UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
The library system of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, is composed of the David W. Mullins Library (the main research facility on campus) and five branch libraries--the Robert A. and Vivian Young Law Library, the Fine Arts Library, the Chemistry Library, the Physics Library, and the Learning Resources Center. The combined holdings of the libraries total over one million volumes of books and bound periodicals and over 1.6 million items in microform. The libraries currently receive over 15,000 separate journal and serial publications by subscription, gift, and exchange. Other resources in the collections include approximately 600,000 government documents and several thousand maps, sound recordings, electronic databases, and manuscripts.
The University of Arkansas Libraries maintain a membership in the AMIGOS Bibliographic Council. Through OCLC, the Libraries share cataloging and interlibrary loan information with hundreds of libraries all over the world.
The University of Arkansas Libraries' records are computerized on the InfoLinks library system. Holdings information can be accessed and searched from computers within the library, as well as from computers at homes, offices, or dorm rooms via modem or network connection. Other library catalogs, as well as general and specialized indexing and abstracting databases, can also be accessed through InfoLinks. The library's electronic home page (accessed through UARKinfo at http://www.uark.edu/) provides a wide variety of information services, including a "virtual reference desk."
Anyone with a University identification card may check out materials through the libraries' convenient electronic check-out system. Students may also renew library materials and request holds electronically, without assistance, by using an assigned PIN number to access their circulation record. Loan periods are of various lengths as defined by circulation policies, which are available at the Circulation Desk or through the library home page.
The Reference Department assists users in locating and using library materials. Reference librarians are ready to help students use InfoLinks, the CD-ROM databases, and networked electronic resources. In addition, librarians offer orientation sessions and lectures on research methods to various classes in all the colleges on campus.
The Government Documents Department in Mullins Library assists library users in finding government information. The library is a depository for publications of the federal government and the state of Arkansas. In addition, the library archives selected documents from other states, foreign countries, the United Nations, and other international organizations. Information is available in print, microform, or electronic formats. The Periodicals Room houses equipment for photocopying microforms and offers check-out of microfilm readers for personal use. When faculty members or graduate students need items that are not available in the University Libraries, the Interlibrary Loan Department provides the service of obtaining materials from other cooperating libraries.
The Special Collections Division in Mullins Library acquires and preserves material for research in the history, literature, and culture of Arkansas and surrounding regions. Through this division, scholars have access to a rich assortment of books, pamphlets, periodicals, photographs, maps, and manuscript collections to support their work. Among the more than 12,000 linear feet of manuscript collections available are the papers of J. William Fulbright, David H. Pryor, Joe T. Robinson, Hattie Caraway, John Paul Hammerschmidt, Ed Bethune, Beryl Anthony, Brooks Hays, Orval Faubus, Jeff Davis, Daisy Bates, Edward Durell Stone, William Grant Still and Verna Arvey, John Gould Fletcher, James M. Hanks, Ruth Polk Patterson, Vance Randolph, Elizabeth Huckaby, Alfred E. Smith, Mary D. Hudgins and records of organizations such as the Arkansas Council on Human Relations, the Council of International Exchange of Scholars, Peace Links, and Southland College. In addition, the division maintains a special collection of books written by Arkansas authors, as well as a collection of the articles and books published by faculty members at the University. The division also houses the library's Rare Book Collection and other material.
For information concerning collections and services, as well as information on carrel space, group study rooms, seminar rooms, reserve policies, book and journal ordering procedures, or any other library matter, inquire at any public service desk or at the Director's Office in Mullins Library.
UNIVERSITY MUSEUM
The University Museum has been an integral part of the Fayetteville academic community since 1873. It develops and maintains extensive collections in archaeology, ethnography, geology, history, physical anthropology, and zoology. The entirety is generally available for exhibition, research, education, and/or loan. Many of the collections are more suitable as educational and research tools rather than exhibition materials. Only a small fraction of the collections is exhibited at any one time, but exhibitable collections not included in the regular exhibits are used in traveling and other specialized exhibits to give greater exposure of the collections, to provide variety and interest for viewers at various locations in the community, and to enhance area educational programs.
