Go Checkout the Reserve Textbooks at the Campus Library

On the first floor of the UW Bothell and Cascadia College Campus Library there are both Open Reserve along with Closed Reserve textbooks. The Open Reserve books are located right across the lobby from the Campus Library Information Desk and the Closed Reserve books are located right behind the Information Desk. If you want to check out a Closed Reserve book you can ask a staff member at the  desk. Both UW Bothell and Cascadia College students can check these books out. To search for a reserve book you can just visit the Campus Library homepage then click the Course Reserves tab right next to the UW Libraries Search tab. If you ever want to learn more information about the Course Reserves you can always look at the Campus Library Course Reserves website. There are colored labels around the spines of these books that indicate which type of reserve books they are. The Open Reserves have a yellow spine and the Closed Reserves textbooks have a red spine. An important thing to remember about these reserve textbooks is that they can only be checked out for a shorter loan period and have steeper fines. Unlike other books at the Campus Library with longer loan periods. The loan period for Closed Reserve books varies from 2, 4, to 24 hours, and Open Reserve books generally can be on loan for 72 hours. When checking out the Reserve books a library staff member will ask you for your campus ID as usual, then on the book insert will write down the due date of the book including the time of day. If you don’t return the book by the due date you will get a fee of $2.50 per hour. Additional information on fines can be found here. You can always scan the Reserve textbooks with the book scanner located on the first floor if you just want to keep a few pages or a chapter of the book. The Reserve textbooks are updated every quarter. You can also access reserve eBooks which can be found in the library catalog. If you ever need help checking out a Reserve book you can always ask a staff member at the Information Desk.

 

Reserving Study Rooms at the Campus Library

A great quiet place to study with friends is the UW Bothell and Cascadia Campus Library (UWB/CC Campus Library). In the library there are a few different types of study rooms: group, media, and individual, which are convenient for working on group projects, joining zoom meetings, and working individually on an assignment in a quiet room. These study rooms are prioritized for UW and Cascadia student use and not intended for faculty or staff. In the study rooms there are whiteboards, and large screen monitors which are very helpful tools when working on assignments. In addition, the media study rooms include projectors and computers. It’s also helpful to remember, the rooms are not soundproof. Reserving study rooms is very easy, which can be done by just searching UW Bothell Campus Library homepage then clicking on reserve a study room on the top right side of the page. You can book a study room 2 weeks early. This can be especially helpful around finals or midterms week, in which study rooms can be mostly unavailable. Some of the important policies of the study rooms are having no back-to-back bookings, booking up to two hours only and showing up on time. If after 15 minutes a group or individual fails to appear, the reservation can be cancelled by Library staff and the room can be scheduled for another person or group. If you need any help reserving a study room or if you have questions about the study room policies, you can ask the Circulation Staff at the Library Information Desk on the first floor.

“An amazing silent space to study.”

Rory and Anmei, Library Student Circulation Employees