The Sherrod Library electronic reserve service offers students a way to access course materials 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The service began as a pilot program last fall and is now in full swing.
Jimmy Malone, acting circulation supervisor, said that the feedback was good from the pilot program in the fall, but the number of faculty members using the e-reserves is lower than expected.
The e-reserves differ from the traditional reserves in that with the service, students can directly access course materials, which are made available through the Internet. “Students like the fact that they can access this from their home computer,” Malone said.
The materials are available electronically through two formats: scanned documents converted to Adobe Acrobat Reader files and full-text articles made available through leased data base subscriptions.
From the library’s online catalog, students can find the course reserve search area and search for materials by the instructor’s name or by the specific class.
For the purpose of copyright law compliance, the e-reserve materials are only available to ETSU students and faculty and authentication as a campus user is required.

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