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Reserves Guidelines (Music Library)

Guidelines for Reserve Requests

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When to submit reserves

In order to ensure availability for the first day of classes, please submit completed reserve requests to library staff by the following dates:

  • Spring semester: December 1
  • Summer II: May 15
  • Fall: July 15

Reserve requests submitted after those dates and/or missing basic information will be processed as soon as possible.
Please allow at least two weeks for requests submitted during the first three weeks of a semester and three to five days for requests submitted after that point.

Format of requests

Music Library staff accept reserve requests in any format convenient to the faculty member that contains legible and complete information (see appropriate section(s) below). Possibilities include:

If possible, please include a copy of your course syllabus for Variations processing.

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Who to contact about reserves questions

  • Bill Hudson is the Reserves Coordinator. Please contact him if you have questions or special requests.

  • The email address musiclib_reserves@indiana.edu sends your message to Bill and all the students working on reserves processing. This is one of the most reliable methods of communication for ensuring that someone will deal with your request as soon as possible.

  • Carla Williams, Head of User Services, is also available to help you with questions and concerns about reserves.

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Open Reserves (Shelved in the Reserve Room)

One copy of a book or score owned by the library may be placed on open reserve for a class. These items will be shelved in the Reserve Room of the library and may be used by students in the library or charged out of the library for two hours.

If you would like materials placed on open reserve, please provide the following information for each item requested. Library staff will be available to help you if you need assistance.

  • Instructor:
  • Course Number:
  • Author/composer:
  • Title:
  • Relevant Edition And Publication Information:
  • Call Number:

Exceptions: Reference items (including M2s and M3s) and PED scores will not be placed on reserve.

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Personal/Closed Reserves (Shelved Behind the Circulation Desk)

If you have personal materials that you wish to place on reserve for your students, they will be shelved in the closed reserve area behind the circulation desk. Circulation of these materials will be within the library only. Please provide the following information when submitting items for closed reserve. Remember that your students will have to request these materials from library workers, so it is helpful if we have the same information you give your students.

  • Instructor:
  • Course Number:
  • Author/composer:
  • Title:

* At the close of each semester, personal items will be removed from personal reserves and placed on a temporary storage shelf.
Please collect these items at the end of each semester.

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E-Reserves

When requesting or providing photocopied articles for reserves, please provide the following information:

  • Instructor:
  • Course Number:
  • Author:
  • Title Of Article:
  • Original Location Of Article: (Complete Bibliographic Citation)
  • Call Number: (Particularly when not submitting photocopy)

    Submitting photocopies will result in a more expeditious processing of E-Reserves.
    Photocopies must be accompanied by a legible full citation, or by a photocopy of the title page of the journal or book from which the article is taken.

    To access the E-Reserves System follow this link: http://ereserves.indiana.edu/

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Sound Recordings

Sound recordings from the Music Library's collection will be digitized by library staff and made available online via the VARIATIONS project. If you would like audio materials made available for your classes, please provide the following information for each item requested.

  • Instructor:
  • Course Number:
  • Author/composer:
  • Title Of Work or Excerpt Needed For Reserve
  • Call Number:

Due to system limitations, library staff are able to digitize only 10-12 hours of music daily. In order to ensure that your students have access to their listening materials when they need them, please:

  • Turn in your requests by the deadline for the upcoming semester.
  • Consult with the reserves staff to determine priorities and timelines for extensive reserve requests. We may not be able to finish the entire list, but we can begin with the items you need early in the semester.
  • Whenever possible, choose a recording that has already been digitized. The IUCAT display for previously digitized items will contain a URL pointing to a sound file:
    Example: http://www.music.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/var/access?AAS5227
    For help searching IUCAT for digitized recordings see: Locating and Listening to Sound Recordings Online

Compact discs from the general collection that match sound files on VARIATIONS will be placed on reserve and shelved in the Reserve Room of the Music Library. If the physical CD is not required in the reserves room, please notify us accordingly. If the CD list is especially long, it is up to the discretion of the Reserves Coordinator as to whether or not the CDs will be placed in the reserves room.

In cases where the online selection has been digitized from an LP, reel-to-reel tapes, or an archival sound collection (Ehret, Ross Allen, IU performances, etc.) the online version will be the only one available.

If you choose to provide cassette copies of listening examples, please arrange to have prepared and labeled copies delivered to the Music Library at least two weeks before your students need them.

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Videorecordings

Videorecordings from the Music Library's general collection may be placed on reserve for classes. These items will be shelved in the Reserve Room of the library and may be used by students in the library.

If you would like videorecordings placed on reserve, please provide the following information for each item requested.

  • Instructor:
  • Course Number:
  • Author/composer:
  • Title:
  • Call Number:

Non-reserve access to Variations2

In addition to the reserve options listed above, it is possible to obtain access for your students to the entirety of Variations2 without submitting reserve lists.  To designate your course as needing access, please email the following information to the reserves coordinator at musiclib_reserves@indiana.edu:

Course Number
Section Number
Course Title

This information will be entered into the system, providing full access to Variations2 from campus or from  home for the duration of the semester.

Further information regarding Variations@, including systems requirements and downloading the player, may be found on the Variations2 website.

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