Reserves: Digital, Physical, Electronic

Reserve Book program provides students with temporary access to textbooks until it is feasible for students to obtain their own copy.

Depending on ownership and copyright, content from Reserve Books may be made available in physical, licensed-electronic from a publisher, or locally-create digital formats.

Digital: Locally-created digital content, scanned from physical books.

 

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  • Partial (up to 10% of a copyrighted book)                    
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    • Based on existing case law, SJDC Library can provide access for SJDC students to scanned images of up-to 10% of a copyrighted book.             
    • Content from a book owned by the Library, or owned by the course instructor.             
    • Only SJDC students and staff; up to two hours viewing; no download             
    • Complete the Digital Reserves form to request digitization and access via OneSearch for up-to-10% of your print textbook and/or print supplemental course materials.             
                 
  • Complete (100% of a copyrighted cook)                          
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    • SJDC selectively provides controlled digital lending (CDL).             
    • CDL is online access to 100% of the content for physical books that the Library owes (but does NOT check out physically)             
    • Our implementation of CDL:                   
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      • Only SJDC students and staff                   
      • Up to two hours viewing online                   
      • No downloading                   
                    
    • Please contact your TrAC librarian to discuss CDL options.
    Physical: Traditional. Physical book in the Library, behind the Circulation Desk, one-hour/in-library use only
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    • Search to see if the Library already owns the physical book title in OneSearch (the SJDC Library Catalog)       
    • If the Library owns the book, email the Circulation Desk to request that the physical book be placed at the Reserve Desk.       
    • If you own the book, and want to place it on Physical Reserve, please print/complete Reserve Room Intake form and bring it to the Library along with the book.
      Electronic: A published e-book or e-textbook.
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    • Traditional textbook publishers generally will not license an e-textbook to any library.       
    • If you are using an OER or ZTC book, and would like SJDC Library to link to that content, we are enthusiastic to do this.       
    • SJDC Library has a large and growing e-book collection. (Small sample from OneSearch.)       
    • Some licensed e-books are appropriate for use as textbooks.       
    • We encourage faculty to consider using a licensed e-book from the Library's collection as a textbook. Please contact your TrAC librarian for details.       
    • SJDC Library strictly follows US Copyright Law. More details in this video.
    NOTE: Presuming that a copy of the book is available for scanning or other processing, pleas allow up to 7 working days for student access to Digital or Physical materials.