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Show SEE PAGE 7 FOR ABBREVIATIONS LIST ACADEMIC RESOURCES 49 The University has unique facilities that enrich the campus educational climate. The main library is supplemented by specialized libraries for law and the health sciences. Besides the state's public-radio and television stations, the campus is the site of Utah's museums of Fine Arts and Natural History, and the state arboretum. Computer, library, museum and media resources are described below. libraries Law Library Rita T. Reusch, J.D., M.L.L., Director 102C Law Library 581-6594 The Law Library houses 290,000 volumes of legal materials including statutes, codes and regulations, court reports and law-related treatises, journals, and government documents. Most of the collection does not circulate, but patrons involved with legal research and interdisciplinary study will find long library hours, reasonably priced copying facilities, and expert reference guidance on site. The Law Library is open 100 hours a week to serve the legal information needs of the University community. The current collection is balanced, with emphasis on energy and environmental law. Access to the collection is through the UNIS computer catalog, and through digests and other specialized tools of legal research. The library subscribes to major book and electronic-journal indexes specializing in law and law-related subjects. Other electronic resources are available through the library's CD ROM network. It is linked to other major research libraries through the RLIN network, which permits access to legal publications by subject. The library's Lexis and Westlaw terminals are restricted to use by law faculty and students. Publications not available on campus can be obtained through interlibrary loan. Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library Wayne J. Peay, M.S., Director 105 Eccles Health Sciences Library 581-8771 As the largest health science library in the [ntermountain area, the library's collection deludes journals, books, government documents, theses, and audiovisuals in the basic and clinical sciences. Items in the ibrary's collection may be located through the library's online catalog. The catalog is accessible on the campus network or through dial-up modem and includes materials available in local hospital libraries. Access to local and online electronic information resources is also provided. The library provides interlibrary loan services for those Materials not available in the library. Loans are requested from libraries throughout the nation using data communications networks and delivered through digital telefax services. The library is a selective depository for U.S. government publications in the health sciences. These publications are included in the library's catalog. The Computer and Media Services Department houses a collection of over 3,000 audiovisuals and computer programs. Macintosh and IBM PC compatible microcomputers are available in the media department for student use. Laser printing and access to the Internet are also provided. Numerous short courses are offered in the library on the use of CD-ROM, online databases, network utilization, and computer applications. Photocopy and microfilm/fiche reader and printer services are available in the library. During the academic year, the library is open 100 hours each week. Extended hours are offered during exam periods. Information on library hours and services is available on the campus Gopher system. Tours of and orientations to the library are provided on request. University Libraries Roger K. Hanson, M.A.L.S., M.P.A. Director of Libraries 333 Marriott Library 581-6085 With holdings of more than two million volumes, the University of Utah Libraries are a vital resource for the support of both teaching and research. Serials holdings number more than 13,000 current titles. The Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library and the Law Library also hold extensive collections in their respective areas. The primary goal of the libraries is to maintain a collection of sufficient scope and quality to support the University's instructional and research programs, and make those resources readily available to faculty, students, and other users. The library is an important resource for a myriad of communities within the state, including engineering, law, government, and business, and is working to meet their growing informational needs for the 1990s and beyond. In 1962, the University of Utah Libraries was elected to membership in the Association of Research Libraries. The University of Utah Libraries is also a member of the Center for Research Libraries, which provides access to library materials not available on campus. The Utah College Library Council (UCLC) consortium provides reciprocal borrowing privileges for faculty, staff, and students at UCLC colleges and universities. A national cooperative agreement arranged through the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) allows for reciprocal borrowing privileges at other member libraries. Through this program, University of Utah faculty have access to the collections of many other research libraries. Contact the Circulation Department for details. Marriott Library provides access to its UNIS online catalog, numerous CD-ROM databases, and to other library catalogs and databases both through a network in the library and through the campus network (as publishers permit). Users can access the library's catalog via modem by calling 581-5650 and logging in as ‘library'. Internet addresses of other library catalogs and instructions for connecting to them are available at the General Reference Desk. The Marriott Library has been a depository for U.S. government publications since 1893. Historical and current collections are particularly strong in statistics, including census information, legislative materials, energy research, business and employment, patents, trademarks, geological and earth sciences, international relations, American government, and environmental sciences and health. The Marriott Library is also an official depository for the United Nations. UNESCO, FAO, and the European Communities. Publications from several other international government organizations are also available. As a Patent and Trademark Depository Library, the Documents Division receives full-text copies of current patents soon after they are granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Patents and trademarks CD-ROM and outline databases are available to assist researchers. Collections housed in the Documents Division of the Marriott Library include the following: U.S. government, U.S. patents, United Nations, and reference materials from other international government organizations such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), United Nations Educational (UNESCO), International Labor Organization (ILO), and International Market