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Now is the time to send your course reserve requests to the library. Doing so now will assure your course reserve record will contain accurate and current information and the materials will be ready when the term begins. Your students will know what is available to them, library staff will easily find what they want, and there will be much rejoicing.

Complete information on putting materials on reserve can be found at:
http://www.library.drexel.edu/services/putreserves.html, but here are the essentials:

If you want the library to purchase a book for the coming term, contact your subject specialist now
(that would be me).

If you need a book from the collection put on reserve, tell Jeanne now so she can hold it or recall it.

If you need readings put on electronic reserve, send Jeanne the photocopies now.

Please fill out a separate Reserve Request form for each course. These forms can be submitted electronically or in person and are available at the following links:

Reserve Request form for electronic submission:
http://www.library.drexel.edu/services/reserve_form/reserve_form.html
Printable Reserve Request form:
http://www.library.drexel.edu/services/reserve_form/Rsrvreq.pdf

Jeanne’s contact information:
Jeanne Hamann
Reserve Room Supervisor
Hagerty Library
215-895-6786
jmh59@drexel.edu

AMSER, the Applied Math and Science Education Repository, is funded by the National Science Foundation and serves up information about applied math and science resources in an easy-to-use format. Though specifically created for teachers and students at community and technical colleges, AMSER is free for anyone to use and is part of NSF’s larger National Science Digital Library initiative. Users can find a wide assortment of materials at AMSER, from large web sites focusing on an individual applied science or math topic to Flash animations that demonstrate specific science or math principles in action. AMSER also offers users a variety of features including rating and commenting on resources and having new resources recommended to them.

You do have to create an “account”. Just click on “get your own login” and complete the simple form.

Go to: http://amser.org