THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA LIBRARIES
A Newsletter for Faculty
Volume 1, Issue 1 Fall 2000
Welcome back! We hope you are past the first fall rush and are getting
into your academic routine. At the library we, too, are settling in, however
things are anything but ordinary. We have a lot going on and are trying hard to
not slip into a routine about how we serve you. This newsletter is a prime
example of that. Rather than hold a meeting for library representatives this
year, we are taking advantage of the convenience of electronic mail to keep you
abreast of library developments. We hope you like the change in format, and we
welcome your comments on it. So let's get right to it.
ACCESS SERVICES
Reserves are available for faculty members needing to offer materials to
students in support of their coursework. For your convenience, the form for
placing materials on reserve is now available online at
http://libraries.ou.edu/reserves/resdoor.asp The form is turned in with
materials to be placed on reserve. We offer both traditional print and
electronic reserves. For more information contact Ken Pearson at
kpearson@ou.edu or call 325-3843.
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Interlibrary Loan allows you to request copies of materials not owned by
the University Libraries from other libraries. You may make your interlibrary
loan request electronically at http://libraries.ou.edu/interlib/bizguide.htm or
you may make interlibrary loan requests directly in most FirstSearch databases <http://libraries.ou.edu/iis/exec/d3.idc?keyword=F>http://libraries.ou.edu/iis/exec/d3.idc?keyword=F
In many instances, we are now delivering articles electronically for your added
convenience. See http://libraries.ou.edu/depts/access/prospero/patron.htm for
more information about Electronic Document Delivery.
Interlibrary Loan also provides the Sooner Express service. This is an
on-campus document delivery service for OU faculty, staff and graduate
students. Information about this service is available at
<http://libraries.ou.edu/depts/access/ill/sner1.html>http://libraries.ou.edu/depts/access/ill/sner1.html
The University Libraries is also a member of OK-Share. OK-Share is a
system-wide reciprocal borrowing program among 38 institutions of higher
education in the state. Information on OK-Share is available at
<http://libraries.ou.edu/okshare/okshare.htm>http://libraries.ou.edu/okshare/okshare.htm
Library privileges may also be available at libraries outside the state of
Oklahoma; for more information, please contact Doni Fox at
<mailto:dfox@ou.edu>dfox@ou.edu or call 325-3843.
ONLINE CATALOG
New to the catalog this fall is the ability to check your account status and
renew materials checked out to you all without leaving your home or office.
Simply log in to the catalog using your 4x4 and password at http://libraries.ou.edu/catalog.htm
When you enter the catalog, select the User Services button from the left hand
column and you will be provided with additional menus to review your account or
renew your books.
LIBRARY INSTRUCTION
Library instruction is available for classes of all sizes and levels. Contact
the appropriate subject librarian (for a listing of librarians in Bizzell, go
to http://libraries.ou.edu/depts/ref/people.htm ; for a listing of branch
librarians, go to http://libraries.ou.edu/depts/ref/LIBRARY.htm), or
Bibliographic Instruction Librarian Beverly Joyce at bjoyce@ou.edu
PURCHASING LIBRARY MATERIALS
The University Libraries utilizes both approval plans and direct ordering to
acquire materials for the Libraries collections. Approval plans bring library materials at a
discount directly to the University Libraries through an approval profile (for
a more detailed explanation, go to
http://libraries.ou.edu/depts/acq/aplans.htm).
For information on our approval profiles, see
http://libraries.ou.edu/depts/acq/sshmr.html (social sciences
and humanities)
http://libraries.ou.edu/depts/acq/sciencemr.html (sciences)
For a listing of publishers represented by the plans, see
<http://libraries.ou.edu/depts/acq/sshpubl299.htm>http://libraries.ou.edu/depts/acq/sshpubl299.htm
(social sciences and humanities)
<http://libraries.ou.edu/depts/acq/scipubl299.htm>http://libraries.ou.edu/depts/acq/scipubl299.htm
(sciences)
We also purchase materials directly for those publishers not represented by our
approval plans. If you or other members of your department wish to recommend
purchases, please contact your library liaison. A complete listing of
departments and their liaisons is available at <http://libraries.ou.edu/depts/acq/liason.htm>http://libraries.ou.edu/depts/acq/liason.htm
This year, all orders must be submitted by March 3, 2001.
NEW SERVICES
In August, the University Libraries implemented the University OneCard
system, Sooner Sense, for
library photocopiers and microforms. Prices for these services changed at that
time, as well. Complete details are available at
http://libraries.ou.edu/announcements/OneCard.htm
Another new service is the extension of hours for the Western History Collections.
The Collections are now open weekdays from 8:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m., and on
Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. (open until kickoff on home football
game days). Hours may vary during the summer, intersession and holidays; please
call 325-3642 for current information.
NEW DATABASES
The University Libraries is pleased to announce the acquisition of two new
databases. ERIC E*Subscribe provides access to the fulltext of most ERIC
education documents from 1993 to the present. Project Muse provides
access to electronic journals in the fields of literature and criticism,
history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political
science, gender studies, and many others. Both are accessible from the
University Libraries Databases page
<http://libraries.ou.edu/databases.htm>http://libraries.ou.edu/databases.htm
We have also added fulltext access to about 400 additional journals in our
Electronic Collections Online database available via FirstSearch. These electronic
journals are fully linked to the FirstSearch subject databases so users are
sent directly to the text of articles they find in databases such as
Sociological Abstracts, PsycInfo, BIOSIS, ERIC and others.
>CONTACTS
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or concerns. Below is
a listing of phone numbers and email addresses for pertinent persons and
departments.
Sul H. Lee 325-2611 shlee@ou.edu
Dean
Pat Weaver-Meyers 325-2611 patwm@ou.edu
Director, Information Management & Delivery
Donald DeWitt 325-2611 ddewitt@ou.edu
Director, Public Services (Interim)
Access Services 325-3341 mmurphy@ou.edu
Acquisitions 325-2141 sdoescher@ou.edu
Interlibrary Loan 325-6422 interlibraryloan@ou.edu
Library Systems 325-3181 libsysadmin@ou.edu
(Computing)