The Library maintains a traditional reserve collection, which is housed behind the Circulation Desk, and an electronic reserve collection, which is available online. 

Material for both collections can be searched for in Albert, the online catalog. Material from the electronic reserve collection can be linked to GaelLearn and we will create the link for you. 

General Guidelines

Requests to put items on reserve (traditional or electronic) should be submitted at least two business days (Monday – Friday) before the material will be needed, possibly longer at the beginning of the term when we are busiest.  Requests can be submitted online or at the Library using the necessary form.

Library staff can pull and process SMC-owned material for you.  Please bring personal copies of material to the Circulation Desk along with the completed reserve forms. You must make your own photocopies if needed and please include complete citation information with each item. Note that we will attach clear tape to the spine and inside back covers of books and/or video jackets to accommodate the reserve labels. These will be removed before materials are returned to you, but the clear tape will remain.

We recommend that loose-leaf reading materials are offered via the electronic reserve collection (ERes). Bring your material to the Library and we will do the scanning for you. If ERes is not used, we recommend the materials be bound to deter removal of items from the packet. Campus Duplicating Services provides this service. Unbound packets that are not offered via ERes will be placed in library-provided 3-ring binders. We suggest at least two copies be provided for loose-leaf materials.

If books or other items need to be purchased for Reserve, please request them from your library subject selector at least six weeks in advance of when they will be needed. List of Librarian Subject Selectors.

At the end of the semester, or the end of the Reserve period if sooner than the end of the semester, materials are automatically removed from reserves. Library materials are returned to the stacks and faculty will be reminded to pick up their personal items. Unclaimed items will be returned to you through campus mail or delivered to the department office. The Library does not assume responsibility for materials not retrieved in person.