Course Reserves | Fondren Library

Given the considerations to stem the spread of COVID-19, physical course reserves will not be available for the Fall 2020-Spring 2021 semesters.

Instead, all Course Reserves items are available online through Canvas course pages or through OneSearch.

Please don’t hesitate to ask questions you have about Course Reserves! Contact us by email at reserves@rice.edu or by phone at (713) 348-4021.

Video Digitization

OIT can digitize and post videos from Blu-rays, DVDs, and VHS tapes in your course’s Canvas site. This will make videos more accessible to your students and you can spend class time discussing videos rather than viewing them.

Rice Students

Rice Faculty

Physical course reserves will not be available for the fall 2020 semester.

For any Fondren scanning requests or assistance with procuring online items, the submission/request deadline is August 14th, 2020 in order for those items to be ready by the first day of fall classes. Of course you can add more items as the semester progresses.

There are limitations on digitizing items for reserve due to copyright law. For more information visit the Copyright and Fair Use LibGuide (https://libguides.rice.edu/c.php?g=45195&p=287353)
- For books, please limit your digitization request to a modest portion of the book (i.e. 1-2 chapters). Less than ten percent of the book is a good target.
- In some cases we can purchase an ebook which would allow full access to students. Please let us know if you wish us to check for an ebook version.
If you wish us to scan from your personal copy of a book, please mail or bring it to the Fonden Library Circulation desk and let us know exactly what you need.

You can build your course reading lists in Canvas using Fondren’s OneSearch tool with direct links to library full text holdings. To learn more about the new Resource List tool in Canvas, access the Leganto in Canvas tutorial. Leganto is a powerful course reserves system that is new through Fondren this year. It will greatly facilitate having online reserves material.

Policy Statement for Placing Materials on Course Reserves

Policy Rev. 08/2020

This policy has been established by the Course Reserves department and the Access Services Manager. We respectfully ask you to adhere to this policy. Any special circumstances should be brought to the attention of the Access Services Supervisor for Circulation/Course Reserves.

Readings for Rice University courses are placed on Course Reserves only at the request of an instructor, or by an instructor’s designated proxy.
Electronic copies of items (PDFs, videos, etc.) hosted by the library are subject to copyright law. Items will not be made available to students until the rights to do so are legally secured, and new rights must be secured each semester an item is hosted. For more information please check out the Copyright and Fair Use LibGuide (https://libguides.rice.edu/c.php?g=45195&p=287353).
Materials may be added to Course Reserves at any time during the semester as deemed necessary by the course instructor or their designated proxy. Requests made during the semester are usually available within two business days (Monday-Friday.)

Leganto in Canvas Tutorial