Materials can be on reserve in one of two reserve locations, the Reserve Room on the first floor of the library or the Media Center which houses all Conservatory reserves and all audiovisual reserves. If you, as an instructor, need to use a media center reserve item for class, please charge it out for a specific time period at the reserve counter of the circulation desk. All other reserve materials are kept in the reserve room adjacent to the circulation desk. For materials to leave the reserve room, even for photocopying, they MUST be charged out. Photocopies are kept behind the circulation desk and must be checked out.
Instructors designate reserve loan periods of two hours or three days.
The reserve room also contains an area of permanent reserve materials provided by academic departments and organizations. However, during busy times, such as the first week of classes, this may not be possible. Please keep this in mind when assigning reserve readings to your students. The blue reserve cards are returned to the instructors at the end of each term when materials are removed from the reserve areas. After these materials are brought to the circulation desk or media center service counter, they are catalogued for reserve and receive barcodes and magnetic detection strips.