Hi everyone,
I have a question for those who work in an academic setting. Our library is
evaluating the way we handle reserves. I am wondering what other college
libraries do. Is there one staff member in charge? If so, what department does
this fall under? Or (if you use a liaison program)
Right now we have designated staff handling reserves and they are located in
Circulation.
We're piloting a program this year where subject specialists are give access to
Ares, our Reserve software program, and trained to handle links to full text
and streaming ematerial.
So far so good on the
Here at Temple, we use ARES. Media items are routed separately and I process
those requests independently of circ/access services. Purchases for reserves
can be sent to acquisitions via liaisons, but usually I submit the purchase
requests as they arrive through either aries or in the form of
I'm confused - did you mean who does the processing of reserve items, or
purchasing items that are to go on reserve?
We have a staff person who does traditional and electronic reserves. Our
subject selectors order books for their areas, but they rarely know whether a
faculty member is going to
Hi Rhonda,
I initially meant the processing of reserves, but I am interested in all facets
related to reserves (including how purchase requests for reserves are handled).
Thank you to all who have given feedback so far - this is really helpful!
Juliet
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Juliet Dayday
Acquisitions Coordinator
