Managing your Library Reserves

Sections are used to group items in your Reserves List together. When creating a Reserves List from scratch you may have selected to create it from a weekly template, this will automatically create sections for each week. However, you can still edit the existing sections or create new ones to suit the structure of the list.

Steps:

1. Starting from your course in Canvas, open the Course navigation menu and select Library Reserves.
2. Once the list loads, select the Add button then New section:
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4. Add a section title and description (optional)
5. Start and end dates (optional) show the section to students during these dates. 
6. Decide on where the section should be created, choosing a position from the Add section menu, e.g. add as the last section in the list.
7. Click the Add button to close the window:
   
8. The new section is created and items can be added to it:
   

From the section menu, there are more options for working with sections, including:

• Edit section - rename the section title, description and add or change the start and dates.
• Copy section - either copy the section within the current list or to another list.
• Export section - choose a variety of options for exporting a section such as PDF, Word, Excel or a reference manager.
• Delete section - remove the section from the list (can't be undone).