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Click Actions in the upper right-hand corner, then New.
In the Create course window, enter a Course Name.
Select the Department from the drop-down list (make sure you select the correct institutional code prefix).
Enter the Course code, making sure to match the registrar’s course listing number (e.g. MATH 101, BIOLANTH-156245, etc.) following your institution’s numbering convention).
Enter the Section number, if necessary.
Under Course listing information, select the appropriate Course type.Enter Registrar ID to match Learning Management System.
Select the Term (e.g. 2022 Fall).
Select the Location where the reserve collection is housed. Items added to the course will inherit this location by default.
Click Save & close.
Next steps: Adding an instructor and Adding a cross-listed course (optional).
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Find the course and click on it in the Courses list.
In the Items section, either scan the item barcode into the box, or enter the barcode and click Add item. The item is added to the course and appears in the Items section.
Next step: Editing a reserve item to set the temporary Loan type.
Creating and adding a reserve item to a course (AKA Fast Add)
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Find the course and click on it in the Courses list.
In the Items section, click Add Fast Add item.
Select Instance status term “Reserves Personal Copy”?: “Temporary.”
Enter Title, Resource title and Publication date.
Select Resource type. For books, use text.
Under Contributors, enter click the Add contributor button.
Enter Name - Last name, First name. Select Name type - Personal name. Click Primary.
Select Permanent location. Use the relevant reserves location.
Select If appropriate, select Call number type - Library of Congress classification . Enter or Shelved separately according to local practice. Use the Call number field (not the call number prefix or suffix) to enter the call number as indicated below.
For LC classifictation, enter Call number using capital letters and spaces between alphanumeric sections (e.g. BF575 .H27 G55 2006).
For separately shelved, follow local practice (e.g. Shelved by title or Shelved by Author)
In Barcode field, scan barcode.
Select Material type and Loan type.
Add a Check in note or Check out note, if desired. If not needed, click the trash can to the right of the note field.
Click Save & close. The instance is added to inventory and the item is added to the course.
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Note: If you add an item to a course and later make a change to the item (barcode, copy #, etc.) via the item record (in the Inventory app) after that item is added to the course, then the change will not be reflected in the reserve record. To update the course reserve record, you need to delete the item and then re-add the item to the course.
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