Fund (IMF). Collections located elsewhere in the library include international government publications other than reference materials, foreign government publications, and documents from Utah state agencies and other states. Check the UNIS online catalog for these holdings. Other library resources include the Science and Engineering Division containing a large collection of life science, physical science and engineering monographs and serials, and a map collection of more than 160,000 items. The Audio-Visual Division includes videotapes, audio cassetes, phonograph records, compact discs, slides, video discs, and filmstrips, as well as equipment for viewing and listening. The Special Collections Department consists of several divisions whose materials require special housing and processing: (1) The University Archives and Records Management Division contains the permanent records of the University, including copies of all University publications. (2) The Manuscripts Division holds approximately 1,000 manuscript collections, with the greatest emphasis on Utah and Utahns. Many of these are accessed through detailed registers and cara indexes. Transcripts of the library's Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project provide in-depth, first-person accounts of events shaping both the University and surrounding community. (3) Rare Books houses the library's oldest, rarest and most valuable books and maps, some predating the printing press. (4) Western Americana has a large collection of books, maps, periodicals and newspapers on Utah, the Mormons, and the West. Outstanding finding aids have been developed to make the information readily available. (5) The Middle East Library contains some rare and unique books, manuscripts, and papyri. The Arabic holdings are especially valuable, and Turkish, Persian, and Hebrew documents are also50 ACADEMIC RESOURCES represented in the collection. (6) Publishing is represented in a series of books: Utah, the Mormons and the West. Funded through the Annie Clark Tanner Trust Fund, 12 books have been published on Western themes. Red Butte Press has a Columbian handpress used in teaching handpress techniques and in the limited publication of finely crafted books, pamphlets, and broadsides. The Microform collection is an important part of the library's holdings. Of particular note is the complete file of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) as well as all the early American imprints listed in the Evan's American Bibliography and the Landmarks ol Science series including full texts of almost 2,000 years of scientific documents. Duplication services are available throughout the library. Library staff are available to provide assistance to researchers at General Reference (level 3), Science and Engineering (level 1), Documents (level 2), Audio-Visual and Fine Arts (level 4), Periodical/Microforms, Special Collections, and Middle East (level 5). Library tours are scheduled each quarter and subject-oriented classes or tours are available on request. Writing 106 (Methods and Technologies of Library Research, 1 credit), a course designed to acquaint students with basic library skills and research strategies, is offered each quarter. Course details are available at the General Reference desk. The Marriott Library Microcomputer Center (level) 3 has microcomputers and numerous software packages for use by University students, faculty, and staff. Two computer instruction labs can be reserved for classroom use of Macintosh and PC-compatible computers. The library is open 100 hours per week and has group study and seminar rooms and duplication facilities. A limited number of private study carrels are available for faculty members and for Ph.D. candidates within three quarters of graduation and in the final stages of the dissertation. Carrell applications are available in the Marriott Library Administration Office. Provisions for the handicapped have been made throughout the library systems. Library guides and brochures describing holdings, use, and hours of service are available at the General Reference Desk. MUSEUMS Fine Arts E. F. Sanguinetti, B.A., Director 101 Art and Architecture Center 581-7332 The Utah Museum of Fine Arts is the primary cultural resource for the visual arts in Utah. It is the state's only public institution that acquires and exhibits a general collection of art objects selected for quality and representation of the principal artistic styles and periods of civilization. The Museum presents an ambitious program of 12 to 18 special exhibitions each year. These exhibitions complement the museum's permanent collection and are organized by the staff or other institutions. The exhibition galleries present a collection of art objects including paintings, sculpture, tapestries, drawings, prints, photographs, furniture, and decorative arts, beginning with Egyptian art of 5,000 years ago and continuing through work by today's artists. The Education Department offers an extensive array of guided tours, gallery talks, lectures, seminars, films, traveling exhibitions, school programs, senior citizens programs, and continuing-education courses for college credit. These programs serve the University community and a wide public throughout the state. Museum hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday. 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Natural History Sarah B. George, Ph.D., Director George Thomas Building 581-6927 As the state museum of natural history, the Utah Museum of Natural History holds the Intermountain West's major archaeological, biological and paleontological collections, which are highlighted in the Museum's five exhibit halls: geology, biology, ecology, anthropology, and minerals. About 225 exhibits illustrate Utah's unique resources in natural history. In addition, traveling and temporary exhibitions are featured three times a year in the Museum's Dumke Gallery. The Museum is open daily, except Independence Day, Pioneer Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. University of Utah students, faculty, and staff are admitted free. University students in the sciences, arts, humanities, and education are encouraged to use the Museum's collections and exhibits for study and research. The Museum offers courses in Museum Studies through affiliated academic departments. The Museum's anthropology/archaeology collections contain nearly one million objects and associated site files, field and laboratory notes, maps and other data from 3,800 sites that document the prehistory of the Intermountain area. Biology collections, housed in the vertebrate zoology collections area and Museum herbarium, constitute the most complete source of biodiversity in the Intermountain West. Earth science collections representing a variety of local and regional geologic phenomena include minerals, rocks, invertebrate, vertebrate, and plant fossils. The malacology collection features shells