New signs will go up soon. The Chemistry Library will be recarpeting during 1999-00. Undergraduate access has been expanded to periodicals indexed in Applied Science and Technology Index. Staff are increasing their efforts to make sure students are aware of basic engineering library resources by alerting faculty to new resources such as Web of Science, Current Contents, and Compendex Web. Staff have worked to further improve customer relations.
Professional librarians staff the department during the heaviest usage times.
Use of electronic scheduling makes referring users to available professional staff more effective. The departmental webpage has been improved including annotated guides to major collections in all formats, with hotlinks where appropriate. Library staff are experimenting with marketing via poster displays and flyers highlighting collection strengths. The department held an open house to ensure that other library staff understand its collection strengths and services in order to make proper referrals for library users. The print and microform reader areas have been improved and are more spacious and well lighted.