarding this information from our library Course Reserves staff:
The Libraries’ return to normal operations in support of in-person instruction this fall will include traditional Course Reserves (print books that you want your students to be able to access for short periods). In past terms we have often held over materials from previous instructors and terms; however, during the pandemic we largely didn’t offer print reserves, and so we want to let you know we’ve fully resumed:

  *   You can bring us your own materials or ask for library-owned materials to be placed on reserve.
  *   If there are materials you want us to make available, but we don’t own them and you don’t have a copy we can use, we may be able to order them for you or obtain a Duck Store copy (available depending on cost and class size); please let us know as soon as possible.
  *   If your department is buying desk copies, it may make sense to order spares through that process to use as course reserve copies.
  *   We will still support scanning of your personal or Library materials, and Interlibrary Loan Requests for chapters from items we don't own to host on your Canvas course.
  *   Information about how to submit requests is available at https://library.uoregon.edu/reserves/requestreserves, but don’t wait!  Especially if materials will need to be ordered or recalled, or if you have significant scanning needs, earlier is better.
  *   There is also an FAQ document linked to the left side of the above page.
If you have any questions about this process, feel free to reach out to Carina Kelson (ckelson at uoregon.edu<mailto:ckelson at uoregon.edu>, 541-346-8273), our reserves manager at Knight Library, or myself.
I also wanted to remind you that during the pandemic, the library has purchased many course-adopted texts as ebooks (when possible). We continue to have access to those titles, so if you have used them over the past year or so, remember that those are still available. I’m happy to consult with you if you have any questions in this area as well, with the caveat that many traditional textbook publishers (Pearson, Sage, Cengage, etc.) do not sell multiple user ebook licenses to libraries.

Best,
Katherine

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Katherine S. Donaldson
Social Sciences/Education Librarian
University of Oregon Libraries
Phone: 541-346-4132
kdonalds at uoregon.edu<mailto:kdonalds at uoregon.edu>
Pronouns: she/her





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