Students
Reserves (books, articles, DVDs, other material) are available at the NSCAD University Library Circulation Desk. You may borrow reserve material using your NSCAD student ID which becomes your library card. You can search the Novanet Catalogue, using the Reserves tab, to find out what is on reserve for your course or instructor.
Reserve Circulation and Availability
Books and individual copies of articles and chapters on reserve are available for 3 hours use in library and 1 hour use outside the library. Copying of these materials is permitted provided you follow fair dealing copying guidelines. DVDs are usually available for 24 hour loan.
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Faculty
Please supply a course syllabus when submitting material for reserve. This will enable us to have reserve items available to students when needed.
Requesting Items for Reserve
If you would like to request books, DVDs, or other media from the NSCAD library and VRC collections (including material available at other Novanet libraries), please email Reserves with your requests. If you need to have items purchased for your class reserves, please email Rebecca Young with those requests. Reserve requests are normally processed in the order in which they arrive at the library.
Reserve Circulation and Availability
Books and individual copies of articles and chapters on reserve are available for 3 hours use in library and 1 hour use outside the library. Copying of these materials is permitted provided you follow fair dealing copying procedures. DVDs are usually available for 24 hour loan.
Books, Exhibition Catalogues, DVDs, etc.
Items available from NSCAD University Library
If the items on your reserve form are available from the NSCAD Library they can usually be processed within 2-3 days. Items on loan will be recalled and placed on reserve when returned.
Items available from other Novanet Libraries
Items from other Novanet Libraries are only placed on reserve by permission of the owning Library. Please allow 7-10 days for processing if these items are on the shelf & slightly longer if the items are in circulation.
Individual Readings in Books or Journals
Individual readings can be photocopied and placed on reserve. As well, the original source (book, journal issue, etc.) may be placed on reserve and students may make a copy of the reading for their own use following fair dealing copying procedures.
Personal Copies of Books
Whenever possible, the Library purchases books requested for reserve rather than place personal copies on reserve. If a personal copy must be placed on reserve in the interim, the material will be barcoded with a label identifying the owner, a call number placed on the spine of the book, and a security strip added. We make every effort to safeguard Reserve material, however, the Library cannot accept responsibility for lost and/or damaged items.
Required Texbooks
Required textbooks can be placed on reserve.
Photocopied Material
Individual Articles or Chapters
Photocopies of individual articles or chapters may be placed on reserve and students only if:
* it is no more than 10% of a copyright-protected work; and
* no more than one chapter is copied from a single book, or a single article from a periodical.
Please provide a copy of the course syllabus with the articles and ensure that a full citation, including the author, publisher, and original source, appears on all photocopies. Note that whenever possible and available, the original source is placed on reserve which students may read in library, photocopy, scan etc. following fair dealing copying guidelines on campus.
In summary, items NOT eligible for reserve include:
- materials received through interlibrary loan;
- current issues of non-academic periodicals; and
- multiple short excerpts from the same copyright-protected work.
Contact
For assistance with reserves please send an email to reserves@nscad.ca
