Information for Students - find out what's been put on Reserve for a class

Information for Faculty - find out how to put material on Reserve for a class

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For Students - Find out what's been put on Reserve for a class:

Where are the Reserves in the Funk ACES Library?

Print material (books and personal copies) on Reserve in Funk ACES Library behind the circulation desk.

Note: most UIUC libraries have Reserves and your professor may have put the Reserves for your class at any one of several libraries. To find out where the materials are, check the UIUC Online Library Catalog (see below).

How do I find out what has been put on Reserve for my class?

To find out what is on Reserve for a class you must search the UIUC Online Library Catalog...

Click on the link to the UIUC Online Library Catalog

Choose to search "Course Reserves". Select the course number or instructor name from the appropriate drop box. This will let you access the Reserve list.

If what you need is printed material (usually books) located at the ACES Library:

Write down the call number of the item you want and give it to the Funk Library Circulation Desk staff along with your I-card. You must have your I-card to check out any material at the Funk Library.

Most Reserve material is charged out for 2 hours. It can be renewed if there is no one else waiting for it.

The fine for overdue Reserves is $2 for the first hour and $1 for every hour or part of an hour after.

In many cases the material you need will be available electronically.

You can identify these resources because their title will start with "E-reserves for [course number / professor]...".

Follow this link to the full text of the item you need.

In most cases these are Acrobat PDF files.

E-reserves can be printed either from library computers or from your personal computer. Libprint is the library public printing system and costs 10 cents per page.

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.For Faculty -- How to put materials on Reserve for a class:

Barbara Trumpinski-Roberts is the supervisor for Reserves in Funk Library, ACES. She can be reached at 333-5081, 333-2416, or kittent@uiuc.edu . Please call Barb if you have any questions or concerns about putting materials on Reserve for your classes.

Putting library books or personal copies of books on Reserve:

For all print Reserve material such as library books, personal copies of textbooks or bound course packets, please:

Fill out a Reserve Request form for each item

Include as much information as you can for each piece.

Monograph requests should include the publication date or edition preferred. Please type or print your lists.

Handwritten lists may be delayed in processing.

The library does not accept phone requests for placing material on Reserve

Bring a copy of this list and all personal copies to Funk Library and give them to Barbara Trumpinski-Roberts

Personal copies should be marked with the instructor name and address/email address.

If you are just requesting that Library books be put on Reserve, you may email your information, but please be sure to include as much of the information indicated on the Reserve Request form as possible. Email your requests to Barbara Trumpinski-Roberts, kittent@uiuc.edu. Putting articles, book chapters, lecture notes, or exams on E-reserve. E-reserves for Funk Library are handled through the Undergraduate Library. Such material as class notes, old tests, and journal articles can be handled as E-reserves. Students can access this material directly online. All E-reserves will be password-protected so they can only be accessed by UIUC students with valid netIDs.

To learn more about the process of making materials available via E-reserves, and to find the necessary forms, please visit the Undergraduate Library's Reserves Policies and Procedures site. For copyright information, see also the UIUC Library's Guidelines for Electronic Reserves.

Basically, you need to take or send your Reserve list (pdf or word doc) and photocopies (clean, one-sided copies) or the URL and citation of electronic articles to the Reserve Department, Undergraduate Library. MC-522.

Mary Laskowski, Assistant Librarian in the Undergraduate Library is in charge of this process. She can be reached at mkschnei@uiuc.edu or 244-3771