How do I create An Ares account?
1. Go to http://uflib.ufl.edu
2. Click on the Course Reserve Link on the main library page, as shown below
4. If you do not have an account in Ares, you will be asked to create an account as an instructor, or student. Please select instructor.
5. Your request to create an instructor account is verified and approved by the Course Reserve Unit staff. During regular working hours, this should be done within 60 minutes of making the request. If assistance or immediate clearance is needed, contact the Course Reserves unit at 352-273-2520.
How do I create a class in Ares?
Once you have created an account, you may create classes for course reserves materials in Ares. To create a class:
1. Go to https://ares.uflib.ufl.edu/ , and log in to your account
2. Once you have successfully logged in, click on the Create a New class link located under the Instructor Tools menu, as shown below
Fill out the form on the next page as shown below. Keep in mind that all fields marked with an asterisk are required, and must be filled out before you can create a class. At the bottom of the form (Default Pickup Location for Physical Items), choose which library you'd like your hard-copy reserve items to be shelved at. If no library is specified, the form will default to a location of Library West
5. When the form is completed, click on the Create Class button at the bottom of the page to complete the process.
Now that I have created a class, how do I add course reserve items to the class?
1. Log into your account, as previously shown
2. A list of all courses for the current semester will be on the main screen. Click on the course prefix/number under the course column, as shown below
On the next screen, click on the Add reserve Item link, under the Instructor Class Tools menu
On the next screen, you can choose the format of the item you wish to place on reserve. For this example, we will demonstrate how to place a book on reserve. Click on the icon for the material, as shown below
On the next page, there will be a form to fill out. All of the form fields with an asterisk are indicate information required to process the request; all of this information should be available in the library catalog for library-owned items. Going through the form field by field:
- Reserve Location: Use this field to specify at which library materials should be made available for checkout. If no library is chosen, the default location of Library West will be used.
- Loan Period for Hard Copy Items: Use the pull down menu to specify how long items should be made available for checkout. The default choice is 2 Hours, Library Use Only. Click HERE for a more detailed explanation of checkout times
- Authors/Editors/Drectors: Fill out as fully as possible (First/last name, editor's name, etc.)
- Publisher: Supply whenever possible, especially in cases where there might be multiple titles/publishers, and a specific edition is requested for course use.
- Edition: if more than one edition of a book is available, please specify the preferred edition for course use.
- ISBN: specify, if available, particularly in cases where a book is being requested for purchase
- Call number: Available in the library catalog, for library owned items. Supplying this information speeds the reserves process up
- OCLC number: Available through the OCLC database; this is only necessary in the case of items requested for Interlibrary Loan processing.
- Tags: This area can be used by instructors to organize readings, by week, date, subject, etc.
- Note: This field can be used to specify information on books for purchase for course reserves use, or special handling/processing instructions of any sort for Course Reserves staff.
- How this material will be supplied: If the book is a library-owned item; Course Reserves staff will locate the item on the shelf, process it, and make it available for course reserves use. If a personal copy of the book is going to be placed on reserve, place mark in the appropriate box. If a specific item is being requested for purchase to be placed on course reserve , place a mark in the appropriate box.
When finished filling out the form completely as possible, click on the Submit Item button at the bottom of the page to submit the request.
How do I place an article on reserve for course use?
The process is similar to the initial steps for placing a book on reserve follow the instructions above, buit click on the journal icon. the form for placing journal articles is illustrated below:
The fields in this case are:
- Journal Title: This field is required. Give the full title of the journal
- Journal Volume: a required field
- Journal Issue: Required field; include the issue number whenever possible
- Journal Month: Not required, but include this information when possible
- Journal Year: Required field
- Article Title: Required Field. Include subtitle, if listed
- Journal Author: Required field; include first name or first initial if it is available
- Inclusive pages: Not required; include only if only part of an article is needed
- ISSN: Include this information especially when requesting an article in a journal not held by UF, or when requesting an Interlibrary Loan article
- OCLC Record Number: Including this helps speed up the process when requesting an Interlibrary Loan article
- Tags: This area can be used by instructors to organize readings, by week, date, subject, etc.
- Notes: Include any special instructions for the Course Reserves Staff
- How Will This Item Be Supplied?: Indicate if the article is available full-text in a UF database (Course Reserves staff are required to link to articles if they are available full text in a database that UF Libraries subscribes to), if you want staff to locate and process the article (Staff will scan the article to a PDF file for online availability), the instructor can upload a file (If this option is chosen, please include complete bibliographic citation and copyright disclaimer as part of the scanned file), request the article through ILL (Staff will attempt to locate and obtain a PDF scan of the article in cases where the material is not owned by the UF Libraries), or the instructor will bring a personal copy of the material to the library for scanning and processing.
When the form is complete, click on the Submit Item button at the bottom of the page
How Do I Renew a Class I Taught in Previous Semesters?
1. When logged into Ares, click on the Previous Classes link, under the Instructor Tools Menu (see below)
2. On the next screen, a list of all previous classes taught will be shown. Under the Semester column (see below) click on the class to be renewed
3. On the next screen, the course listing and a list all items previously on reserve for the course will be shown. To renew the class, click on the Renew Class link, under the Instructor Tools menu on the left hand side of the screen (see below)
4. On the Review Class screen (see below), do the following:
- Class Name (Required Field): the course name as listed in the course catalog
- Course Number: The prefix and number of the class, as shown
- Section number: As listed in the course catalog
- Instructor: complete name, as shown
- Department: choose the appropriate department from the pulldown menu
- Class Semester: choose from the pulldown menu
- Class URL: include a link to the class site or Sakai site, if available
- Class Description: a brief description of the class aims, if appropriate
- Default Pickup Location for Physical Items: Choose the appropriate library from the pulldown menu.
- Clone Item Tags: checking this box will duplicate any previous item tags
- Reserve Items to Import: a checkmark is next to each item. Leave the checkmark in place if the item is to be requested for the new semester. Please be aware that all renewals are subject to copyright fair-use guidelines. See THIS LINK for more information. If new items are going to be added, those may be added in the regular way once the class is renewed
- Click on the Renew Class button at the bottom of the page to finalize the request
