New Electronic Reserve System Coming Soon....

The UAMS Library has purchased Docutek ERes for our electronic reserves management system. It is one of the world's best electronic reserve systems and is very popular with faculty and librarians because of its simplicity.

Faculty can easily create course pages and attach documents to them; students can easily find the course pages and read or download documents. It also provides a method for faculty to fax documents directly into the system and have them converted to PDF files.

The system will accommodate all types of materials including PowerPoint, video, sound files, and links to electronic materials. It provides location information for original materials. The course page also offers chat room and bulletin board functions and the opportunity to send email messages to the instructor.

An additional feature is Copyright-Protected Document Management. This feature manages copyright protected documents, including automatic generation of permission requests letters. To learn more about this exciting new service, please view the video at http://www.docutek.com/products/eres/video.html.

The Library is seeking faculty members who will work with us to initiate the new service. If you are interesting in volunteering or would like additional information, please contact Dena Plaisted, Chair, Document Access Services at plaisteddenak@uams.edu (686-6743) or Jan Hart, Chair, Education and Reference Services at hartjank@uams.edu (686-6751).

Dena Plaisted,
Chair Document Access Services