Faculty who wish to have digital course reserve items added to their Sakai Course Sites may grant restricted access to dedicated Library staff members to these Sites. Individuals granted Reserves Librarian access will give users permission to add items to your site Resource section as well as remove and edit any items they have added. They will not be able to edit or remove items that you added to Resources. Reserves Librarians will add requested materials to Resources in your Sakai Course Site and remove them at the conclusion of the term, per licensing and copyright agreements. If you copy your course content over from semester to semester you will need to request access to your digital reserves each semester as you would with physical reserves. 

For questions about the course reserves process, please contact the Library staff.

For technical support, including questions about the steps below, please contact the ITS Help Desk.

Step 1: Adding a Reserves Librarian to your Course Site

First, designated Library staff members Carla Valentine Myers ([email protected]) and Rachael Bolden ([email protected]) must be added to your Course Site. Please consult with the Library staff with questions or to verify this information.

1. Log into Sakai.
2. Navigate to the Course Site for which you have requested course reserve items.
3. Click on Site Info, on the left navigation bar within the Course Site.
4. Click on Add Participants, on the menu in the center of your window.
5. In the Official Email Address or Username field, type or copy+paste the full email addresses [email protected] and [email protected] on separate lines within the field. Then, click Continue.
6. Under Role, select Reserves Librarian, and click Continue.
7. Under An email can be automatically sent to the added users notifying them of the site's availability, select Send Now. Then, click Continue.
8. Click Finish.
9. For more information about adding users to Sakai Sites, click here.