Health Sciences Libraries and Information Center

Box 357155, Seattle, Washington 98195-7155
Tel: (206) 543-5531 / Fax: (206) 543-3389

TEXT FOR RESERVE PROCESSING STATUS FORM LETTERS

The following "canned" paragraphs may be used in contacting faculty in order to give reserve processing status reports. Feel free to modify the text as necessary for individual situations.

Reserve List Has Been Received

Thank you, we have received your course reserve request list. We will keep you up to date on the status of processing your list.

Course Web Site or Syllabus

Do you have a course web site or syllabus that you would like to linked to your course record in the U.W. Libraries Catalog?

Need Signed Copyright Form

In addition to the readings you placed on reserves, we need to obtain a signed copyright compliance form from you. A blank copyright compliance form is available at the Forms Counter or you may print a copy from the web at http://healthlinks.washington.edu/courses/reserves/copyright.pdf. We must be received before making these reading available to your students.

Finished Initial Processing - Fall Quarter

We have completed the initial processing of your course reserve request for Autumn Quarter. All available items have been placed on reserve. Please refer your students to the UW Libraries Catalog (http://catalog.lib.washington.edu) for information on accessing course reserve materials. They may search by course or instructor. Students may link directly to electronic reserves from the catalog. Please distribute the following password information to them:

User Name: erfall
Password: erfall

The following items are not yet available:

[Include list of items, information about the status of trying to get them, and request for personal copy if necessary.]

We will let you know when we have completed processing your entire reserve list. In the meantime, you can keep track of the progress of getting these items by referring to the U.W. Libraries Catalog.

Finished Initial Processing - Winter Quarter

We have completed the initial processing of your course reserve request for Winter Quater. All available items have been placed on reserve. Please refer your students to the UW Libraries Catalog (http://catalog.lib.washington.edu) for information on accessing course reserve materials. They may search by course or instructor. Students may link directly to electronic reserves from the catalog. Please distribute the following password information to them:

User Name: erwinter
Password: erwinter

The following items are not yet available:

[Include list of items, information about the status of trying to get them, and request for personal copy if necessary.]

We will let you know when we have completed processing your entire reserve list. In the meantime, you can keep track of the progress of getting these items by referring to the U.W. Libraries Catalog.

Finished Initial Processing - Fall Quarter

We have completed the initial processing of your course reserve request for Spring Quarter. All available items have been placed on reserve. Please refer your students to the UW Libraries Catalog (http://catalog.lib.washington.edu) for information on accessing course reserve materials. They may search by course or instructor. Students may link directly to electronic reserves from the catalog. Please distribute the following password information to them:

User Name: erspring
Password: erspring

The following items are not yet available:

[Include list of items, information about the status of trying to get them, and request for personal copy if necessary.]

We will let you know when we have completed processing your entire reserve list. In the meantime, you can keep track of the progress of getting these items by referring to the U.W. Libraries Catalog.

Finished Initial Processing - Summer Quarter

We have completed the initial processing of your course reserve request for Summer Quarter. All available items have been placed on reserve. Please refer your students to the UW Libraries Catalog (http://catalog.lib.washington.edu) for information on accessing course reserve materials. They may search by course or instructor. Students may link directly to electronic reserves from the catalog. Please distribute the following password information to them:

User Name: ersummer
Password: ersummer

The following items are not yet available:

[Include list of items, information about the status of trying to get them, and request for personal copy if necessary.]

We will let you know when we have completed processing your entire reserve list. In the meantime, you can keep track of the progress of getting these items by referring to the U.W. Libraries Catalog.

Request for Personal Item

We have been unable to obtain a copy of the following item:

[Include information about the item]

If you like, you may place a personal copy of this material on reserve at your own risk. Library stickers and security strips will be affixed to your material to identify it and limit theft. Please be aware that, while our theft rate is extremely low, loss or damage is a possibility.

Received personal item

Thank you for submitting the following personal material for Reserve:

[Insert list of items]

We will return your personal material to you at the end of the quarter. If you would like to have anything returned earlier, please call one day ahead (221-3418) so we can deprocess it and have it waiting for you.


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Comments to: hsl@u.washington.edu
Last Updated: August 16, 1999