If we are required to purchase a textbook, the library should have a copy of it too. There is no Engineering Economic Analysis, 11th edition, but CIVE240 requires it.

Thanks for writing. I know that textbooks are an enormous expense for students, and many rely on the library’s course reserves system to help them through the term. Books and other materials go on course reserve when your instructor or department requests it. If we don’t hear from your instructors, we don’t put their stuff on reserve. So please let your instructor know that you’d like the stuff you need on reserve, and if they look at you like you’ve got two heads, send them here.

If there’s one thing we know about students, it’s that they want more  course readings on reserve. Help them out by getting your summer course reserves squared away as soon as possible. Your students will thank you for it, and so will we.

All the details are listed on our “Course Reserves” page, where you can also find links to the library’s online or printable form. Got a question? Contact the library’s reserves desk. We’ll get back to you soon.

Starting next term, those with more than $15 in library fines will not be able to check out reserve books.

Have you ever needed to read a chapter for class but not been able to get the book you need from the Library’s reserve collection because a classmate has kept it out past their time? It happens too often at Hagerty Library so starting in the Spring quarter, once you reach $15 in fines, you won’t be able to check out reserve books. As always, once you hit $10 in fines, you lose the ability to check out 28 day loan books, laptops, DVDs or access our electronic databases.

How This May Affect You
This means that some of you will have to pay off your fines before you’ll be able to use the library in the Spring. We know this is a new procedure, so when you come to the circulation desk, ask to speak with a supervisor and we’ll be happy to discuss your account with you to make sure that our new policy is clear.

Not sure if you have fines? Check your library account.

How Can I Pay My Fines?
You may pay either half of your balance or the full balance. Partial payments will not be accepted.

• In person: Come to the circulation desk and pay with a credit card (VISA or Mastercard), check (made out to Drexel Libraries) or cash. We also accept Ultima Funds!
• Not in town? You can pay over the phone with a credit card ($5 minimum) by calling 215-895- 2755 and ask to speak with a supervisor. Or, mail us a check, but be sure to note your student ID in the memo so that we can clear your account!
• Remember: The point of this is not to make money or to keep books from students, but to work together to make sure that the greatest number of students can benefit from what the library has to offer.

What We’re Doing to Make Things Better
We’re working to provide more copies of the books you need. If we don’t have a book you’re looking for, there are a few things you can do:

1. Ask your professor to provide the library with a copy of the book.
2. Send us an email! reserve@drexel.edu
3. Fill out our suggestion sheet at the Hagerty Library circulation desk.

Spring term starts in three weeks!

Want your students to get a leg up on spring term reading? Help them out by getting your course reserves set up ASAP. It’s never too early.

Please don’t forget: we’ve got a lot of course reserves to manage here at the library. The more time you can give us to get it all into the system, the better prepared we’ll be to get your students exactly what they need.

Putting readings on reserve is pretty easy. Just fill out the form.

Questions? Please contact Gina Cacace, the library’s reserves coordinator,  at 215-895-6786 or gdc27@drexel.edu.

It’s time for faculty to start preparing their course reserves material for winter term. Too soon you say? Well, maybe not. The library’s deadline for reserve requests is Monday, December 6th.

If you don’t know how to place materials on reserve, or if you need a refresher on how, please read the library’s instructions.

If you don’t need instructions, you can just dive right in by filling out a form in print or online.

And don’t forget, you can always get in touch with Dee Childs, our head of of Access Services, here at Hagerty Library. She’s at (215)895-6785 or dap27@drexel.edu. Or you can contact your liaison librarian.

Drexel has money to spend on construction but can’t afford to keep multiple copies of course books? Really? What would happen in finals week if everyone wanted to use the book?

Thanks for the question. The library’s course reserve system allows instructors to make course texts available to their students. Instructors select the books and the number of copies to put in the reserve system. Frequently these books are your instructors’ own personal copies. The reserve system is not meant as a replacement for students buying their own books.  Reserve texts are provided as a courtesy by the library and your instructors, but if we made it a policy to provide enough books for each student, we would not be able to provide other vital library services and resources at the level that Drexel University requires.

It would be nice to have an overnight borrowing option for textbooks on reserve. Especially during midterms or finals, where pulling all-nighters can be the norm. One possible option would be to allow textbooks borrowed after midnight to roll-over to the next day, and require them to be returned by 8 am.

Thanks for your thoughtful suggestion. The borrowing period for reserve items are determined by the faculty members who put the items on reserve. Some books have overnight borrowing periods. But most professors want to satisfy the high demand for these books by ensuring that their course texts don’t leave the building. If the borrowing period changes during exams, access will be lessened when the need is greatest.

If you need access to a text book for a longer period than the library’s reserve system allows, you might consider purchasing your own copy. We also have photocopiers and scanners on Hagerty’s frist floor and lower level so you can use parts of the book even when you have to give it back for someone else to check out.

Continuing our series counting off 10 ways the library can help make your studying more efficient with less stress.

Text books on Reserve Never bothered to buy the book? Need an answer fast? We’ve got many of the assigned course readings, text books, dvds, and more at our reserve desk waiting to be borrowed on an hourly basis. If you want to know whether we’ve got your course reading before you get here, just enter your course number or instructor’s name on our course reserves page. Then head over to Hagerty’s circulation desk and pick up what you need.

Please have complete copies of the reserve text book!

Thanks for commenting. Often, instead of placing an entire book on reserve (or requiring students to purchase an entire book) instructors will request that specific pages from each book be photocopied and placed on electronic reserve for each student to use. One instructor’s requested pages may be different from another’s—even if they are teaching the same course. So if you were looking at the reserves for an instructor other than your own, you may have had trouble accessing the assigned reading.

If you are using a book that is damaged or has pages torn out, please report the problem to the reserves desk as quickly as possible so that they can work to resolve the problem.

Almost all freshman year students will be enrolled in English 103 this term, and most instructors have made Legacies a required text. The library has only two copies of the book, and every time I have a submission due, I’m put on the wait list and people are already on it.

Thanks for writing. While Hagerty cannot reserve text books for each Drexel student, we can put more on copies on reserve—if you talk with your instructor. Each copy of each book that is put on reserve is specifically requested by a course instructor. If you would like additional copies of your course text to be available on reserve, please ask your instructor either to bring more copies to the reserve desk, or to talk with their specific subject librarian about purchasing more copies for the library.