Laptops To Go25 laptops are available for 3 hour checkout to University of Maine students, faculty, and staff. You will need to present your Maine Card to the Media Resource Center staff . A Policy For Use Form appears when the laptops are turned on, patrons must agree to the policy statement in order to use the laptops from this point. The laptops are equipped with Wireless connection to the Internet, CDROM and DVD drive, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Version 2006 and 2007, MS Office, FirstClass, Web browsers. For more information, contact Larry Corbett (Voice: 581-1683 E-mail: larry.corbett@umit.maine.edu) or visit the MRC web site: http://www.library.umaine.edu/mrc/
Workshop SeriesFogler Library's workshop series includes training in web skills, desktop publishing, computer mapping, and research tools. For more information and a schedule of classes, contact Gretchen Gfeller (Voice: 581-1696 E-mail: Gretchen.gfeller@umit.maine.edu) or visit the Workshop Series web site: http://www.library.umaine.edu/newmedia/
Ask-A-LibrarianAsk your reference questions without leaving your home or office with Ask a Librarian.
Virtual reference service is available during the fall and spring semesters Monday through Friday from 11 am to 3 pm. This is an ideal option for quick reference questions and database assistance.
Email reference questions can be sent at any time. You will receive a reply within 24 hours acknowledging the receipt of your e-mail. Exceptions to this are Friday evenings, Saturdays, and holidays. We will respond to your question as quickly as possible.
Information InstructionFogler Library can provide help in locating and navigating electronic and print information resources.
Material Delivery for Faculty and StaffUniversity of Maine faculty and staff may have materials owned by Fogler Library sent directly to your Orono campus office. Books -- Find the record in URSUS for an item you wish to request, click request and enter the information requested. In the box labeled "Choose a Pickup Location," select "Orono." Circulation staff will retrieve the books from the stacks, check them out to you, and send them through campus mail, usually within 24 hours. Journal Articles -- Requests for photocopies or PDFs of journal articles held by Fogler Library may be made either:
Photocopy Services staff retrieves the journal article(s) and either sends photocopies through campus mail or scans the articles into electronic form and sends them to you via email, usually within 24 hours. The price for journal article requests is 8 cents per page for photocopying. Scanned articles are also 8 cents per page, however, if an article needs to be photocopied before it can be scanned the charge is 15 cents per page. For more information check our website: http://library.umaine.edu/circ/docdeliv.htm#RetrievalServices
Scanning ServicesFogler Library provides a variety of scanning services for patrons. These include, document scanning, journal article retrieval scanning, slide, and photo scanning. For more information visit us on the web at: http://www.library.umaine.edu/ill/scanning.htm
Self Service Scanning is also available.
Submitting Reserve MaterialsFogler Library offers services for both traditional and electronic reserves. To place course material on reserve, use the form on our reserve web page (http://www.library.umaine.edu/reserves/overview.htm). To ensure that reserve materials are available for your students, please follow these guidelines: submit your request at least six weeks prior to the first class assignment, provide first generation copies for scanning, and provide a copy of your syllabus. All reserve materials are available through URSUS. Electronic reserves provide 24/7 access to your materials through our Eres system. This system also allows reserve list content to be password access only. For more information about reserves and processing please see our web page at http://www.library.umaine.edu/reserves/default.htm
Online FormsThe Library provides a number of online forms which faculty, staff, and students may find handy. Here's a list:
Fogler Library's approval plansThe library has two approval plans through which we acquire approximately 6,000 books each year.
We encourage faculty to monitor the approval plan books and to provide feedback to us in order to maintain a collection relevant to campus needs. Copies of the subject profiles and publisher lists are available on request (contact Deb Rollins, 581-1659).
Book ordersEach year the Library purchases between 5,000 and 6,000 books on the recommendation of faculty, librarians, and other members of the University community. The Library allocates part of its materials budget to subject areas which correspond to the University's Academic Departments, Colleges and/or Schools. These funds are intended to be used to acquire materials that fall outside our approval and profiled books plans. (Note: in general, the Library does not purchase course-required textbooks for the collection or for reserve.) All faculty are invited to submit requests for titles which will address curriculum and research-related needs. Requests are usually processed in the order in which they are received. Faculty may use our Book Recommendation Form (http://www.library.umaine.edu/colldev/recbook.htm) or our request cards. Request cards are available from, and may be returned to, the Library's Acquisitions Department (581-1668). For more information about how books and other materials are selected and acquired, see (http://www.library.umaine.edu/colldev/howmaterial.htm).
