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HOMER BABBIDGE LIBRARY

COURSE RESERVES

The Reserve collection supports the University's teaching programs. Students access online course reserves electonically through Vista. Paper or audio-visual material is accessed at the campus library where the course is being taught. This page has a faculty section, and a student section. Please use the contact information above if you have any questions about this page, or reserve services. Thank you - Reserve Staff

		Summer and Fall 2007 detailed instructions, what's new and submission deadlines. Spring and Summer 2008 detailed instructions, what's new and submission deadlines. If you already know what to do follow these Quick Links to the forms you need. Complete Reserve Request Form to request paper and/or electronic course reserves (ECR). NB: You don't need to complete the Reserve Request form if you do direct linking. Check our list of library eJournals and databases and link directly to an article, or provide instructions to your students on how to search a title ( eJournal Locator instructions) Click here to request videos and DVD's Activate HuskyCT course for electronic reserve Locations for Faculty help: Library Reserve Services or the Instructional Resource Center
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General FAQ

Student FAQ | Faculty FAQ

Acronyms:

UITS University Information Technology Services
IRC Instructional Resource Center
LRC Learning Resource Center
Husky Course Tools

HuskyCT is the new version of WebCT that UConn has implemented on campus. All classes are now using HuskyCT.

ECR Electronic Course Reserves
LRT Library Resource Tool

What is ECR?

ECR or Electronic Course Reserves is a service provided by the University of Connecticut Libraries that combines the efforts of the instructor, library staff, University ITS, and course designers to provide online access to course materials. The access point is HuskyCT. Faculty place requests to have materials scanned, and library staff scan and upload files into the Library Resource Tool in HuskyCT.

In HuskyCT, ECR can be seen after clicking on the Library Resource Tool (LRT) icon on the home page of Courses. The links for ECR will be under the category, Online Course Reserves.

Faculty FAQ

How can I expedite my reserve request?

Faculty may be able to expedite the processing of course reserve materials by taking the following steps:

Use works that are in the public domain
Request materials in their original hardcopy format where possible
Include the title page and copyright notice from each work
Provide written permission from copyright owner(s) when lengthy portions of copyrighted materials are requested for reproduction
Limit the amount of material requested from a book to one (1) chapter or 15%, whichever is greater
Limit the amount of material requested from a journal issue to one (1) article or 15%, whichever is greater

Materials that exceed these suggestions will be reviewed by library staff, as time and processing procedures permit, for inclusion in course reserve in light of the four factors of fair use to limit the university’s liability for possible copyright infringement.

How do I put items on Reserve?

How do I put material on on Reserve?

Bring in material and indicate on the Reserve Request Form whether or not you will be providing the material.
- If you will not be providing the material, the library will retrieve our copies or request a chapter or journal article copy through ILL. (Note: Although we can put books from other UConn campuses on Reserve, we can not put books from non-UConn libraries on Reserve. We can request a chapter or article from a non-UConn library to be scanned for online reserve in HuskyCT.)
Fill out Reserve Request Form
If you request online/electronic access to your course material, you will also need to request a HuskyCT page for your class

How do I request the Library's Digital Audio Reserve service?

See the Introduction to Digital Audio Reserves page for contact information to use when requesting this service.

How do I request a video reserve?

Go to Homer Babbidge Library Media Reserve Services page to see forms and policies.

Vista FAQ

Why do my students say they don't see my class in HuskyCT?

The Library Resource Tool icon may be "hidden" To unhide the icon:
- Log in to HuskyCT
- Select the course with the hidden LRT icon
- On the left side of the page underneath "Add to Home Page" click on "More Tools", then "ECR Library Resource Tool"
- In the "Select from Inventory" window click on "Library Resource Tool"
- Click "Add Selected" button.
When I log into HuskyCT and click on the Library Resource Tool, I don't see any documents.

There may not yet be articles available in ECR for this course. - Contact Reserve Services.

Useful Links
- Search the Schedule of Classes for the class number
- View list of courses
- Email irchelp@uconn.edu if you are unable to find your HuskyCT course
- Instructional Resource Center(IRC) for HuskyCT help
- Institute for Teaching and Learning(ITL) Workshops (Including HuskyCT)
- University ITS for technical difficulties with your HuskyCT course

Vista

What is HuskyCT?
- HuskyCT is the next version of Vista's WebCT. Click here for more information on this exciting new product.
What is the Library Resource Tool (LRT)?
- The Library Resource Tool (LRT) allows library staff to add content to your HuskyCT course. Content may be added to the Library Resource Tool under two categories.

1. Electonic Course Reserves (ECR) provided by the Libraries Reserve Services.

2. Resources provided by the Libraries Liaison Program.

Will students be able see Library Resources in HuskyCT? As an instructor/designer I can't see my ECR documents from the Student View tab?
- Yes, the preview function is not visible on the student view tab for the Library Resource tool but students will see ECR documents as long as faculty have requested materials for ECR, and the library has processed the requests
How do I verify that the documents I have requested for HuskyCT are in the LRT?
- Click on the LRT tool from either the 'Build' or 'Teach' tab and use the 'Preview' option in the resulting pop-up menu.

Student FAQ

Login Problems

When I log in, I do not see one of my courses. The instructor said he was puttting things on Reserve.

The professor may not have requested a HuskyCT site from UITS. You can check HuskyCT courses to see if the course is set up.

When I log into HuskyCT and click on the ECR link, I get an error message that says "There are currently no documents available for this course." or "You are not enrolled for this HuskyCT course." What does this mean?

There may not be articles available in ECR for this course. - Contact Reserve Services or your professor.
You may be using a browser that does not work with ECR. Some versions of Internet Explorer 5 do not work with ECR in HuskyCT. Try a different browser before updating your current browser. Contact the UITS Help Desk, 486-HELP to see if it is necessary to update your browser.

Printing

Some of the pdf documents print in mirror image? How do I prevent this?

After clicking on print, select the box that says Print as Image. (Only do so if the screen looks fine, but the print out only looks right if held up to a mirror.)
Choosing Print as Image will slow printing. You may want to lower the dpi of the printer when selecting Print as Image in Adobe Acrobat. Make sure you deselect this option after printing.

For more information on printing, contact the UITS Help Desk 486-HELP

Opening ECR

When I click on the article link, it looks like the document will open, but the word "done" is at the bottom of the screen even though the document doesn't open.

You may have to update your Adobe Reader for pdfs

The article link takes me to an error page, and/or asks me for a password.

Your instructor may have added a link to an article that goes to an library subscribed online journal. If you are off campus, you will need to use the VPN or Proxy to access online eJouranals leased by the library.