Course Reserves

Spring 2024 semester: Friday, January 5th

Faculty are strongly encouraged to submit course reserve processing requests by the deadline date. All submissions after the deadline date will be processed in order of receipt and may take longer for processing after classes have begun. In addition, any course reserve requests that include new library purchases may take up to 2 weeks for processing.

Course reserve processing requests after classes have begun may take up to 7 business days for processing. 

Electronic Reserves Guidelines (for articles, book chapters, e-books, streaming video, streaming music)

Faculty can submit electronic reserve requests by sending requests via email to adamsreserves@ric.edu. Electronic reserves processing is available for book chapters, articles from bound periodicals, e-books, e-journals, streaming video, streaming music and photocopied material. Faculty can submit items already in electronic format via adamsreserves@ric.edu. Electronic format now available for electronic reserves include: pdf, jpg, gif, tiff, doc, ppt, html files and urls.

• Chapters from books and articles from bound periodicals can be scanned by Reserves staff. There is a 50 page limit per chapter or article.
  
• All photocopies must be submitted with complete bibliographic information.
• Photocopies must meet the following criteria: 8 1/2 x 11 paper, single-sided, legible font, and no staples only paper clips.
• Once photocopied material has been made available via e-reserves, photocopies will be returned to faculty.
• For articles from electronic journals, book chapters from e-books, streaming video or streaming music that the library subscribes to, faculty need only to submit a citation - Reserves staff will link to these items.

Reserves lists will be removed at the end of the semester, unless Reserves staff are notified to do otherwise. 

Faculty should use the Course Reserve Request form to submit reserve processing requests.

• A copy of only one article from any one journal, one periodical, or one newspaper issue
• A copy of only one chapter or not more than 10% from the whole book or other monograph
• A copy of only one poem, short story, or essay from a single volume whether or not from a collected work

Repeated use of reproductions from sources not owned by the Adams Library by the same professor for the same course in subsequent semesters requires that Adams Library either purchase the item or purchase permission from the copyright owner to use the item again. In those instances the Reserve staff will attempt to purchase permission via Copyright Clearance Center.