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Fulfillment Documentation Guide

Finding Course Reserves

Course reserves are accessible via the "reading list" tool in Canvas. Information on installing and using the tool is available here: https://libguides.rutgers.edu/readinglist

Individual citations may be available by searching QuickSearch, while course information can be searched on the Leganto search page

A workshop on helping students find course reserves after the course reserves scope sunset was held January 15, 2021:

E-Content Central Forum

The e-content central forum on course reserves processes was held on August 26, 2020. The annotated slides and a copy of the full workflow in pdf format are below:

Request Forms & Contact Emails

Reserves Request Form: for instructors to use when submitting reserves requests

Monograph Request Form: for requesting the purchase of books

Media Request Form: for requesting the purchase or license extension of videos and media

Acquisitions queue (acquisitions@rutgers.libanswers.com): Email the acquisitions queue if you need a status update or have a question about submissions on the media or monograph request form.

Copyright queue (copyright@rutgers.libanswers.com): Email the copyright queue if you have a chapter scanning request that exceeds one chapter or for other copyright questions around course reserves.

Leganto

  • Guide for Instructors: This guide features documentation aimed at faculty and instructors. Videos and step-by-step documentation demonstrate how to add the reading lists tool in Canvas and start adding materials.
  • Leganto Promotional Materials: This folder has promotional brochures, handouts, presentations, and boilerplate emails for promoting Leganto.
  • Processing Leganto Reading Lists Documentation: This step-by-step instructional guide outlines the processing steps after a Leganto reading list is assigned to you in Alma. 

Canvas Course & Import Dates

Fall (import starts in mid-July) 8/1/yr - 12/31/yr 
Winter (import starts in mid-October) 11/1/yr - 1/31/yr 
Spring (import starts in mid-November) 12/1/yr - 5/31/yr 
Summer (import starts in mid-April) 5/1/yr - 8/31/yr