eReserves allow librarians to make content available to users throughout the system. Content may be made available in the Library Content folder, or placed into a course folder within eReserves. Administrators may enable or disable the creation of eReserve folders from the Manage eReserves page. All users, except Guests and Observers, may view the content in the eReserves folders, but only the librarian may add or modify content.
Follow these steps to open the Manage eReserves page.
Step 4 Open the Blackboard Learning System Administrator Control Panel.
Step 5 Select eReserves under Content System.
Select Yes to enable the creation of eReserve folders. Select No and eReserve folders will not be automatically created. If No is selected and eReserves is enabled at a later date, course folders within eReserves for courses added while eReserves was disabled, will be automatically generated by the Instructor, Teaching Assistant, or Course Builder.
The create-course-directory command line tool creates a directory for a course with a given course ID and assigns appropriate permissions for that course and roles. This command line tool will also initialize the eReserve directory for a course. eReserves must be enabled in the system for this to be successful. See the Blackboard Content System Setup Guide for additional information.
If the Administrator does not generate the eReserve directory, course folders within eReserves are automatically generated when the Instructor, Teaching Assistant or Course Builder selects the eReserves folder in the file system. For example, if the Instructor for a history class would like to create an eReserve folder, he or she would click the eReserve folder. A folder with the Course ID of the history class will automatically appear in the eReserves area.
Administrators must create librarians to manage the content of eReserves. Librarians are the only users who may add and modify content in this area; all other users, with the exception of Guests and Observers, have read access to this area. Instructors may also add items from eReserves to their courses.
Follow the steps below to create a librarian (multiple librarians may be created):
Step 1 Check that eReserves has been enabled through the System Control Panel.
Step 2 Select Manage Content from the System Admin Panel.
Step 3 Select library in the file system.
Step 4 Select Modify next to eReserves. The Modify: eReserves page will appear.
Step 5 Select Permissions. The Manage Permissions: eReserver page will allear.
Step 6 Select Add User. The Add User: eReserves page will appear.
Step 7 Complete the page. Enter the Username of the librarian in the Username field. Select all options (Read, Write, Remove, and Manage) in the Permissions field. Click Submit.
Note: Librarians may access eReserve folders using the Search feature. Course folders within eReserves will only appear in the librarian’s file system if the librarian is enrolled in the course.