From the Library Director:
Library Annual Report 2002/2003

Library staff recently completed the Library’s 2002/2003 annual report, which is available at http://www.library.uams.edu/aboutlib/annualrpt03.htm. The report includes annual statistics, such as the number of volumes in the collection, etc.

Accomplishments for the year include the following:

Collection Management

• Negotiated licenses and maintained catalog records for 2,551 online journals
• Revised 2,000+ online journal records for the implementation of the proxy service
• Maintained 949 print journal subscriptions
• Purchased and cataloged 707 books
• Cataloged 1,619 books and 945 audiovisuals, and withdrew 800 titles for the AHEC libraries (a 51% increase in the amount of work done for these libraries last year)
• Cataloged nearly 250 books for the ACH Library
• Cataloged 278 volumes for UAMS departmental libraries
• Began cataloging for the satellite Centers on Aging libraries throughout the state
• Continued implementing the Innovative Interfaces (III) library system
  (began using Millenium for editing bibliographic and checkin records)
• Reviewed the gastrointestinal medicine, aging, biology, and general medicine sections of the book collection and withdrew 1,318 volumes
• Revised the online records for the 800 books moved from Reference to the Watson Room
• Sold 925 items at the annual book sale
• Purchased an institutional membership in BioMed Central

Document Access Services and Systems

• Circulated 19,378 items, shelved 71,699 items, borrowed 9,195 items and loaned 7,759 items through interlibrary loan, provided 296 copies of articles through the document delivery service, and provided 1,397 items to ACH
• Registered 1,288 patrons
• Successfully implemented the proxy service for remote access to online resources
• Made electronic classroom reserve materials available through the Docutek software
• Added seven public computers and one printer, and replaced 25 public computers
• Provided training for AHEC librarians
• Selected and began implementation of the GoPrint pay-for-print system
• Provided network/server support for the Library and several other Academic Affairs units

Historical Research Center

• Assisted 149 patrons in using 816 items from HRC collections
• Prepared and displayed seven exhibits
• Accessioned 15 items and collections
• Coordinated History of Medicine Associates program, including the annual dinner, the annual lecture series, and the Research Award

Education and Reference Services

• Taught 95 formal classes on information access topics for 731 attendees
• Provided informal instruction for 3,404 individuals
• Answered over 6,000 reference questions
• Provided 162 mediated searches
• Began a year-long comparison of several clinical information tools to reduce duplication
• Provided curriculum support in the Learning Resource Center, including 4,433 uses of audiovisual materials and 80,000 uses of computer-based instructional programs
• Increased the amount of outreach activities provided by the Library, including an all-day workshop for the Partners in the Health Sciences program, and 38 presentations and/or exhibits at health professional meetings or health fairs with a total of 619 contracts
• Moved and expanded the Faculty Development Room
• Implemented an Access Grid facility
• Provided 84 tours, orientations, and presentations for 2,238 attendees, including 13 Friday@Noon presentations for 342 attendees
• Reserved instructional and testing rooms 193 times
• Administered 122 tests to 3,933 students
• Continued producing the electronic newsletter on a bimonthly basis
• Maintained the Library’s web site and ARHealthLINK consumer health information web site

Administration

• Continued implementation of SAP
• Coordinated library services contract for Arkansas Children’s Hospital
• Coordinated the Arkansas Public Health Information Network Project
• Provided nine presentations/orientations for 200 attendees

Physical Facilities

• Reorganized most staff office space
• Converted several staff spaces to public space and archives storage space
• Developed plans for move of Academic Support Center to the Library
• Added new signage throughout the Library
• Changed weekend and holiday hours to more accurately reflect usage patterns and demand

Personnel

• Provided more staff training and more training for AHEC librarians
• Provided more cross-training and sharing of resources between departments
• Revised staff duties for maintaining online journal records
• Converted two positions to be half-time admin/half-time DAS or Education/Ref positions
• Converted a Circulation position to a floater shared by ILL and Circulation departments

Mary L. Ryan,
Director