Maine's Science, Technology and Business Research LibraryFogler Library serves as a resource for meeting the science, technology and business information needs of citizens of the state. We provide a portal for information resources in these areas at http://library.umaine.edu/scitechbus/ The portal includes databases funded by the Maine State Legislature, plus links to additional resources. For more information, contact scitechbus@library.umaine.edu
Patents and TrademarksThe Science and Engineering Center at Fogler Library is the home of the only Patent and Trademark Depository Library in Maine. This service, offered in partnership with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, provides all the resources required to search for U.S. patents and trademarks, as well as Maine trade and service marks. For more information, call the Patent and Trademark Depository Library representative at 581-1678 or visit http://library.umaine.edu/patents/about.htm
Spatial data and geographic information systems (GIS)A versatile spatial data and geographic information systems (GIS) work station is available for your research. Located on the first floor of the Fogler Library, it can be used to create maps color-coded to correspond to spatial distribution of your chosen data. System: New England Digital computer with a Pentium III(R) 1.2 GHz CPU, 512 MB RAM, two 37.2 GB hard drives, running Windows 2000, with an AOC 17" color monitor, and Sony CD-R/CD-ROM, Sony DVD, and a Zip drive that reads both 100 MB and 250 MB formats. Maps from the Library's collections, or that you provide, can be vector-scanned with the CalComp Drawing Board III Model 34360-H2 large-format digitizer tablet at the work station or raster-scanned on a color digitizer in the Media Resource Center/Learning Materials Center. A large-format Hewlett-Packard DesignJet 450C color plotter provides quality output up to 3 feet wide and of any practical length. Assistance is available for locating socioeconomic data in all formats. GIS software available at the Library's GeoScan work station:
2006 ElectionsGet election information including lists of candidates and referendum questions at the Maine Secretary of State's Bureau of Corporations, Elections, and Commissions maintains a website with information about the 2006 elections (http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/2006elec.html). Users can find lists of candidates, the text of referendum questions, an absentee voting guide, and other information for voters and candidates.
For UMaine FacultyExpressly for the faculty, the Library maintains a web page (http://www.library.umaine.edu/govdoc/forfaculty.htm) with links to internal and external services and information that we hope will be useful to you and save you time. You'll find news items, the status various Library projects and developments, and archived copies of Library's online and print newsletters. There are links to interactive Library forms to request: campus delivery of journal articles and books held here at Fogler Library; placing materials on Reserve -- hard-copy or electronic format; and interlibrary loan of books or photocopies of journal articles. Without leaving one's office, a faculty member can also request reference assistance via e-mail or the Web. Supporting communication with the library staff are: a list of the faculty liaison librarian for each department; information about requesting a bibliographic instruction session for your class; and examples of course guides created for these sessions. Did you know that we have reciprocal faculty borrowing privileges at nearly 200 other university libraries? Check out that link and others for: copyright and fair use information; scholarly book reviews from H-NET Reviews; online directories to find faculty at other colleges and universities; and contact information for periodical publishers and suppliers of in-print and out-of-print books and periodicals. Did we miss something? Please email the Co-Editor, Frank Wihbey on FirstClass or frankw@umit.maine.edu.
Self Service ScanningThe Media Resource Center has two Epson Perfection 3590 Photo Scanners with ABBY Fine Reader 6.0 Sprint, (OCR) for scanning various formats of text and images, including photos and other images, microfilm and microfiche, slides and 35-mm negatives, and books and journal articles. Scans can be saved in various formats from .tif to .pdf files. The scanners are available for public use anytime during regular library hours. No appointments necessary and assistance is always available. For more information, contact Larry Corbett (Voice: 581-1683 E-mail: larry.corbett@umit.maine.edu) or visit the MRC web site: http://www.library.umaine.edu/mrc/
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