Faculty Reserve Guidelines
Various types of materials may be placed on reserve: books, copies of periodical articles, audio tapes, slides,
video tapes, old tests, solutions to homework problems, etc. Once an item is placed on reserve, no one may take
it out of the library with the exception of those faculty members who placed the material on reserve.
Faculty may take those materials out of the library for class use. Faculty need to notify their students when these
items are unavailable for use in the library. Materials on reserve are kept behind the Circulation Desk or may be available electronically.
Students must have their Mountaineer card or their bar-coded library card to check out material. eReserves are available
here. Reserve items circulate for two hours (in library use only).
Late return is penalized at the rate of 2 cents per minute. For personal copy items, bring the items to the Health
Sciences Library (HSL). Fill out the request form at the Circulation Desk. For items owned by the HSL, fill out a
request form at the HSL’s Circulation Desk. Materials owned by the HSL may also be placed on reserve using the reserve processing form or via e-mail.
You must include the following information in your e-mail message:
Monographs or Audiovisuals
Title (Monograph or Audiovisual item)
Author Call Number and Edition if applicable
(example: QP321 D36 A42 1996)
Journal Articles
Title (Article)
Name of Journal Volume, Number, Month, and Year
Pages
Please include the instructor’s name, class or course name and number, and the length of time the item is to be on
reserve in the HSL. The HSL will copy and place on reserve two copies of any requested journal article.
If you require more than two copies, you are responsible for photocopying the additional copies.
Copyright law permits no more than five copies of each article.
Please allow four working days to process your requests. If you have questions, please contact Anna Snyder at
(304) 293 -2115 or Anna Snyder.