from around the world. The Museum's education department also offers opportunities to learn more about the natural sciences for students of all ages. Adults can explore remote and interesting places throughout the Intermountain West on field trips led by Museum experts. Teachers and other adults can attend in-service training classes which explore a variety of natural history topics. Adventures, the Museum's quarterly class catalogue, gives more information about these and other classes and events. Red Butte Garden and Arboretum Mary Pat Matheson, M.P.A., Director 390 Wakara Way Salt Lake City, Utah 84108 581-5322 Red Butte Garden and Arboretum is a center for botanical and ecological display. Plant collections include native and exotic species that are adaptable to the climate of the Intermountain West. Red Butte Garden features collections of dwarf conifers, flowering perennials, ornamental grasses, and a new aquatic display. Surrounding natural areas offer four miles of hiking trails for environmental education. Recent research has focused on conservation of rare and endangered plant species from the Great Basin region of the western U. S. Other research has produced more than 50 hybrid crosses between native Utah oaks and exotic oak species. The Garden offers year-round courses, workshops, and special events including plant sales and outdoor summer concerts in the Garden's amphitheater. Garden members sponsor programs for members, volunteers, and the public. The Cultivator, a membership newsletter, and The Propagator, an educational-course listing, are published three times a year, and the Wildflower Hotline reports blossoming sites throughout Utah via a recorded message. Admission fee charged beginning July 1994. OTHER RESOURCES University Computer Center Edward M. Sharp, Director 3440 Merrill Engineering Building 581-6802 Instructional and research computing facilities are located throughout the University. Library catalogues, on line campus directories, job openings, and a host of other information from around the campus and the world are available through the Gopher server, a distributed information storage and retrieval system linking campuses and businesses on the INTERNET. Computer accounts for Gopher and e-mail access are available free to all students, staff, and faculty. Nearly a thousand PCs are available for student use in the Union, Engineering and Mines Classroom Building, Marriott Library, Eccles Health Sciences Library, Business Classroom Building, Sill Center, Graduate School of Education, College of Health, and at other smaller departmental computer laboratories. The Computer Center maintains an extensive library of applications and statistical software. Many hands-on short courses in computer use are taught each quarter. The center newsletter, distributed free, provides schedules, articles, and information on available services. Major systems include the Utah Supercomputing Institute's IBM 3090/600S, a DEC VAX in the College of Engineering, and a DEC 8350 in the School of Medicine. A fiber network extends across campus and including locations inSEE PAGE 7 FOR ABBREVIATIONS LIST ACADEMIC RESOURCES 51 Research Park provides connections for PCs and workstations. The University is a member of BITNET, an international electronic mail and data access network, and WESTNET, a high-speed regional network connected to NSFNET, the national research and supercomputing network. For additional information and answers to technical problems, contact the Help Line at 585-HELP. Instructional Media Services James R. Baird, Ed.D., Director 207 Milton Bennion Hall (801) 581-6112 Instructional Media Services offers a wide range of services to faculty, staff, and students, services are coordinated to develop your original perception to your classroom or research presentation. Following are some specific areas of emphasis: Media Distribution. Teleconference and tUNET capability, video preview and acquisitions, video library, AV/video equipment circulation, classroom and location videotaping, classroom video installation training in equipment use, technical consultation and repair. Visual imaging. Computer photography and computer graphics, design consultation, digital rage transfer, image and slide scanninq digital video editing, audio and video uplication, film processing, print preservation, duplication and copy slides. KUED-TV Fred Esplin, M.A., General Manager Eccles Broadcast Center 581-7777 KUED is operated on Channel 7 by the University as Utah's public television station, serving the area via its transmitter on Mount ision and system of television translators, and on cable TV. In addition to its primary service to Utah residents, KUED also reaches residents ot four other Western states. KUED offerings include science, nature cultural, public affairs, and children's programming. It also broadcasts an in-school instructional service. KUED has a weekly audience of nearly one million viewers. It produces many of its own programs on topics of local interest and has oeen recognized with local, regional, and national awards KULC-TV Helen Lacy, General Manager Eccles Broadcast Center 581-4194 KULC-TV, Utah's Learning Channel, is operated on Channel 9 and a system of television translators by the University of Utah on behalf of Utah's nine colleges and universities, and the Utah State Office of Education. As Utah's exclusive instructional television station, KULC offerings include for-credit classes for college, vocational, high school, and adult-education students. University Press Nana Anderson, Director 101 University Services Building 581-6771 The Press is the University agency responsible for publishing scholarly and trade books. The publishing program includes anthropology, archaeology, and linguistics; Middle East studies, particularly in anthropology and sociology; Western history, regional studies; philosophy, particularly human values and applied and professional ethics; and Meso-American studies. University Surplus and Salvage Clifton Grindstaff, Supervisor Building 437 581-7917 University students, staff, faculty, and the general public are invited to purchase surplus property no longer required by University departments. Computer equipment, desks, chairs, office supplies, furniture, vehicles, sporting equipment, scientific equipment, electrical equipment, food service equipment, and machinery are available. Please feel free to stop by Building 437 to look at the available surplus property. Hours are 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. KUER-FM 90 John Greene, General Manager tccles Broadcast Center 581-6625 KUER-FM 90 is a professionally run public radio station licensed to the University and is a member of both National Public Radio and American Public Radio. The station's main mats are news and information, classical music, and jazz. Through an extensive translator system, KUER's signal reaches virtually all of the state of Utah. |
