Perkins Library Guidelines for Submitting Reserve Materials
Please print Word forms and submit with your Reserve items.
E-Reserves
Perkins Books
Lilly Books
Videos
- Online Film & Video Request forms
Electronic Reserves allows authorized Duke users to access supplementary course reading materials online, and a list of physical items (ie. Books, etc.) on reserve are located here. Items are organized alphabetically by professor, then course number, then author and finally, title..
General Instructions
- To place books on reserve at Lilly, please see Faculty Guidelines for Establishing Course Reserves at Lilly Library
- Please allow sufficient lead time for processing. Material submitted at the last minute may not be available when desired.
- Items should be identified for reserve cataloging in the same manner as on your syllabus. Students should know specifically what to ask or search for.
- Please print the forms listed above and submit with your Reserve items.
E-Reserves
- All photocopies should be printed single-sided on 8.5x11" paper.
- Please provide the full bibliographic citation for each e-reserve document on the first page of each article.
- Please do not staple documents together; we have to remove staples before scanning. Use paper clips instead (we can provide these for you).
- Each photocopy should be no longer than 25 pages, to ensure smooth feeding through the scanner. If your photocopy exceeds this page length, please divide the article into parts.
- Try to eliminate black margins and gutters on photocopies - these marks darken once the document is scanned, and toner is wasted when the document is printed.
- Articles currently accessible on the Internet or via the library’s electronic databases may not be placed on e-reserve.
- In consideration of the fair use exception to U.S. copyright law, we can only place limited portions of a work on reserve. For more information about copyright, please contact Kevin Smith.
- Please note that items not in use during a particular semester will be removed from Reserve.
Books & Instructors' Materials
- Instructors are welcome to place personal copies of materials on Reserve, at their discretion.
- Please note, we cannot be held responsible for books that are lost.
- We cannot place coursepacks, videos, reference books, or materials from the Medical Center Library or Ford Library on Reserve.
- If you would like to place a book on Reserve and the library does not own a copy, please speak to the Reserves Assistant to arrange purchase of the item.
NOTICE: The information stored in the Electronic Reserves database is protected under the Copyright Laws of the United States (Title 17 U.S. Code) governing the making of photocopies of copyrighted material. The person using this system is liable for any infringement. For more in-depth information see Access to Copyrighted Materials on Reserve.
Please contact Perkins Reserves with questions.
perkins-reserves@duke.edu * (919) 660-5885 * Campus Box 90173
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Perkins Circulation Desk: 919-660-5870