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The Electronic Reserves service is meeting UF faculty and student needs better than ever before. Read on to find out more about this free resource. |
What are Electronic Reserves?
- E-Reserves is a process for making materials available online for your students.
What can you put on e-Reserves?
- Professor generated material
- Student generated material
- A chapter from a book
- An article from a journal
- Links to e-books, e-journal articles, & other online materials
What about Copyright?
- Copyright for Books: The library has already paid for complete access to many books, so first check the UF catalog for electronic resources. Or we can claim fair use to put up an excerpt of a copyrighted book on e-Reserves. We can put up one chapter or 10% of the book. We must use the original source, no anthologies.
- Copyright for Journal Articles: The library already has many journals available online to which we can simply and quickly link. Check the UF catalog at: www.uflib.ufl.edu. Or we can claim fair use to put up one article from a journal on e-Reserves.
What if I must have more than can be claimed as “fair use”?
- We can apply for copyright clearance from the publisher.
- We will post material pending permission, but if denied it will come down. If the cost is prohibitive we may not be able to put the material on e-Reserves.
Tip: If you can find a library-owned electronic copy, we can link directly to it. It's faster, it looks better, and you aren't limited to 10% of the book. |
This sounds great! But how do I DO it?
First, you need an account.
Email us at: eres@uflib.ufl.edu
- Your first and last name
- Your course number and name (e.g., ENL4135 Italian Cinema)
- Your email address & phone number
Next, you need to request your materials.
For professor or student generated materials:
- Fill out the permission form from: www.uflib.ufl.edu/as/eres/copyrightcomp.pdf
- Fax or email us the materials and signed permission form.
For books, articles or online materials:
- Email us the complete bibliographic citation for the items you need.
- Include the persistent URL for online items. (We can help you with this.)
Finally, let the magic happen.
We will email you when your materials are online.
- Barring complications, we normally operate within a three-day turnaround.
- The beginning of semesters is generally the busiest time. If at all possible, try to get your materials to us before the start of the new semester.
Check out our Instructor Guide at: www.uflib.ufl.edu/as/eres/. It’s full of helpful hints on more you can do to customize your account:
- You can link directly from WebCT and other course management systems into your e-Reserves account.
- You can easily upload documents to the server.
- You can add links to web pages.
- You can add documents by faxing them directly to the server.
- You can organize your documents alphabetically or in your own order.
- You can organize your documents into folders (by topic, chapter, week, test, etc.)
- You can put a password on a document to limit access.
- You can include customized text with each document (additional information, assignments, due dates, etc.)
We know you must have some questions:
Email us at eres@uflib.ufl.edu or call us at 273-2520. We look forward to helping you move your course materials online!
