Change in Access to Some Classroom Reserve Materials

The Library can no longer allow materials needed for classes to be housed in the Photocopy Room, as it is a violation of the U.S. Copyright Law.

All classroom materials will be removed from the Library Photocopy Room on August 17th, 2001.

We are requesting that instructors remove any materials they wish to keep before the August 17th deadline.

If these items will be needed for future classes, we would like to digitize them and make them available via E-Reserves through the Library catalog, or provide them to instructors in PDF format to mount on class web pages. We will assist instructors in obtaining copyright permission for these materials, but any copyright fees involved will be the responsibility of the department. The Copyright Law allows educators one semester of use without obtaining permission, but any repeated use of the materials requires the user to obtain permission from the publisher/owner.

Please contact Dena Plaisted (686-6743, PlaistedDenaK@uams.edu) if you need any additional information or have any questions.

Life After Residency! A Guide to Finding Library Resources

The faculty and staff of UAMS Library work toward having a group of users that are comfortable using Ovid and its many databases. The Information Services & Systems Division of the Library offers classes on Ovid and other library resources for groups and individuals at UAMS. These classes appear to be quite successful, if judged by the number of questions received from people, especially residents, preparing to leave UAMS (and several who have already left!). A usual question is "can I search Ovid from my new location?"

To assist those leaving UAMS or changing status to Attending at UAMS, a new resource has been created. Rena Sheffer and Susan Steelman, two of the Library faculty in Information Services & Systems have worked with the Library's Web Master Eric Dousay to create a web page that will direct residents and fellows to biomedical information sources. "Life After Residency? A Guide to Finding Library Resources" is available on the Library's web site at http://www.library.uams.edu/library_pubs/end_resid

It is divided into 3 sections:

• Staying in Arkansas but not at UAMS
• Leaving Arkansas for another U.S. location
• Staying at UAMS

Look it over, and give us your feedback. This site made a late appearance this year, but it will be updated regularly. In the future, find this topic under both Links and Library Services sections of the library's home page, http://www.library.uams.edu.