University at Albany Course Reserves

Electronic course reserves content that was previously in Blackboard is now available for faculty to add to their Brightspace courses. Course content for Fall 2015 through Spring 2023 is currently available for download. 

Please reach out with any questions you may have about accessing and downloading your content. Content stored here is limited to electronic reserves content. 

For more information on the transition to Brightspace, including training, resources, and support please visit https://www.itlal.org/brightspace-faq/

For Windows users:

Please note: if you are off campus you must first connect to Global VPN. ITS installation instructions can be found here: Palo Alto GlobalProtect VPN Client Installation (Windows)

1. Copy the following file path into your search bar (next to start menu): \\lincoln\library\EresRepository (see Figure 1)
   • If you are off campus, enter your NetID and password if prompted
     • Be sure that you prefix your NetID with the correct domain, i.e., ualbany\NetID
2. Locate the folder with your name (see Figure 2)
   • Course reserve content is organized by year, semester, and course number
   • The EresIndex.xlsx in each instructor folder contains a list of all content across all included courses, including URLs to linked content, if applicable.
3. Select folders or files and copy them to your computer. This content is now available to upload to Brightspace.

Figure 1

Figure 2

For Mac users:

Please note: if you are off campus you must first connect to Global VPN. ITS installation instructions can be found here: Palo Alto GlobalProtect VPN Client Installation (Mac)

1. Open Finder
2. Click Go in the top menu bar (see Figure 3)
3. Click Connect to Server
4. Paste the following into the search bar:  smb://lincoln.univ.albany.edu/library/eresrepository
5. Click Connect
6. Enter your NetID and Password when prompted to login
7. Locate the folder with your name (see Figure 4)
   • Course reserve content is organized by year, semester, and course number
   • The EresIndex.xlsx in each instructor folder contains a list of all content across all included courses, including URLs to linked content, if applicable.
8. Select folders or files and copy them to your computer. This content is now available to upload to Brightspace.

Figure 3

Figure 4