Circulation of Reserve Materials
All faculty, staff and students with a valid, bar-coded ID from
any CLIC school may check out Reserve material. Macalester Reserve
items may also be checked out by Macalester alumni and neighbors
with barcoded IDs. All material may leave the library unless marked
otherwise. Faculty choose the appropriate loan period of 2 hours,
24 hours, 48 hours, or 7 days for each of their Reserve items.
One Reserve item may be checked out at a time; this is because
of the nature of the collection (high demand and low supply).
Within two hours of closing, one item may be checked out overnight,
but it must be returned by opening the following morning. Replacement
costs for lost books, reprints, CD's, and DVD's are the same as
for books in general circulation.
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Copyright Policies
Please
see Macalester's Copyright Policy on the web site for the Provost
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Electronic Reserve
Current faculty, staff and students may access electronic course
Reserve readings via the Macalester network. All readings will
be removed from the library course Reserve site at the end of
each term.
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Fines
Patrons are responsible for the timely return of all Reserve
materials, whether or not they receive any reminder or overdue
notices from the library. Overdue fines apply to Reserve materials
at the rate of $.25 per hour. For all items on Reserve, a first
notice will be sent out 24 hours after the item becomes overdue,
by email in most cases. A second notice will be sent out after
the next 24 hours, and the final notice 24 hours after that. Lastly,
the billing notice will be sent out 24 hours after the final notice.
If an overdue item generates a billing notice, and the material
is returned after this time, a $5 fine will remain on the patron's
account and is not refundable. Reserve items not returned will
generate a $65 charge.
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Holds
Holds may not be placed on Reserve material.
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Renewals
Most Reserve materials may be renewed at the Reserve desk. Reserve
staff may not be able to renew material if there are patrons waiting
for it. Material may not be renewed online, by telephone, or by
email. Materials must be presented at the Reserve desk to be renewed.
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Faculty and Staff Placing Material on Reserve
Acceptable Reserve materials include any Macalester book with
the exception of Reference or Archives material, and any personally-owned
material, including journal articles. Macalester periodicals,
whether current or bound, may not be placed on Reserve. Material
from other libraries may not be placed on Reserve. If Macalester
does not own a book, faculty may order a new book to be put on
Reserve. Material may be put on Reserve for two or more professors
and/or courses. Books that are checked out may be recalled if
needed for course Reserves.
Material to be placed on Reserve must be brought to the Reserve
Desk. We do not have the staff to retrieve material from the stacks
or to make photocopies. We process materials in order received.
Materials will be processed within eight working days.
Photocopied or reprinted materials may not be placed on Reserve
for consecutive semesters without the permission of the copyright
holder. Only photocopied material that is deemed within the Fair
Use guidelines, or material for which proof of permission is provided,
may be processed for Reserve. Given enough time, Reserve staff
will attempt to secure copyright permission. For additional information
see the Library's Reserves
Web page.
