Procedures

Auburn University Libraries provides Traditional Reserve. (Electronic Reserve is no longer offered)

Traditional Reserve is a collection of books and other materials that are able to be checked out and viewed for a specified time period.  Traditional Reserve materials are shelved at the first floor Circulation Desk near the parking deck entrance at the RBD Library.

Materials "On Reserve" support Auburn University teaching activities. Only active faculty and graduate assistants can request that materials be placed on reserve for class use.

Each instructor has a page listing in a binder at the circulation desk with all the materials that he or she has on reserve.  The list can also be accessed on our website at http://www.lib.auburn.edu/reserves/ under "Books on Reserve".  

The materials located on Traditional Reserve should either be requested by the instructor's name or the author's last name. In order to check out Traditional Reserve materials, patrons must be either an enrolled student, an active faculty member, or an active staff member. All reserve users must present a valid TigerCard at the time of check out in order to borrow any reserve materials.

Traditional Reserve materials may be checked out for either two hours, one day, three days, or seven days.  Two hour check outs are not to be taken out of the library.  The instructor who requests that the material be on reserve determines the loan period.

Traditional Reserve materials cannot be renewed. Two-hour check outs may be checked out again after one hour. One-day, three-day, and seven-day materials may be checked out again after one day.

Traditional Reserve Fines:

Electronic Reserve is no longer offered as a service at Auburn University Libraries.

Questions about Reserve Procedures?

Please contact the RBD Circulation Desk at traresv@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1701