From
Kim Kelley
Associate Provost,
Information and Library Services
The library is growing! We have expanded into Room 2255, next to
our current location in Rm 2271, in the Student and Faculty Services
Center. The additional space will allow us to expand our print collection,
provide space for quiet study, workstations for you to use the library's
online databases, and reference staff available to provide assistance.
Coming Fall 2001
There are major new curriculum changes affecting all undergraduate
students. A required course in information literacy and research
methods, LIBS 150, will satisfy the new General Education requirement
for Interdisciplinary or Emerging Issues. LIBS 150 will be piloted
this fall. For more information about the new requirements, visit
http://www.umuc.edu/prog/ugp/mjr_index.html.
Online
Databases
What's New!
- E*Subscribe
Nearly 80% of the documents from the database of education
resources, ERIC, in full text from 1993 onward.
- LION (Literature Online)
English and American poetry, drama, prose; literary criticism;
biographical information on writers. Over 300,000 works of poetry,
drama, and prose with reference resources including the full text
of 60 literature journals, bibliographies for over 400 authors,
and biographies for over 1,000 authors. English poetry from 600
- present; American poetry from 1603 - present; English fiction
from the 16th to the 19th century; English drama from 1280 to
1915; American drama from 1762 to 1832.
Hot
Sites
This time, we're highlighting online tutorials to
help develop Web searching skills:
- RDN's Virtual Training
Suite tutorials (http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/)
A collaborative effort of self-paced tutorials on a variety of
topics. Each section gives you the types of resources available
on a topic, selected resources by category, tips for improving
your searching, and help evaluating resources.
For
Your Information...
Information and Library Services will be introducing a Virtual
Library Classroom in WebTycho later this summer. Students and faculty
can roster themselves for a semester into VLIB 101 to access
tutorials on library resources and subject resource guides.
Faculty
Corner
Intellectual Property Matters!
ILS has a joint initiative with UMUC's Office of Distance Education
and Lifelong Learning (ODELL) in the area of intellectual property,
the Center for Intellectual Property (CIP). Look for the CIP's online
workshop series Intellectual Property in Academia. The series
includes two workshops:
- Faculty Ownership of Online Course Materials, August 6-22
- Detecting and Preventing Plagiarism, October 1-19
Each workshop will be led by a nationally renowned scholar in the
field and offered to a national audience. Special discounts are
offered to the UMUC community, as well as a discount for signing
up for both workshops. 2.0 CEUs will be awarded for successful completion
of each workshop in the series.
Details will be available through the CIP's web page at http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip,
as well as through e-mail notices. For further information, send
an e-mail to CIP-ODELL@umuc.edu.
Library Instruction for Graduate Classes
Would you like an introduction to specific library resources relevant
to your classes? Would you like to see improvement in your students'
research skills? Would you like to have Web-based materials on library
resources and services customized for your classes? Consider including
library instruction in your classroom.
Although all graduate students take the required library skills
course UCSP610, you may find it helpful to reinforce those skills
with additional library instruction. ILS librarians are available
to visit your face-to-face or WebTycho class to:
- teach basic or advanced research skills
- give instruction on searching specific databases
- teach research strategies to support class assignments
- provide print or Web-based handouts
 To request
an instruction session for your class, fill out the web-based Faculty
Request for Library Instruction form or contact the library
for more information.
Shady
Grove Library/Media Center
What's new at Shady Grove:
July 2001 will bring changes to the administration of the Shady
Grove Library/Media Center. University of Maryland University College
will no longer directly administer the Library/Media Center, and
the University of Maryland, College Park will assume responsibility
for its operation. Information and Library Services at UMUC remains
committed to ensuring that UMUC faculty and students at Shady Grove
receive the best possible service. We intend to work closely with
UMCP to ensure the services you expect and need are available.
ILS
Hours and Locations
Need
to find us? Please visit Hours
and Locations for more information.
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