Purpose
The Library reserve collection consists
of materials listed as primary
references in the MUSM Study Guides, the clerkship reading lists, and
items placed on reserve as temporary materials for student use. Reserve items
supplied by faculty are assigned temporary item numbers for the reserve
collections. The
reserve collection consists of models and specimens in
heavy demand during a phase. The reserve service is designed to ensure that
every student in the class has equal access to assigned material.
Location
Reserve materials are located behind the
Circulation Desk in the Library.
Eligible
Collections
Materials that may be placed on reserve are: books
or audiovisual materials from the MUSM Library's circulating collection,
photocopies of articles, personal or departmental copies of books, or special
items such as previous examinations, pamphlets, clippings, charts and
unpublished materials.
The MUSM Library cannot assume
responsibility for the loss of or damage to personal and/or photocopied
materials.
Photocopies
Copies of articles to be placed on reserve must be
supplied by the faculty member. Due to copyright restrictions, no more than one
copy of each title per 15 students in the class may be placed on
reserve.
Availability
Standard checkout of reserve items is four hours.
However, four hours before closing, reserve materials may be checked out for
overnight use provided they are returned one hour after reopening. Clerkship
Reserve 2 items may be checked out for the entire length of the clinical
rotation.
Procedure For Placing
Materials On Reserve
All requests for new editions, new titles, and new
software to be listed in the Study Guide, and thus placed on reserve, must be
received at least three weeks prior to the start of the phase to allow
enough time for ordering and cataloging these materials. Otherwise, the MUSM
Library cannot guarantee that materials will be available when
they are needed.
All material on reserve in the Library,
regardless of its origin, will have a barcode attached. All items placed on
reserve remain on reserve for the length of the phase or rotation only. Items
are then returned to the general library collection or to the faculty member
who provided them.
Faculty members who supply photocopied materials
to be placed on temporary reserve are advised that
it is their responsibility
to obtain permission from the copyright holder. A sample letter and
request form are available in
PDF and Microsoft Word formats.
Please contact the Medical Library at 301-4056 or
by email at
reference.ill@gain.mercer.edu
for assistance in locating the copyright holder for a given resource. The
Library will help with publisher or author contact information but
cannot be
responsible for obtaining permissions. Requesting permission to place
items on reserve is the responsibility of the faculty member who cites the item
in the Study Guide, whether the item is available in print or electronically.
Any permission fees incurred are also the responsibility of the faculty member
or his/her department.
See the Libraries' Copyright site for more information.
Faculty
who are teaching MPH or MFT classes and wish to put items on reserve in the
Library should use the request form available
(here).
Electronic
Reserves
If a faculty member wishes to make copyrighted
reserve materials available electronically for students, he/she must first
obtain copyright permission as above, and then provide a copy of the item to
MUSM Senior Web Developer Michelle Bliss; email
bliss_m@mercer.edu, for
posting.
See the Libraries' Copyright site for
more information.
Each phase, the Library links the BMP and
Community Medicine Phase Study Guides to materials to which the library has
electronic access.
The Library would be happy to create links to
materials to which the library has electronic access for any other MUSM
department or program. Simply provide us with a copy of the appropriate Study
Guide or syllabus at least three weeks prior to the start of the
program/class.