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Staff Guide to Rohrbach Library

Course Reserves

Course Reserves

The Rohrbach Library provides both Print Reserves and E-Reserves to make course materials easily accessible to students. Faculty may place library-owned or personal items on reserve for short-term use during the semester.

For Questions:

or help with either Print or E-Reserves, contact:
Dawn Boody
Reserves Management
📧 dboody@kutztown.edu | ☎️ 484-646-4177

Print Reserves

Reserve Print Collection (Books, Rocks and other non-electronics)

How to submit: 

If you have material you want on reserve, you can drop off print items (your personal copy or a library book) to be put on reserve at the Information Desk or submit a request online.

Content that can be put on reserve: 

  • You can have items from the library collection and items from your personal collections put on reserve. Acceptable items include books and dvds.

  • The library cannot place sample coursepacks on reserve.

Loan Periods: 

You can choose between: In-Library Use Only; Overnight; 3-Day; or 7-Day for each item. 

Turnaround time: 

Please allow two working days for materials to be added to the Reserve Collection.

Student access: 

  • Students must ask for specific material at the Information Desk.

  • All items in the Reserve Collection can be searched through the Library Catalog, where the "Location" for the item will be Reserve Collection.

E-Reserves & D2L

Electronic Reserve Collection

How to: 

Content: 

  • Materials generated by you, the professor, including syllabi, sample exams, answers to homework, etc.  

  • Journal articles and chapters of books within the limits of the current copyright laws.

Turnaround time: 

  • Please allow five working days for materials to be added to the Reserve Collection.

Student Access: 

Linking to your D2L: 

  • If you wish to link e-reserve articles to your D2L course page, just let us know and we will:

  • Check for copyright
  • Scan the material
  • Post the materials to e-reserves
  • Send you the links to post on your D2L