Music Library Reserve- Student Information
The Music Library Course Reserve Service is a partnership between faculty and the Music Library designed to benefit students by providing convenient access to non-textbook course materials. Library reserves shorten the amount of time an item may be used by an individual student, making scarce copies of supplementary materials available to most or all of the students in a class.
This page should answer all your questions regarding the Music Library’s Reserve service. However, feel free to contact Connie Steigenga (4-9946) at willow1@utk.edu with any concerns or questions you might have.
What is on Reserve?
- Most circulating Library holdings such as books, scores, cassettes, CDs, DVDs, and videos may be placed on reserve. In addition to these items, professors may place their own personal materials on reserve.
- As well as physical items, a variety of digitized items can be made available online using the reserve service. Possibilities include articles, book chapters, segments of a score, recordings of individual songs, and recordings from audio databases such as Smithsonian Global Sound and Classical.com.
- Also, links to course web pages may be provided in the Reserve system.
Locating and Accessing Reserve
- The UT Library Catalog is the appropriate place to begin looking for course reserves. To locate reserve materials for music courses:
- Click on the link to the “Library Catalog” located on the left side of the Music Library homepage.
- Click on the link to the “Course Reserves” located on the right side of the Library Catalog main page.
- Use the drop down menu to choose how you wish to search. Search by course name, instructor, department, title, author, or course abbreviation.
- Type in the appropriate search term.
- Find the item in which you are interested. Online items have the word “ONLINE” at the first of the title while physical reserves have only the titles.
- Obtain the call number for physical items or select the URL hyperlink for online reserve items.
- Please bring your syllabus and UT ID card when you want to use reserve materials.
- For physical reserve items take the call number to the Music Library Circulation Desk. This call number may be a Library of Congress call number (M1500.B42M31), ascension number (CD12407), or may simply designate: Personal copy: Instructor’s name.
- For online reserve items (print or audio) click on the URL hyperlink in the record; you will be asked to provide your NetID and password to access the reserve item.
- Click here for more information on Online Reserves
Loan Periods
- The instructor chooses a loan period for physical items placed on reserve. Loan period options include:
- No Circ – allows the materials to be used in the library for 2 hours
- 2hr/Onite – allows the material to be taken out of the library for 2 hours through the day and overnight if the material is checked out within 2 hours of closing. The material will be due an hour after the library opens on the next business day.
- 24 hour – allows the materials to be taken out of the library for 24 hours
- 3 day – allows the materials to be taken out of the library for 3 days
- 7 day – allows the materials to be taken out of the library for 7 days
Fines
- 25 cents per hour for No Circ, 2hr, 2hr/Onite
- $1 per day for 1-7 day items
- Maximum fine is $20.00 per item
- Borrowing is blocked at a fine of $5.00
Fines may be paid at the Main Circulation Desk of Hodges Library or at the AgVetMed Library. Some fines may also be paid at the Bursar's Office on campus or via the web at Circle Park Online. Call Hodges Circulation at 974-4351 for more information about paying fines.