You must add a tag for a loan period when requesting physical books for Course Reserve.

Library staff is notified that a book needs to be processed for the Course Reserves shelf after your list is sent to the library with the desired loan period tag. The book must still be checked out at (and returned to) the service desk, but will only be available for your selected loan period time. Your students will see that time restriction in the reading list and on the book upon checkout.

Click on the book title to expand for additional options. Choose "Add Tag" to select the appropriate Loan Period time.

Every physical item requested for Course Reserve at the Main Library should have one of the following loan periods assigned:

• 2-hour loan
• 4-hour loan
• 1-day loan
• 3-day loan

When determining the loan period for each item, please consider the following:

• Is this resource affordable? Are students likely to purchase/rent?
• Is this resource also available in electronic format through the Libraries?
• Is this a required or optional resource?
• How much of the content will students have to read? The whole book or only part of it? Is the expectation that students will scan the part(s) they need?
• How long does it take for students to read the content they need to engage with?
• Will the resource be used for assignments?

2- and 4-hour loan periods ensure that no one student will keep the resource for a long time, making it available for other students to use. However, items with shorter loan periods usually can only be used in the library, which can be hard for some students to do.