Course Reserves: Information for Faculty
How to Request Reserves
Electronic Reserves and reading lists
Use the Leganto reading list platform to create course lists each semester. Through the Leganto interface, you can utilize licensed e-books, articles, and streaming media from the library’s collections to provide efficient and affordable access to course materials, or upload/link to any files, web links, or other open resources.
- Explore Leganto Information for Faculty to get started.
- When choosing materials, we highly encourage selecting electronic resources that are licensed by the library or are Open Educational Resources (OERs). See the Linking to Resources guide for information about linking to materials in the library’s databases and the Affordable Course Materials guide to identify OERs.
Print reserves and textbooks
Use Leganto to place on reserve print books owned by Snell Library (Boston) or F.W. Olin Library (Oakland) or textbooks & course packs provided by the instructor as personal copies.
Print reserves are held behind the Help & Information Desk at Snell Library (Boston) and the F.W. Olin Library Circulation Desk (Oakland) for the duration of the semester and made available to students for a restricted loan period (either 3 hours or 24 hours, at the instructor’s discretion).
- Faculty can drop off their personal copies in person at any point during the semester.
Media
Assigning media materials that are available in the library’s streaming collection is recommended for most efficient access; links to films and other streaming content can be placed in Leganto directly from the Library Catalog.
- Snell Library retains a small DVD collection on site; students who require a DVD player to view reserve materials in the library will need to schedule space with the Recording Studios.
Request a Purchase
If you would like to request something for course reserves that the Library doesn’t currently own, use our recommend a purchase form. Make sure to indicate that the item is needed for course reserves and include the course name and number.
What Happens to Reserve Materials When the Semester Is Over?
The Library’s course reserve system is maintained on a semester-by-semester basis. Leganto reading lists may be deactivated and returned to draft format at the end of each semester unless otherwise requested
- To re-activate a reading list that you have used for reserve in past semesters, please roll over your list to the new course in Canvas and re-submit the list to the library or re-submit your list directly via the Leganto homepage (if you aren't connected to Canvas).
- Between semesters, all library-owned print reserve items that have not been requested for extension will be taken off reserve and restored to general circulation in our stacks collection.
Contact Information
Boston Campus
Oakland Campus
Copyright
Library staff accept course reserve materials in compliance with U.S. Copyright Law and the provisions of fair use.
Our course reserve service supports the teaching activities of Northeastern University. The Northeastern University Library exercises the right to determine conditions of use and to refuse materials for reserve for legal or other reasons.