The New School Library Electronic Reserves System provides access to course-related reading via the Internet for students enrolled in particular courses.

To access the electronic reserves system, students and faculty should go to the following URL:

http://ereserves.newschool.edu

Once there, look up the reserve reading by instructor name, department, course name or number. Access to the course pages is password protected. Instructors should inform the students enrolled in their classes of the password for each class. For copyright reasons, passwords are not to be shared with persons not enrolled in a particular class.

Appropriate E-Reserve Materials

Materials to be placed on electronic reserve must be in the legal possession of the Library or the instructor. Materials must meet the following criteria:   Clear readable text Single sided copies Each document gathered with a paper clip - not stapled Complete pages (no top or bottom lines etc. cut off) Accompanied by copies of the title and copyright pages along with book chapters A minimum of black space around each page Instructor provided electronic versions of documents should meet the same readability standards.   Materials to be placed on reserve must be accompanied by a list of complete bibliographic citations sorted by class session.

Fair Use Limitations

Materials must qualify under the fair use exemption (Section 107) of the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976. Accordingly, materials placed on electronic reserve:   May not exceed 20% of the larger work (book, journal, monograph, etc.) from which the excerpt has been taken May be comprised of unlimited URL's to freely-accessible web content May be comprised of unlimited articles available in the Library's online databases May be comprised of materials in the public domain (published prior to 1923 or U.S. Government publications) May be comprised of materials for which the faculty member is the copyright holder (writings, PowerPoint files, class notes, syllabi, etc.) Copyrighted materials that are designed to be consumed such as workbooks or exercises may not be placed on reserve. Electronic reserves will remain available throughout the semester, but will be removed once the semester is over. Materials placed on electronic reserves must not also be made available through a course pack purchased from a copy vendor. Materials on electronic reserve may also be placed on paper reserve at the library circulation desks.   For further information see the New School University's Fair Use Policy   The New School Library reserves the right to determine the appropriateness of materials submitted for electronic or paper reserve.

For assistance with electronic reserve, faculty and students should contact ereserves@newschool.edu.