Distance Education Librarian Dan Gall is normally available during Central Time business hours and will respond as soon as possible to any messages.

Contact Distance Education Librarian Dan Gall to provide instruction on doing research, evaluating information quality, using library resources or other information topics. I can provide instruction in off-campus locations in person, through online meetings, through online videos or whatever other method you use to communicate with your students.

Electronic reserves are accessed through the ICON system and can include journal articles and selections from books, though not the entire book, in the University of Iowa collection. Use the following tips to help the Course Reserves department help you put electronic items on reserve.

• You are responsible for determining if your reserve reading meets the fair use requirements of copyright.
• Articles and book chapters may be placed on electronic reserve, but not entire books.
• To facilitate effective workflow, please limit your reserve requests to 25 items. (You can make more than one request.)
• The Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, the Pomerantz Business Library and other University of Iowa libraries also provide reserve services for departments they support.
• If you are teaching an off-campus class or a class through Distance & Online Education, you can contact Distance Education Librarian Dan Gall for help with electronic reserves.

Steps for placing items on electronic reserve

Use the Course Materials+ system to create an editable and reusable list of readings, videos, audio files or whatever else you want to make available to your students. 

• Libraries' Course Reserve staff can manage licensing and renewing licenses for streaming video as needed. 
• Instructors can reuse lists of materials in subsequent semesters or other classes. Lists can be easily edited and updated.
• Libraries' Course Reserve staff can manage links and troubleshoot problems without needing access to your ICON site.
• Communicating a problem to Course Reserves staff directly through Course Materials+ includes information to help us quickly find and assess the problem.

UI Libraries Course Reserves

How to use Course Management+