This fall the Robert W. Woodruff Library (RWWL) of the Atlanta University Center will begin a semester-long pilot program that will allow faculty to put course materials on electronic reserves (e-reserves) and students to retrieve them via the Internet from any location
As an alternative to the traditional course reserve process, RWWL will pilot an “e-reserves” program. Using the new service, faculty can submit journal articles and other selected course materials to library staff, who will then scan and post the resulting PDF documents to the course reserves listings in the library’s online catalog. Using their library remote access accounts, students can read or print out the materials from any computer with Internet access
“Electronic reserves provide a flexible research and study alternative,” said Monica Riley, RWWL Interlibrary Loan Librarian and the e-reserves pilot program coordinator. “Remote access to the library means students can use the Internet to access e-reserves 24 hours a day, seven days a week, not just during the regular hours of operation.”
Users may print e-reserve documents if necessary
As with traditional reserves, all materials placed on e-reserves must comply with copyright laws. However, when needed, library staff can assist faculty in obtaining clearance to use copyrighted materials for e-reserves. Faculty and students interested in the pilot program should contact Monica Riley, E-Reserves Pilot Program Coordinator, at 404-978-2025/mriley@auctr.edu or William Holt, Head of Circulation, at 404-978-2048/weholt@auctr.edu
Grant-funded work will take place throughout
calendar year 2006 and into 2007. For more
information on the Mellon grant project, contact
the Robert W. Woodruff Library at 404-978-2114.
About
the Library
Constructed in 1982,
the Robert W. Woodruff Library is an
independent
entity
organized and operated for the exclusive benefit
of
its member institutions—Clark Atlanta
University, the Interdenominational Theological
Center, Morehouse College and Spelman College.
These colleges and universities represent the
world’s
largest consortium of historically black institutions
of higher learning. The
Library serves a combined student body of more
than 10,000.