BarnardRefDesk

A new Course Reserves system has just been put into production. Breck Witte and other members of LSO have developed an improved interface which provides more functionality than the very limited Voyager Course Reserves OPAC.

The new system offers users different ways of finding reserves lists:

• My Course Reserves lists: Students login and see a list of their own courses.
  
• Browse all reserves lists (current term only): Patrons with UNIs can browse and view all current lists.
  
• Reserves List Search Form (library staff only): Staff can search for any list, current or old, using the section key.

The more streamlined lists include enhancements such as:

• Author field: The default arrangement for viewing a reserves list is now by author’s last name
  
• Sorting: Sort on any field by clicking on a column name, for example author, title, or link/call number

Course Reserves can be accessed from the same points as before:

• CLIO - Use Course Reserves tab
  
• Library homepage - Use pull-down menu for Catalogs
  
• CourseWorks - Use Libr. Reserves button from the sidebar on a Professor's CourseWorks page.

There is also a new feature in CourseWorks: My Reserves which links to the new reserves interface directly from the My Courses page.

Please take a moment to login and check out the new Course Reserves!

Mary Giunta
Chair, Reserves Subcommittee