Creation and Management of a Home-Grown Electronic Reserves System at an Academic Library: Results of a Pilot Project

Reserves, Electronic Reserves and Student Copying Practices at the University of Colorado, Boulder

“…Armstrong and Chalaron (2001) and Jacoby and Laskowski (2004) examine methods for gathering electronic reserve usage statistics, the latter also focusing on differing usage patterns between the two services, but neither addresses copying, printing or downloading issues. Laskowski and Ward (2001), while focusing primarily on staffing needs for electronic versus traditional print reserves, also compare the usage of electronic files with the use of paper copies of the same material, though again no mention is made of copying practices or copyright compliance-related behaviors. Additionally, Laskowski and Ward, as well as Chrzastowski (2001), examined the number of reserves students were willing to read in an electronic copy versus a print copy again without reference to printing or copying practices.…”

Electronic Reserves: A Centralized Approach to the Scanning Process

“…6 In successful trials of e-reserves, instructors for library reserves are submitting additional formats such as Microsoft PowerPoint slide shows. 7 Incorporating additional formats into e-reserves programs will change processing, but it is encouraging to see faculty embracing new services provided by libraries and pushing for every potential allowed by current technology. Once the material is delivered to the scanning unit, a log sheet or other agreed upon tracking record should be kept for items in transit between the smaller library unit and the unit scanning the materials on their behalf (see Table 1).…”

Management and the management of information, knowledge‐based and library services 2001

“…The University Library at Illinois University at Urbana-Champaign has developed an electronic reserves software system. Laskowski and Ward (2001) review the project and discuss issues including copyright and the digitisation process.…”