If you have any questions about reserves services, please contact the departmental library or contact the Main Stacks:
stacksreserves@library.illinois.edu
(217) 333-8400
http://guides.library.illinois.edu/reserves
General information about placing materials on reserve can be found on the Placing Physical Materials on Reserves page of this guide.
Typically, items owned by the University Library can be placed on reserve at any library reserves location. Materials belonging to other institutions and the Residence Hall Library system cannot be placed on reserve.
You are welcome to submit personal or departmental copies of books for reserves using the Reserves Request Form (MSWord). You may place as many personal copies as you wish on reserve.
We place call number and barcode labels on each item. If you intend to have the item on reserves for future semesters, it is helpful if these labels are left on the item(s) for reuse.
The Library assumes no responsibility for damage that could occur while personal copies are on course reserves.
Teaching assistants, departmental staff, etc. can submit reserve requests on behalf of faculty/instructors.
If you wish to be informed of the status of reserve requests you submit on behalf of an instructor, please provide your contact information in the request:
Please list the primary instructor first, followed by secondary instructors/assistants.
Reserve requests can be submitted at any time for current or future semesters. However, Library items won't be removed from normal circulation until a month or two before the semester begins. Requests will be processed in the order that they are received, but requests for the current semester take priority over requests for future semesters.
If you are submitting requests that the Library purchase materials for reserves, please submit as early as possible to allow time for the item(s) to be purchased, received, and cataloged.
Please list the exact title, author/director, and edition (if that is important) of each item. It is not necessary to include the call numbers or to bring library-owned materials in yourself, but doing so can help to expedite processing of your list.
If you have a syllabus or bibliography with complete citation information, you can submit the Reserve Request Form (MSWord) with just the top section filled in and a copy of the syllabus or bibliography attached.
You only need to provide personal copies. Library staff obtain Library-owned materials as part of processing.
If Library items that you currently have checked out are a part of your reserves list, please submit them with the the Reserve Request Form (MSWord) to prevent delays in processing.
The staff of each departmental library processes the reserves for that location. Please indicate the location that you'd like your reserves to be held in your Reserves Request.
Our online ticketing system tracks all reserve requests.
Our online ticketing system automatically generates a request received email for all requests at the time they are logged. If you do not receive a request received email for any reserves submissions, we did not receive it.
You will receive another email from us when your request has been processed. You may receive an additional email between these if we have questions while processing your requests.
Often, we have to recall certain books that have been checked out by another patron, which can take three weeks or more.
If the library does not own a particular item on your list, we will be happy to attempt to order it. Please note that it can take weeks or months for materials to arrive and be processed. Please submit purchase requests as early as possible.
Students may want to check out the Find and Use Course Reserves help page for general information, or can search current reserves in the Library Catalog.
Students need to provide the call number for each reserve item at the service desk where the item is held. Reserves items are typically restricted to use within the Library building.
Most reserves items circulate for two hours at a time within the Library. If you would like a non-standard loan period for your reserve materials, please include that information in your request.
Reserve lists display in the Library Catalog starting one week before the first day of instruction for the semester.
Please contact the Library that you chose as the location for your reserves to be held using the Library Directory
All materials on reserve are automatically taken off reserve at the end of the semester unless a request is submitted to carry them over to the next semester.
You can carry over current physical reserves by notifying reserves staff before the end of the semester, providing the following information:
For physical reserves from previous semesters, we ask that you re-submit using the forms as we don't have a database that tracks past physical reserves.
All personal copies are sent through Campus Mail to the departmental office shortly after the semester ends (unless you have submitted a request that the materials be carried over).
Staff at the appropriate service desk will give you the "Taking Personal Copies Off Reserve" form when you come in for your items, or you can download it below.
The staff will later use the information from the form to remove those items from your reserve list.