Teaching & Scholarship Support
Setup Course Reserves
Instructors can place materials on Reserve to give students reliable access to high-demand items through short loan periods.
Students: Find your course’s reserve materials by searching LibrarySearch by instructor name or course name
Placing items on reserve
How to place items on reserve
- Library-held items.
- Either:
- add the item to your course Reading List using the Reading List Tool and specify you want it added to Reserves OR
- send an email to libcirc@mtroyal.ca to make the request OR
- if the item is in your possession, please bring it to the Service Desk to be placed on reserve.
- Either:
- Instructor or department owned items.
- Must be accompanied by:
- Bring both form and the item to the Service Desk.
- Information about the status and usage of course reserves is available upon request.
- For questions, contact the Service Desk at libcirc@mtroyal.ca or 403.440.6019
- See our FAQ for instructions on finding items already on reserve.
Related services
Digitization of required course videos
The Library can digitize DVDs and VHS tapes for streaming use in courses if conditions are met.
Reading list tool (Leganto)
Easily add Library-owned items to Reserve, request digitization, and link materials in D2L.
Syllabus service and permalinks
Permalinks provide reliable access to articles, ebooks, ejournals, and databases, and ensure proper MRU authentication.
Library staff can create permalinks for you through the Syllabus Service, or you can create them yourself using our permalink instructions.
Reserve guidelines
Library guidelines for materials that can be placed on reserve.
- Intended for high demand items.
- Allowed on reserve:
- Original publications (textbooks, monographs, print journals, etc.)
- Whole books (instead of individual chapters)
- Not eligible:
- Online journal articles licensed by the library (see permalinks instead - below)
- Freely available web resources
- See Excerpt Digitization for options under fair dealing (e.g. adding limited sections to D2L).
- If appropriate books not owned by the Library may be purchased for the collection on an expedited basis and placed on reserve.
Copyright
Copyright support
Copyright-related FAQs for course reserves are available through the Copyright LibGuide, and additional help is available from the Copyright Advisor.