Types of Resources to place on Course Reserves

Traditional (printed):

• Professor owned books, solutions manual, and etc.
• Professor generated materials, sample exams or quizzes, homework solutions, and etc.
• Library owned books.
• Copies of selected journal or newspaper articles, chapter readings, and etc.

Electronic:

Sending us documents in PDF file format is most preferable file format.. This will retain all formatting of your document including fonts, styles, spacing, and embedded graphics. However, You can convert your course material into pdf files using Adobe Acrobat Exchange, Distiller, or Capture. Or we will convert any non-text documents into pdf files if you do not have access to the Adobe Acrobat software mentioned above provided we have the software necessary to read and print your files (for example, Microsoft Powerpoint for .ppt files) or you print your document to a postscript file (.ps file extension). Additional file formats are listed in the guidelines below. Please contact us at 585-475-2560 or email: ereswml@rit.edu if your file format is not listed below or if you have questions about the file formats.  Note that students will need to have the software corresponding to the file type in order to open it, e.g. Adobe Reader to open PDF files.

• World Wide Web links to course resources you've posted on the Web
• Internet links to course related Internet resources
• HTML and graphic files NOT posted elsewhere on the Web
• Plain text files (e.g. .txt)
• PDF files (Portable Document Format files .pdf)
• Word Processed files (e.g. MS Word (.doc) or WordPerfect files)
• RTF files (Rich Text Format files: .rtf)
• Postscript or Encapsulated Postscript files (.ps or .eps)
• Microsoft Powerpoint Presentation files (.ppt)
• Image & Graphic files for which your students have a viewer
• Executable files you want your students to download and run
• Submit hardcopies of readings and we will scan the materials into pdf documents.

Guidelines for Placing Materials on Reserve

• We cannot put books from other libraries on Reserve.
• We will make copies for Reserve use. You must provide full citations of articles to be copied.
• We will pull books from the stacks to go on Reserve. You must provide IDS with a list of items needed.
• You cannot put library owned magazines or newspapers on reserve for class use.
• We cannot put an entire book on Electronic Reserve without written permission from the copyright holder.
• Materials placed on both Electronic & Traditional formats will be limited to one copy for Traditional Reserve use.
• Reference books may be put on Traditional Reserve only with the permission of the Reference Librarian in charge of that book's subject area.

How to Place Materials on Reserve

Please bring in materials to go on Reserve well in advance of student's need for them. Materials are processed in the order they are submitted to the desk. Our goal is to process materials in 24-72 hours but at the quarter starting peak, the material may take longer to be made available.

There are severals ways to submitt your materials to Reserve:

• Print the To Go On Reserve Form and bring the completed form along with your materials to the Circulation desk for Reserve processing
• Submit the materials by electronic mail to Wallace Library Reserve Desk (you may "attach" course files to your e-mail or embed text files in the body of the message) your name, e-mail address, homepage URL (if you have one), course name & number, electronic course resources (links(URL's) &/or files), and date to delete the files/links.
• Fax materials to E-Reserve. Fax the materials along with a cover page outlining any special instruction you have for us to 585-475-6490. 

Removing Material from Reserve:

Items may be removed from Reserve at any time by stopping at the desk and completing the Reserve Deletions Form, e-mailing requests (ereswml@rit.edu) or calling in requests (585-475-2560) to have the materials interoffice mailed to you. Each year, an inventory listing will be sent to individuals with items on reserve as a reminder for our year end clean-up.