104 Founders Memorial Library
Phone: (815) 753-0163
E-mail: spatters@niu.edu or Reserve_Services@wpo.cso.niu.edu
Drop off electronic reserve materials in 104 Founders Memorial Library
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Deadline for Spring 2010
is December 10, 2009 for first day of class availability Deadline for Summer 2010 is May 14, 2010 for first day of class availability Electronic reserve requests are welcomed throughout the semester. |
Submission requirements
Format for submission
Only required readings may be placed on electronic reserve.
Maximum of 25 titles per course.
| Copyright Compliance Full-text Electronic Reserves are subject to existing Reserve Services policy and the Copyright Law. Reading requests that comply with fair use guidelines will be placed on electronic reserve. A reasonable interpretation of fair use would be one chapter of a book or one article from a volume of a journal. Faculty will need to secure permission for more extensive excerpts. |
Access
Reserve staff will inform the instructor when the eReserve readings page has been posted and a URL will be supplied. Faculty must then activate the eReserve link on their Blackboard page and also set up the student access to the course. These instructions must be followed even if you do not plan to actively use Blackboard. Students gain access by logging in to Blackboard and selecting the course. If they use the URL they will be asked to log with their school ID and password before they can get to the readings page.
All scanned material will be saved in Portable Document Format (PDF) format. Students will need to access the readings using an Adobe reader. (See below)
For copyright compliance all electronic access to the readings will be limited to students officially enrolled in the course and it is password protected. If you use something other than Blackboard for a homepage you can post the URL you are assigned as only students enrolled in the course can gain access by using their NIU ID and password.
The link will be broken at the end of each semester. Readings will be archived for library staff access only for at least two years before they are permanently removed from the archives.
Adobe Reader Installation
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Once installed, the reader will automatically launch every time a Portable Document Format (PDF) is opened.
Printing of PDF format files can be extremely slow. Be prepared to allow sufficient time for each reserve reading to print.
Accessibility for all students is important to the Reserves Processing staff. Instructors are encouraged to inform us as soon as possible if any students require special adaption for visual, mobility, cognitive, or learning disabilities.