Course Reserves
Students: click here for a guide to accessing Reserve materials
Faculty members may place personally-owned or APU-owned books and media items on traditional Reserve, or scanned copies of journal articles on Electronic Reserve, for the special limited use of the students in their classes. Requests to have materials placed on Reserve should be made at least 72 hours before the items are needed so that Circulation staff can prepare the materials for use.
Materials will be placed on reserve at the request of faculty for the noncommercial, educational use of students. The libraries reserve the right to refuse Electronic Reserve materials if the nature, scope, or extent of copying is judged to exceed limits of fair use, or if the appropriate permissions are not included.
At the end of each academic year, all materials will be removed from Reserve unless other arrangements have been made. Subsequent use of electronic reserves is subject to copyright permissions being granted. It is the Instructor’s responsibility to request these copyright permissions and pay any fees involved.
Traditional Reserves
Book reserves are placed in the library of your choice, although Media Reserves must be placed in the Media Center in Marshburn Library. Faculty members may submit personal copy materials for Reserves, but do so at their own risk. Bar codes and labels are normally placed on personal copy traditional Reserve materials. If you would prefer to not have them placed on personal items, please notify the Circulation Coordinator of this fact. All personal Reserve materials should be picked up at the end of each semester unless other arrangements have been made in advance with the Circulation Coordinator.
Electronic Reserves
Electronic Reserve (e-Reserves) allows access to scanned materials online rather than through the traditional circulating method at the library. Access is password-protected for the students in your class only. Azusa Pacific University Libraries' policy for reserve collections is derived from the fair use guidelines of the United States Copyright Act of 1976.
Photocopied or scanned copies are limited to one chapter from a book (not to exceed 10% of the text); one article from any one issue of a journal; one short story, short essay, short poem, or case study from an anthology; one chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon, or picture from a book, journal or newspaper. Items must fall within the scope of the “fair use” copyright guidelines or be accompanied by appropriate copyright permission forms. Sample papers or projects from students must be accompanied by a Student Project Permisssion Form for each project. Items can include:
- Class syllabi
- Class notes
- Homework
- Sample student papers or projects (with required permission form)
- Sample or practice exams
- Copies of journal articles or book chapters, with proper copyright compliance forms if applicable
- Links to electronic journal articles or e-books if subscribed to by APU’s libraries.
Photocopied articles or PDF files may be submitted at any Azusa campus library along with the required eReserve Request form. Copies should be in the following format:
- black-on-white
- single-sided
- 8 ½” x 11” with at least ½” of white margin on all sides (no black margins)
Contact Information
| Darling Reserves | Myrna Brown | (626) 815-6000 x5060 |
| Marshburn Reserves | Cheryl Chesler | (626) 815-6000 x3274 |
| Media Center Reserves | Valery Zhakevich | (626) 815-6000 x3276 |
| Stamps Reserves; Regional Center Reserves | Doane Wylie | (626) 815-6000 x5672 |