The University Museum provides facilities and personnel support for specialization in anthropological museology within the M.A. degree program in anthropology. Appropriate Museum collections are assembled on request for University classes in the natural and social sciences, art, and classics. Museum specimens and their associated documentation are available for comparative and research purposes by University faculty, qualified students, and visiting scholars. Some Museum staff members have research or administrative responsibilities in their areas of specialization, teach in the museology program offered through the Department of Anthropology, or serve as guest lecturers in University courses.
The University Museum fulfills its public service and outreach mission with loans of collections to other institutions for exhibit, consultation services to other museums, conservation advice to the public, interpretive tours for visiting groups, discovery classes for students, field trips and workshops for adults, discovery room for school groups and general visitors, and public information services. The Museum Building houses exhibits, exhibit preparation shops, discovery room, educational areas, and administrative offices. Registration and curatorial facilities are in Vol Walker Hall where all the study collections are kept. Research and special laboratories are located in University House. The University Museum is a unit of the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences.
COMPUTING FACILITIES AND RESOURCES
The department of Computing Services supports research, academic, and administrative computing on the University of Arkansas campus. Computer operations are staffed to provide access to the computing facilities and resources 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
A variety of host systems and servers are available for academic use. The primary host for academic and research computing is comp.uark.edu, a Sun Ultra Enterprise 5000, using the Unix operating system Solaris 2.5.1 Comp supports statistical packages (SAS, SPSS), programming languages (C++, FORTRAN, Pascal), e-mail software (Pine), and other Internet applications.
All students are automatically assigned an account on comp.uark.edu. Additionally, web development is available from comp (personal home pages) or via other specialized servers for faculty/instructor or departmental publications. Access to some student information, course schedules, schedule of classes, etc., is available through these systems. Mainframe accounts are also available for special purposes, including batch processing. Operating systems include: IBM's VM/SP, CMS, and MVS/ESA. Some departments participate in Computing Services' Novell file service, gaining access to PC and Mac-based software through these servers. Additionally, the General-Access Computing Labs maintain software via a networked-server, allowing access to the same products in multiple labs. Faculty also have access to the administrative computing systems for advising purposes, roster generation, and grade reporting. Host peripherals include disk storage, tape systems, and laser printing.
UARKnet, the campus's backbone network, is managed by Computing Services. This network enables communication among networks, computers, and servers on campus, as well as on the Internet. Virtually all departments, as well as all our labs, are connected to the campus network. Network access is also available via phone dial-up and modem. Dial-up access requires an ID and password.
General-Access Computing Labs offer approximately 220 network-attached PCs and Macintoshes for use by University users. These labs are located in the Gibson Center, the Administrative Services Building, the Business Administration Building, and the Science Engineering Building. The labs are open day and evening hours and weekends, with the lab in the Administrative Services Building open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and the Gibson Center also offers long open-hours. In addition to being Internet connected, a wide variety of products are supported on these machines, including web applications (Netscape), word processors (MS Word and WordPerfect), databases (Access), and spreadsheets (Excel). Laser printing is available from all supported software. Scanning facilities are available in the Administrative Services Building and the Gibson Center.
Computing Services offers free, non-credit short courses every month on a variety of computer and internet-based applications, including operating systems, e-mail, word processing, home page development, Internet navigation, presentation tools, etc.
For faculty, a MultiMedia Resource Center provides access and training for computers and applications that can be used to develop programs and presentations, typically used for playback and authoring. Presentation equipment is available for check-out. The Research Data Center provides researchers assistance with data design, analysis, and other needs, such as billable staff support for projects.
The Computing Services office is located in the Administrative Services Building (ADSB), 155 Razorback Road. Computing Services staff specialists offer assistance with operating systems, application programs, virus scanning, modem communications, internet tools, research projects, general troubleshooting, etc. For more information, call the Help desk at 575-2905, open MondayFriday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., or visit the web site at http://www.uark.edu/campus/compserv/.