Course reserves purchasing policy
Effective immediately, course reserve requests will be purchased using a course reserve budget (funded by a contingency line), provided they fit within the following criteria:
- $100 maximum cost per book, $200 maximum for STM (Scientific, Technical and Medical) titles
- No theses, dissertations, conference proceedings, technical reports
These guidelines were adapted from the criteria established by the advisory group to the Books on Demand project.
Course reserve purchasing will extend to video discs, streaming video, and textbooks.
- If a title is above the price limit, selectors will be asked to purchase the title with their own budgets.
- If a title is excluded from immediate purchase because it is a thesis, dissertation, conference proceeding, or technical report, it will be purchased with the course reserve budget once the selector approves its acquisition.
- In certain cases added copies may be acquired depending on class size and cost per item
All course reserve requests should be submitted through the Ares system. Those items owned by UF will be placed on reserve; titles not owned by UF will be purchased using the course reserve budget. Acquisitions will consult with selectors about purchases that fall outside of the above criteria.
