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Below is a sampling of what can be placed on reserve. If you are unsure of the suitability of an item, please contact library@bennington.edu.

• Any circulating Crossett Library item (books, videos, DVDs, etc.)
• Material in the public domain (census data, governmental documents, works for which copyright has expired, etc.)
• Your syllabi, problem solutions, etc.
• Personal copies of books or films.
• Articles, poems, or book chapter(s) that meet fair use guidelines. The library staff determines fair use based on Section 107 of the Copyright Law. 
• Any material for which you have obtained permission from the copyright owner or through the Copyright Clearance Center.

Below is a sampling of what cannot be placed on reserve. If you are unsure of the suitability of an item, please contact library@bennington.edu.

• Items ordered through Interlibrary Loan.
• Copies of a complete book or a substantial portion of or "heart" of a copyrighted work.
• “Consumable” publications, such as standardized tests, workbooks, or exercises.
• Certain non-circulating items from Crossett Library, such as bound journals and Special Collections materials (exceptions made on a case-by-case basis).

• Students can access the  from the library website by clicking on the “Reserves” button.
• Reserve books can be checked out for 2 hours (reserve films for 4 hours) and must remain in the library.
• A reserve item may be checked out overnight one hour before the library closes. Overnight loans are due no later than one hour after the library opens the following day. 

You may certainly check out items on reserve. The faculty default check-out period for reserve items is 7 days but if you need it longer, just ask us to change the due date. It is a good idea to place items on reserve, such as films, if you know you will need to show them during a specific class date. 

All reserve items are returned to circulation at the end of the term. If you would like an item taken off reserve before the end of the term please email library@bennington.edu.

Course reserves are managed according to copyright law. Section 107 of the Copyright Law contains a list of reasons why the reproduction of a work might be considered “fair.” For academic purposes, these purposes may include criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Section 107 outlines four factors to be considered in determining whether or not a particular use is fair:

• the purpose and character of your use
• the nature of the copyrighted work
• the amount and substantiality of the portion taken, and
• the effect of the use upon the potential market.

Materials may be placed on reserve if Crossett Library deems the work a “fair use.” Please visit Crossett Library's LibGuide for more information.