Any individual teaching a course in the BGSU College of Musical Arts may use the reserve services offered by the Music Library. All items placed on reserve for music courses will be housed in the Music Library Listening Center. Individuals teaching in other departments who require that scores and sound recordings be placed on reserve may place those items on reserve in the Music Library; other materials will be placed on reserve in the first floor Reserve Room. The Music Library is not equipped to handle the distribution of class handouts or exams. We suggest using your departmental offices for these items.
Contact Ryan Mays for all reserve requests.
To Place Materials on Reserve in the Music Library
Scores, Sound Recordings, DVDs, and VHS tapes
(2-hour reserve (may not leave the Music Library); overnight reserve (may leave the Music Library 1 hour before closing; due back within the first hour of opening); 24-hour reserve; 3-day reserve)
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Obtain a reserve form from the Music Library Office.
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Complete and sign the form.
- All call numbers must be provided. Music Library staff members will retrieve sound recordings and videos, professors or TAs must retrieve scores.
- Indicate "date on" and "date off" clearly, so that the staff can insure timely service. Unless materials are to be used for the entire semester, please provide a removal date.
- If a number of students will be required to listen to a particular work, please place multiple recordings of that work on reserve. This will aid us in meeting the needs of your students.
- Check the information for accuracy. Accuracy will enable Music Library staff to process the request in a timely manner and alleviate confusion when students request materials.
- The overnight checkout option is not available if LPs (MUSIC12/33s) are being placed on reserve for undergraduate classes.
Books and Journal Articles
(2-hour reserve (may not leave the Music Library); overnight reserve (may leave the Music Library 1 hour before closing; due back within the first hour of opening); 24-hour reserve; 3-day reserve)
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Obtain a reserve request form from the Music Library Office.
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Complete and sign the form, following the guidelines for sound recordings and videotapes.
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Retrieve all books and scores that are to be placed on reserve. Bound periodicals will not be placed on reserve. Any reserve journal articles should be submitted as photocopies, subject to U.S. copyright regulations. Personal copies and/or non-library materials will be handled on a case-by-case basis. Security is not guaranteed. Book/scores from other libraries (OhioLINK or Interlibrary Loan) may not be placed on reserve.
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Bring retrieved materials and the completed form to the Music Library office.
Additional Information
If you would like to use electronic reserves for journal articles, please contact the main reserve unit at 419-372-8214.
If any materials needed for reserve are checked out, indicate this on the reserve form. A Music Library staff member will place a recall and hold on the items for you.
Reserve requests will be processed in the order they are received. A minimum of one week should be allowed for processing; more time may be necessary at the beginnings of semesters. Reserve requests must be signed before they will be processed.
Recordings from the Sound Recordings Archives collection (call numbers that do not begin with the word MUSIC, e.g., 12/33ColumbiaCS-9605) may not be placed on reserve. If archival recordings are needed, please consult the Sound Recordings Archivist, Bill Schurk.
Recordings, videos, or scores needed for exams or class listening may be checked out one hour prior to the class and must be returned within one hour after the end of the class. A Music Library reserve circulation slip for all scores taken from the Music Library reserve must be obtained before leaving the Music Library; the slip must be presented at the circulation desk on the main floor before leaving the library.
All copies of sound recordings needed for class reserve must be made by the faculty member or graduate assistant; copyright compliance is the responsibility of the course instructor. It is advisable to make appointments to use the Music Library recording rooms through one of the Music Library supervisors during office hours (8-12; 1-5 M-F); Graduate Supervisors (on duty Sat. and Sun.) may also schedule recording rooms. Once scheduled, the recording rooms are available for use during the Listening Center hours. Blank CDs or tapes must be provided (or purchased from the Music Library) by the course instructor.
Music Library staff will not make copies of reserve recordings for individual students. Any faculty member wishing to provide a personal copy of reserve recordings for a student will need to make arrangements outside the Music Library.