The Dalhousie Libraries are offering faculty a new service: an option to have links to licensed e-content added to your reading lists and uploaded to New OWL by Libraries’ Circulation staff, with copyright clearance obtained if necessary. These slides give detailed instructions!

1. Dalhousie Libraries eReserves Service
Library Readings in New OWL
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2. Course Reserves
Faculty now have 3 choices for Reserve materials:
NEW Option
Upload a course reading list using an online Reserve form, and Library staff
will:
• add persistent URLs to electronic items subscribed to by the Dal Libraries
• obtain copyright clearance for the scanning and posting of paper copies
• add Reserve desk location notes to items available only in print
• post the annotated reading list to your New OWL course space
Traditional Options
Complete the online or print form to have Library staff place materials on
traditional Library Reserve in one of the four Dalhousie Libraries
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3. How to Submit Course Reserve Requests
1. Go to the Course Reserves for Faculty webpage
http://libraries.dal.ca/locations_services/services/reserve_faculty.html
Click on the appropriate Reserve Materials Submission Form
Library-
specific
Reserve
materials
submission
forms
2. Drop off completed paper forms or lists at your preferred Library Circulation
Desk. Paper lists will be treated as traditional Library Reserves and will NOT be
uploaded to New OWL
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4. Log in with your Net ID (email username)
and Password
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5. Then you’ll see…
• Click “Continue”
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6. Read the Library Reserves Guidelines
Check/Edit your Personal Information
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7. Options for Course Reserves
• Select a Course or Create a New Course
• Fill in the Course Name & Number for a New Course
• Add the number of students and select the academic reserve term
• Select how you want to submit your reading list
Submit your reading list OR Fill in the form for traditional
for uploading to New OWL in-Library Reserves
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8. Traditional In-Library Reserves Option
• Fill in the required fields for an item on your reading list, click Add Item, repeat process for each
item
• Click the Copyright statement box when finished adding items
• Click Submit List
• Logout
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9. NEW OPTION: Upload Reading List for New OWL
• Click on the copyright agreement
• Upload your reading list, click Submit, receive confirmation
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10. Library Processing of Uploaded Reading Lists
 Circulation staff will ‘mark up’ your list, creating persistent links to electronic books and
articles when possible
 Material available in print will be scanned and PDFs placed in New OWL while copyright
permission is sought
 Books will be highlighted in blue with a note that they have been placed on in-Library
Reserve
Item sent to Intellectual Property
Assistant for copyright clearance
Link to licensed Dalhousie Libraries
electronic article
Book placed on in-Library
Reserve
Link to licensed Dal e-book
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11. Reading Lists Uploaded to New OWL
When reading lists and scanned PDFs are uploaded to New OWL, they
will be put in a staff-created READINGS section of the course space:
…and will look like this:
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12. Dalhousie Libraries can Provide URLs
to these Types of Electronic Material:
Licensed Materials: Electronic books and articles
available in databases purchased by the Dalhousie
Libraries, for use by Dalhousie students, faculty, and
staff. Persistent, proxied URLs will be provided to
this licensed material.
Open/Free Web Links: Links to material available
for free on the open Web.
Electronic material for which copyright clearance
has been requested and/or obtained.
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13. We Work with Paper as Well!
→ Our Intellectual Property Assistant will seek copyright
clearance for print material (articles, book chapters). These
materials will be scanned and PDFs uploaded to New OWL.
→ If copyright clearance cannot be obtained, the print material
will be placed on Reserve at the appropriate Library, and
instructors will be notified of the change.
→ To allow for timely processing, please submit your reading
lists at least 2 weeks prior to the beginning of classes.
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14. Contacts for More Information
Killam Memorial Kellogg Health Sexton Design &
Library Sciences Library Technology
Library
Sandra Dwyer Mary MacDonald Amanda Sparks
sandra.dwyer@dal.ca mary.macdonald@dal.ca amanda.sparks@dal.ca
494-2138 494-3895 494-6095
Jason MacDonald
Dalhousie Libraries Intellectual Property Assistant
jason.macdonald@dal.ca
494-3601
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