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• All of the
journal titles in medicine and the sciences requested by survey
respondents (in the LibQUAL survey) were ordered by the Library.
• The Library
continues to add new titles to its collection of 5,435 electronic
journals and 211 licensed databases. Recently, online access to
the New England Journal of Medicine and six journal titles
from Cell Press (Cambridge, MA) were added.
• At the request
of faculty, especially in the visual arts, the Library acquired
and supports LUNA-Insight tools for enhanced viewing of images
and access to remote visual collections such as ArtStore and AMICO.
• The Library
is currently streaming audio to three classes in the Music Department.
• The Library
implemented the ILLiad system to improve and customize interlibrary
loan service. In addition, a number of new options have been added
recently to enable users to borrow materials directly from other
libraries (Virtual Catalog, BorrowDirect, InRhode).
•The due dates
for material borrowed by graduate students were reduced from three
to two times per year, effectively extending their loan period.
• New status
codes were created for Josiah to give Library users more specific
information about the availability of particular items, e.g.,
"Being bound," "In transit," "Use in library."
• Unique materials
from Brown's Special Collections were identified for digitization
projects, including: Napoleonic Caricatures (early 19th-century
prints); Alcoholism, Temperance & Prohibition (Kirk and related
collections); Carriers' Addresses (18th- & 19th-century broadsides)
and Manuscripts Online (Encoded Archival Description).
• Greater numbers
of permanent staff (vs. student assistant employees) will be assigned
to front-line service desks.
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