Reserves: Digital, Physical, Electronic

Reserve Book program
Student access to textbooks in the Library
Faculty, please contact your TrAC Librarian for details about digital reserve options.

• Based on case law, Library can provide access for SJDC students to scanned images of up-to 10% of a copyrighted book.
• Book owned by the Library, or owned by the course instructor.
• Only SJDC students and staff; up to two hours viewing; no download
• Complete the Digital Reserves form to request digitization and access via OneSearch for up-to-10% of your print textbook.

• Search to see if the Library already owns the physical book title in OneSearch (the SJDC Library Catalog)
• If the Library owns the book, email the Circulation Desk to request that the physical book be placed at the Reserve Desk.
• If you own the book, and want to place it on Physical Reserve, please print/complete Reserve Room Intake form and bring it to the Library along with the book.

• Library selectively provides Controlled Digital Lending (CDL).
• CDL is online access to 100% of the content for physical books that the Library owes (but does NOT check out physically)
• CDL rules:
  • Only SJDC students and staff can access
  • Up to two hours viewing online
  • No downloading
• Please contact your TrAC librarian to discuss CDL options.

• Textbook publishers generally will not license an e-textbook to any library.
• If you are using an OER or ZTC book, and would like SJDC Library to link to that content, we are enthusiastic to do so.
• SJDC Library has a large and growing e-book collection. (Small sample from OneSearch.)       
• Some licensed e-books are appropriate for use as textbooks.
• We encourage faculty to consider using a licensed e-book from the Library's collection as a textbook. Please contact your TrAC librarian for details.