Informing students about your library resources

[Karen Harker]

Hi, Qi!

UT Southwestern's Library staff has been pondering this same problem. 
We have a few methods we use right now:
There is a monthly publication which includes information from the
Library, Computer Services, and Statistical Services.  We get a good
amount of space from this, but I am not sure if or how the students get
this (versus staff and faculty).

We also use signs when a new product becomes available.

Plans for the future include a space on a redesigned home page for new
information, and a e-mail bulletin service which would authomatically
send out notices of new info to those who wished to get it.

The Library's education department conducts an annual orientation for
new students, where they get info on all the services and major products
we offer.

But as you can see, these methods are not adequate for alerting our
students to our services and products.  I would like to see more
interaction with the teaching faculty for learning when these students
will need these services.  Most med students do not do research for the
first year or so.  But maybe as the methods of teaching change, so will
the student's needs.

See you later.



Karen R. Harker
Information Resources Librarian
UT Southwestern Medical Library
5323 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, TX  75235
214-648-2001
www.swmed.edu/home_pages/library/

>>> QI FAN <G_FAN at VENUS.TWU.EDU> 04/06 4:01 PM >>>
Hello, Everybody:

 I have lurked this list for a long time and have learned a lot from you
all. 
 
 My question here is that how your library let the students know the
library resources on your Web site. Now, most library users, especially 
students in distance education programs, want full-text articles. Most
of the
libraries do collect e-journals or full-text databases on their Web
sites. The
gap is that how students know that the library has excellect resources
for
their needs. I'd like to know how does your library fill this gap?

 I'd appreciate any of your suggestions.


Qi Fan

School of Library & Information Studies
Texas Woman's University
E-mail: g_fan at twu.edu