Do-It-Yourself for Course Reserves: A Student-Driven Service in an Academic Library
Abstract
Texas A&M University Libraries has been hard at work putting the power of course reserves in the hands of its users. Reserves services have traditionally been restrictive, granting only faculty the authority to place items on reserve or allowing students access to items only after they have been checked out. From faculty adding streaming content to their e-reserves to students having hands-on access to their course reserves, this article tells the story of how an academic library system is allowing its patrons to "do it themselves."
Description
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an Article published in the Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve, volume 20, issue 5, 2010, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/1072303X.2010.520264Subject
course reservesdo-it-yourself
DIY
academic libraries
self-service
e-reserves
student
faculty
empowerment
open access
courseware