Electronic reserve gives students access to reserve materials over the Internet twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, using Adobe Acrobat Reader and other applications which most computer users already have or which may be downloaded at no cost.

Conversion of paper documents

Reserve staff can convert paper reserve materials to an electronic facsimile. Paper documents MUST be single-sided and free of creases, holes, staples, etc. Otherwise, processing may be delayed because of scanner jams and/or re-copying.

Electronic Submission

Submission in electronic form will help us make your documents available more quickly. New submissions may be:

1. Scanned and converted to PDF format, or Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or similar electronic files, and e-mailed to ereserve@txstate.edu or brought to the Reserve Desk on a floppy or zip disk. Be sure to provide your department name and course number.

OR

2. DocuFax. The fax number is 512-245-0061. Please complete the Electronic Reserve Fax Form for each document (title) to be submitted and click the “send” button on the form to alert Reserve staff that a fax document is being submitted. After sending the fax form, you will have the option to print a copy of your request which may be used as a cover sheet for your fax transmission.

Access

Depending upon the volume of requests for electronic reserve, particularly at the beginning of the semester, it may be a few days before your documents are accessible.

After we process your material, we will send you the course password(s) and instructions on accessing the electronic reserve web site. Course password protection helps us comply with copyright law.

Fair Use Restrictions

Finally, these guidelines regarding Fair Use Provisions of the United States Copyright Law will be applied:

Exams, syllabi, lecture notes, journal articles, a few book chapters, charts and maps are acceptable material for electronic reserve.

The Reserve Desk staff will not place materials on electronic reserve if the nature, scope, or extent of copying is judged to exceed reasonable limits of fair use.

Contact Us

For more information, email us ereserve@txstate.edu, or call the Reserve Desk at 512-245-3894, or visit us on the 3rd floor of the Alkek Library.