Faculty Guide to the Library

To put materials on course reserves or to request the purchase of textbooks or course readings, please complete the NEIU Libraries Reserves/Textbook Request Form.

Personal copies or items owned by the NEIU Libraries may be placed on reserve at the Circulation Desk.

• Items may have a reserve period of two hours (for use in the Library only), one day, two days, three days, one week, or one month, depending on the needs of the course.
• The library will not accept burned personal CD, DVD, or VHS copies of commercially available material.
• The library is not responsible for loss or damage to personal copies.
• Paper articles can be scanned into PDF files and returned to the faculty. The library does not accept paper copies of articles for reserve. The library does not host electronic reserves.
• Electronic articles in an online database will be provided as links to faculty to be shared on D2L.
• Any item not owned by the NEIU Libraries or a faculty member will not be placed on reserve.
• We reserve the right to determine whether or not items are acceptable for reserve.
• Please be aware that course reserve requests may take longer to process during busy times of the semester.

The NEIU Libraries will purchase textbooks or course readings by faculty request to be placed on reserve at the Circulation Desk.

• Library-purchased reserve textbooks will have a reserve period of two hours (for use in the library only).
• We reserve the right to determine whether or not the items will be purchased. 
• A new copy will not be purchased if the item is in the existing library collection or is already available on reserve as a personal copy.\

See also our page on affordable course materials and concerns over commercial textbooks.

If you have questions about using copyright-protected materials in the classroom, please visit The Campus Guide to Copyright Compliance for Academic Institutions from the Copyright Clearance Center.