The William Van O'Connor Library

English Department

Graduate Seminar Reserve Readings

Lending Policy: It is the general understanding in the department that graduate students may study their seminar reserve readings in the O'Connor Library or remove the materials briefly to photocopy them.  Students are expected to return such materials immediately.  If an instructor wishes to implement a policy different from the one stated above, she should inform her students of that policy in class.  Undergraduate students who are taking graduate seminars and require access to the library should consult with their instructors and the English Peer Advisers.

The Graduate Seminar Reserve Readings are located in a set of files on the short bookcase immediately to your left as you enter the library.  Only materials left in this area and designated by appropriate course labels qualify as reserve readings and may be used as such.

When placing materials on reserve in the O'Connor library, instructors should clearly label the folders containing these materials with their last names, course title, and course number, both so that students can easily identify these resources and so that these materials may be returned to the instructor at the end of the quarter.  Photocopied materials left unlabelled and unclaimed will be recycled after the end of the term.  Instructors are encouraged to leave 2 or 3 photocopies of reserve materials in the folders so that the resources can be shared easily among seminar students needing to study and photocopy them.  Should you require more space for reserve materials than is available in the reserve reading area, please contact the graduate student librarian to make alternative arrangements.

In addition to seminar readings, students and instructors will find reference binders in the reserve reading area: look for the "English 1 Manual," the "Computer Classroom Guide" and the "English Graduate Program Preliminary Examination Reading Lists."  These resources are strictly non-circulating and should not be removed from the library at any time.  The reserve reading area is also sometimes used to store other materials of interest to department members for ease of access.

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