Q. What are the guidelines and policies for using course reserve materials?

In Western Libraries, material on reserve can be used in the Reserve area. To be removed from the Reserve area all items must be checked out. Your Western Card is required to borrow any library material, including material on reserve.

Course Reserve Loan periods: 

• Physical Print materials - 3 hours, 1 day, 3 days, or 7 days 

• DVDs and other media - 1 day 

• Ebooks – usually 1 day (determined by publisher) 

• Digital reserves can be checked out for 3 hours by clicking on the chapter title on the OneSearch catalog page (you must be logged in to see the clickable buttons). If an item is currently in use, an email-based waitlist option will appear. If no one is waiting, renewals are available. 

• Chapter scans and other scanned materials are provided as searchable PDFs and are intended for use by currently enrolled students under Section 107 of U.S. copyright law.

• in the Music Library, all items on Course Reserve are two-hour/in-library use only. 

• Fines are charged for overdue course reserve items at a rate of $2.00 per hour.

For more information on course reserves see https://library.wwu.edu/loan-periods-fines-fees and https://library.wwu.edu/reserves-students