Academic Facilities and Resources

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 may be accessed and searched from computers within the library, as well as from computers in homes, offices, or dorm rooms via modem or network connection. Other library catalogs, general and specialized indexing and abstracting databases, as well as electronic full-text resources, may 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. 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 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.

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 14,000 linear feet of manuscript collections available are the papers of J. William Fulbright, David H. Pryor, Dale Bumpers, Joe T. Robinson, Hattie Caraway, John Paul Hammer-schmidt, Ed Bethune, Beryl Anthony, Brooks Hays, Orval Faubus, Jeff Davis, Daisy Bates, Edward Durell Stone, William Grant Still and Verna Arvey, John Gould Fletcher, Frederick Lee Liebolt, 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. 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 library 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, botany and zoology. The entirety is generally available for exhibition, research, education, and/or loan. Many of the collections are more suitable as education and research tools rather than as exhibition materials. The museum exhibits only a small fraction of its collections at any one time. However, to increase exposure of its acquisitions, to provide variety and interest for viewers at various locations in the community, and to enhance area educational programs, the museum curates traveling and special exhibits with specimens not included in the regular exhibits.

The University Museum provides facilities and personnel support for specialization in anthropological museology within the MA 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 teach in the Department of Anthropology's museology program, have research or administrative responsibilities in their areas of specialization, 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. In addition, the museum provides 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, interactive exhibits in a discovery room for school groups and general visitors, and public information services. The Museum Building houses exhibits, exhibit preparation shops, the Discovery Room, educational areas and administrative offices. Registration and curatorial facilities are in Vol Walker Hall, where the study collections are kept. Research and special laboratories are located in University House on Lindell Street. 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 maintained to provide access to the computing facilities and resources 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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. Comp supports statistical packages (SAS, SPSS, MATLAB), programming languages (C, C++, FORTRAN, Pascal), e-mail software (Pine), and other Internet applications.

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 OS/390, and IBM's VM/ESA and MVS/ESA. Some departments participate in Computing Services' Novell file service, allowing them access to PC and Mac-based software through these servers. Additionally, the General Access Computer 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 computer labs, are connected to the campus network. Network access is also available via dial-up modem connections. Dial-up access requires an ID and password.

The General Access Computer Labs offer approximately 245 network-attached PCs and Macintoshes for use by University students, faculty and staff. These labs are located in the Arkansas Union, the Administrative Services Building, the Business Administration Building, Mullins Library and the Science Engineering Building. The labs offer day, evening and weekend hours. The lab in the Administra-tive Services Building is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and the Arkansas Union Lab also has extended open-hours. In addition to being Internet-connected, a wide variety of products are installed on these machines, including web applications (Netscape), word processors (MS Word and WordPerfect), databases (MS Access) and spreadsheet programs (MS Excel). Laser printing is available from all supported software. Scanning facilities are available in the Administrative Services Building and the Arkansas Union labs.

Computing Services offers free, non-credit short courses every month on a variety of computer and internet-based topics, including operating systems, e-mail, word processing, web-page development, internet navigation, presentation tools and many others.

For faculty, the MultiMedia Resource Center (MMRC) provides access to and training for computers and applications that can be used to develop programs and classroom presentations. In addition, the MMRC features a training lab, including internet-connected computers equipped for video conferencing and distance education applications. The MMRC also has presentation equipment available for check-out. The Research Data Center provides researchers assistance in data design and analysis and support for other needs, such as providing billable staff support for projects.

Computing Services' main office is located in the Administrative Services Building (ADSB) at 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 Computing Services Help Desk at 575-2905, Monday-Friday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., or visit the Computing Services web site at http://www.uark.edu/campus/compserv/.