Library Notes

As the beginning of the new academic year is approaching, we'd like to remind everyone that the library can make educational materials available through our Reserves service. This includes journal articles, books and book chapters, videos or DVDs, and software. Please submit your reserve lists as soon as possible to ensure the materials are available to your students when they need them.

Jim Brucker handles all reserve requests. You can reach him at jimb@northwestern.edu or at (312) 503-8121. If you have a reading list that you give to your students, you can send that as an attachment. You can also submit all requests for reserves through our Web site at: http://www.galter.northwestern.edu/reserves/reserveform.html. An explanation of our policy, including copyright issues, is available at: http://www.galter.northwestern.edu/reserves/reserves_guidelines.cfm.

Journal articles or book chapters are placed on electronic reserve, and can be accessed through the class Web site on BlackBoard or through NUcat, the library’s catalog. As the library’s collection of electronic journals has increased, it’s becoming more likely we can provide a link to an article in e-reserves rather than scanning an article and converting it to a PDF file. You are encouraged to submit a list of new articles to be linked rather than a copy of the article itself. If the article cannot be linked, then a copy will be necessary. We will let you know if you need to submit a copy of the article.

Books that are required or recommended for a particular class are placed on reserve at the Circulation Desk. We will order any books we don't currently have. Sometimes this can take more than a month, depending on whether a book is in stock with our vendor. The more time you give us to get the book, the more likely it is to be available when you need it.

If you have any questions about reserves, please contact Jim Brucker at jimb@northwestern.edu or Stephanie Kerns at skerns@northwestern.edu.

Highlights of Reserves Policy

Materials for reserve should be submitted to Jim Brucker in the Education Department in the library. He can be reached at (312) 503-8121 or jimb@northwestern.edu.
Processing time for reserves is one week. All items will be processed in the order in which they are received.
If the library doesn't own the book you need, we will order it. However, it will take longer than the usual one week processing time to make the item available to students. Personal copies of books, videos, etc. may be placed on reserve as well.
All journal articles and book chapters will be placed on electronic reserve in Blackboard or NUcat, depending on your needs.
Citation lists that include each reading are required. Providing accurate and complete citations will speed processing time.

A newsletter for patrons of the Galter Health Sciences Library

Summer 2005 New Series #37

Call for Reading Lists and E-reserves

Stephanie Kerns, MLS, Head, Education and Outreach/Curriculum Librarian, skerns@northwestern.edu

Summer 2005

New Series #37