This is a reminder that Reserve items must stay in the library (unless they are a 1-day or 3-day loan) and cannot leave the library without the permission of the faculty member who has placed the item on Reserve. Sometimes a faculty member wants to borrow an item that another faculty member has placed on reserve. It is critical that we ask permission first — feel free to ask the faculty member to inquire directly with the other professor re: special permission. We had an unfortunate incident recently involving a Reserve DVD at Music — the item was not available for the professor to use and it affected a class presentation that day.
Please ask a supervisor if you’re ever unsure about loaning out a Reserve item. On a similar note, please alert a supervisor if a Reserve item is overdue, and we will follow up with the borrower immediately, and also alert the faculty member if the item is severely overdue. Communication is key! Thanks for your help with this.
I assume that when asking permission from the faculty member who placed the item on reserve that we do so anonymously, correct? In other words, we don’t say “Prof. So-and-so” wants to borrow this (violating patron confidentiality rules) but rather, another prof.?
This begs a larger question – are reserves limited to members of the class placing the item on reserve? Are we to ask every borrower if they are in the class, and then request permission if they are not?
Hi Terry, good questions. We prefer to have the faculty member follow up directly with the professor who placed the item on Reserve. If Circ needs to serve as the middle person, we would only share the name of the faculty member if we were given permission to do so.
Reserves are available to the College community for the set loan period: 2 or 4 hours, or 1 or 3 days, depending on the item. If someone needs an item for longer, that’s when we loop in the faculty member who placed it on Reserve so we can figure out how to accommodate the teaching needs of everyone involved.