Southeast Arkansas College Library

Reserve Collection (12/02) The Reserve Collection (or Reserve Shelf) is used by instructors to provide supplemental material for student use without requiring the purchase of additional texts or creating competition for a single copy in the library collection. Reserve material may include books or other material from the library or instructor’s personal collections. A limited (2 – 3) number of copies of a periodical article may be placed on reserve, but the library cannot accept copies of books or audio or video tapes unless they comply with the ‘fair use’ provisions of the U. S. Copyright Law. The circulation of reserve material is generally restricted to “in library use” or “overnight check-out” depending on the instructor’s preference or the nature of the material. (Some videotapes can not be viewed in the library due to license and/or copyright restrictions.)

Material will be placed on Reserve on a semester-by-semester basis. A Reserve Library Material form will be prepared for each course for which material is held on Reserve. Reserve material will be returned to the regular library collection or, in the case of personal copies, to the faculty member at the end of each semester, unless the instructor notifies the library of her/his wish to have the material remain on Reserve for another semester.

Reserve material is shelved behind the circulation desk and must be requested from a library staff person. Individuals requesting reserve material will be asked to surrender their SEARK identification card while using the material in the library. Overnight checkout of Reserve material, when allowed, will be done through the regular library automation system.