Circulation Information

Physical Reserves

Faculty can request to have both Oakton items and their personal copies to be put on reserve for their students to use throughout the semester. If you wish to place a DVD on reserve, the library does have viewing stations available for student use (remotes available for check out at the circulation desk). Items placed on reserve will be added to the Course Reserves in the O.W.L. Catalog. 

Reserve Rules

• We cannot put instructor editions of textbooks on reserve without permission from your chair.
• We cannot put books borrowed from other institutions on reserve.
• The Library adheres to the Fair Use Guidelines of United States Copyright Law (Title 17, United States Code). If a Reserve item falls outside of Fair Use Guidelines, you must seek copyright permission to use the material for Reserves (see division office).
• Please let the students know:
  • They will be required to have a student ID/library card to check out material.
  • They need to know the course code for their class (ex. BIO 101) – this is how we arrange them on the shelf.

Possible Loan Times Available

In House

• 2 hours
• 3 hours
• 1 day

Take Home

• 3 days
• 1 week
• 3 weeks
• 4 weeks
• Semester

Reserve Waiver

Oakton Community College Library strives to safeguard all materials that are placed in the library; however, we assume no responsibility for loss or damage to personal copies. Personal copies are subject to library policy and will be given Reserves labels which will be affixed to the material. Personal copies will be returned once the listed items are taken off of Reserves.