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May/June 2004 |
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ACCESS GRID USAGE INCREASES As word of mouth and other advertising techniques spread the information about the Access Grid located in the UAMS Library, the number of interested parties asking for more information has increased. The Access Grid is an Internet 2-based, real-time conferencing tool that allows participants to meet face to face without leaving UAMS. The use of the Access Grid totally eliminates phone conferencing. Currently there are over 200 Access Grids worldwide with the number increasing almost daily. UAMS has two Access Grids. One is on the eighth floor of the College of Public Health building. It is more suitable for large audience presentations. The other is located on the third floor of the UAMS Library and it is best suited for small group meetings. Library personnel are also setting up a PIG (Personal Interface to the Grid). A PIG is a single machine (usually a laptop) that runs the Access Grid software and allows a single user to meet with other users with access to an Access Grid. Both the UAMS Library Access Grid and the PIG were purchased by BRIN (Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network) funds. The Access Grid in the UAMS Library has been used for a number of activities, including a class, board meetings, Genomic seminars, and numerous other group meetings. Using the Access Grid for these events allows the participants to meet with people from different locations while feeling they are in the same room with each other. There is no charge for UAMS faculty and staff to use the Access Grid. |
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This is exciting technology and we are fortunate to have it available here at UAMS. For more information please visit http://www.library.uams.edu/AccessGrid/AGHome.aspx or call Heather Smith at 686-8116 or email hlsmith@uams.edu.
UAMS LIBRARY REFINES VISITOR COMPUTER USE POLICY Beginning July 6, 2004, non-UAMS visitors to the UAMS Library will be asked to read and follow the Library’s Computer Use Policy for Visitors before being assigned a special password that allows access to the Library’s 8 public computers. The full policy is available at http://www.library.uams.edu/policy/visitcomp.aspx. For more information please call Reference Services
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