Faculty Services:
Reserves
Course Reserve Services for Faculty and Instructors
Reserves Overview
In addition to providing the Law School community easy access to approximately 600 widely used titles in our permanent reserve collection, the Harvard Law School Library also provides reserves support for all HLS courses. Support includes processing requests from faculty and locating or purchasing materials. The library also assists in digitizing print materials provided by faculty such as articles or sample exam answers for linking to course websites.
Submitting Course Reserve Requests
Please submit all requests through your course website. As of the Fall 2006 semester the Law School Library accepts course reserve submissions via the Library Reserve Reading List Tool, newly implemented as part of the MyHLS course management system. The Law School ITS Instructional Services created a helpful, and brief online tutorial on how to add reserve submissions. If you need technical assistance using the Library Reserve Reading List Tool, please contact the Law School ITS Instructional Services at is@law.harvard.edu, or Denise Grey at 495-8960.
For all other reserve related questions, contact
Mike Barker, Circulation Supervisor, at 495-8689 or mbarker@law.harvard.edu.
Please note that if you are unable to use the new Library Reserve Reading List Tool, the old online form remains functional during this transitional period.
Reserves Guidelines
The following items may be placed on Course Reserve:
- Law School Library Materials: All Harvard Law School Library print materials may be placed on reserve except case reporters, periodicals, loose-leaf materials, and materials from the Reference collection. If the Law School Library does not own the item, and it is considered a necessary part of coursework, items may be considered for purchase by the Library.
- Personal Copies of Books, Journals, or Other Media: Faculty may place personal copies of books, textbooks, videos, or periodicals on course reserve; however, the Library cannot guarantee the safety of these items (either by loss or mutilation).
- Course syllabi, Lecture Notes, Exams, Readings: Faculty may place copies of their course syllabus, lecture notes, exams/answers or other course readings on reserve. However, we strongly encourage that these items instead be placed on course websites in electronic format for more convenient student access. If you are in need of scanning services for this purpose, please contact Mike Barker, Circulation Supervisor, at 495-8689 or mbarker@law.harvard.edu.
The following items may NOT be placed on Course Reserve:
- Materials owned by other Harvard libraries
- Interlibrary Loan materials
- Case Reporters
- Reference Books
- Bound Journals or Single Issues of Periodicals
- Microfilm
- Loose-leaf Materials
Please Note:
- It is best to submit course reserve requests several weeks before the beginning of each semester. Lists are processed in order by date of receipt.
- Please keep in mind that all items will not be immediately available for use in the reserves collection. It may take several weeks to receive books that must be ordered or recalled from patrons. For items readily available in the collection, please allow 3-5 working days processing time during peak reserve season.
- Materials may be added throughout the semester.
- At the end of the semester, materials will automatically be removed from course reserve. Library items will return to the collection and personal copies will be returned to the instructor's delivery address or discarded. A new request must be submitted each time a course is offered.
Contact Information
Please direct all reserve questions or concerns to:
Mike Barker Circulation Supervisor Harvard Law School Library Langdell 262 Phone: (617) 495-8689 Email: mbarker@law.harvard.edu