Placing Materials on Reserve

E-Reserves

Electronic Reserves allow authorized Duke users to access supplementary course reading materials.  Documents may be printed for personal use. 

To place material on E-Reserves:

• Submissions for electronic reserves are sent directly to the Perkins Library Reserves Department. Lilly staff will forward e-reserves materials and completed forms to Perkins, or you may send them directly to Campus Box 90173. For complete information about E-Reserves, consult Reserves Guidelines.

To access E-Reserves:

• Search Course Reserves in the Library Catalog
• Blackboard

Film and Video Reserves

Film and video reserve forms can be completed to place films and videos on reserve for a semester at Lilly Library. Films may also be reserved for classroom showings using a classroom showing reserve form.

Lilly Book Reserves

To place books on reserve at Lilly:

• Reserve forms are available at the Lilly Main Desk.
• You may also print and bring the completed forms to the Lilly Main Desk:
•  Reserve Form (Front)
  
•  Reserve Form (Back)

Open and Closed Reserves

Books on Open Reserves are shelved in Room 113 (Current Periodicals)and are available for use in the building; the books are not checked out and may not leave the library.

Books on Closed Reserves are located behind the circulation desk and are available for check-out for the length of time designated by the instructor.

Tips for Placing Materials on Reserve

• Please allow sufficient time for processing so that items are available when students need to access them
• If possible, bring Reserve items to Lilly between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday
• Choose one reserve location per course so that students may find materials easily.
• To place books on reserve on west campus, see Perkins Library Guidleines for Submitting Reserve Materials.

Additional questions? Please e-mail lilly-requests@duke.edu, or call 660-5995.