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Libraries

The University of Houston libraries include the M.D. Anderson Library (the main library), the William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, the O'Quinn Law Center Library, the Music Library, the Optometry Library, and the Pharmacy Library. These libraries' collections contain more than 1,800,000 volumes, 3,700,000 microform units, 15,000 journal and other serial subscriptions, plus large quantities of manuscripts, maps, and other library material.

The M.D. Anderson Library contains a balanced collection with particular strength in science, engineering, education, psychology, and business. The library is a depository for both United States and Texas state documents. Extensive holding of newspapers on microfilm include complete files of the London Times, the New York Times, the Houston Post and Chronicle, plus substantial runs of other significant national papers. Several large sets of research materials are available on microform, such as the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) research reports in education, Company 10-K and annual reports, and the papers of a number of United States presidents. The Special Collections department of the library houses manuscripts of several American authors, including Larry McMurtry, Beverly Lowry, and Fritz Leiber, and substantial collections of rare and historical works, especially in Texas history. The University Archives houses historical archival materials and publications of the University of Houston, including budgets, catalogs, directories, and one copy of each thesis and dissertation accepted by the University.

The M.D. Anderson Library is open more than 100 hours a week. Reference service is available more than 70 hours a week to provide users with assistance in locating information and resources. Subject librarians in all major disciplines provide specialized reference and research assistance, lecture regularly to classes, and develop the library collections in their subject areas. Databases in a broad range of subjects are available through the library's computer searching services. Some databases contain references to articles or reports while other databases contain statistical data, directory information, or complete texts of articles. In the Electronic Publications Center on the first floor, faculty and students have access to the Internet and may do their own searches on over 120 customized library workstations. The texts of more than 1,400 journals are available in databases on CD-ROM. The library's home page —http://info.lib.uh.edu— provides access to the World Wide Web and Internet resouces. Introductory library tours and classes on conducting online research are offered each semester. Research guides in many fields of study are available on the Web and at each library. Other user services include a staffed area in which 8,000 current periodicals are displayed, inexpensive photocopying and micro-computing facilities, and an automated book check-out system. Seating is available for approximately 900 readers. More than 40 faculty and 400 individual study carrels are assigned to library users.

An on-line library catalog provides information about the collections of the University of Houston libraries as well as those of the UH-Law and UH-Downtown. The on-line catalog may be searched from remote sites via the World Wide Web or through a campus network or by using a personal computer with a modem. Reciprocal borrowing agreements have been implemented among all University of Houston System institutions.

Despite this large size and scope, the university libraries cannot meet all the research and information needs of the campus community. To extend services, the libraries participate in a number of resource-sharing networks. Locally, the Houston Area Research Libraries Consortium (HARLiC) functions as a cooperative network by sharing research materials and services, acquiring research materials, and building a shared awareness of available resources and services. The HARLiC member libraries are Rice University, Texas Medical Center, Texas Southern University, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Houston Public Library, Prairie View A&M, Texas A&M University, and University of Houston.

In cooperation with the Houston Public Library, all university libraries are affiliated with the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, which houses a large collection of manuscripts, archives, and photographs pertaining to the city of Houston. On a state level, the university's membership in the TexShare cooperative program provides access to Internet resources. Traditional collections of books and journals are available through the TexShare library card program. This allows students, faculty and staff of the university to have direct access to library materials that are not available at the UH Libraries. At the national and international level, membership in the Center for Research Libraries provides shared ownership of more than three million research materials. On-line computer access to the cataloging records of more than 25 million books in 3,000 libraries in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada is also available. Interlibrary loan provides access to these materials in other research libraries in the United States and abroad.

The staff of the libraries welcome inquires concerning library programs, resources, and services.

Staff

M. D. Anderson Library

Charles Bailey. Senior Associate Librarian. B.A., M.A., University of Connecticut; M.L.S., Syracuse University.

Donald A. Barclay. Assistant Librarian. B.A., Boise State University; M.L.I.S., University of California at Berkeley.

Pat Bozeman. Librarian. B.A., West Virginia Wesleyan College; M.L.S., Indiana University.

Evelyn Brass. Senior Associate Librarian. B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.S., University of Southern California; M.A., California University.

Nancy Buchanan. Senior Associate Librarian. B.A., Ball State University; M.A., Purdue University; M.S., University of Illinois.

Marilyn J. Craig. Senior Associate Librarian. B.A., University of the Pacific; M.L.S., University of Arizona.

Margaret Culbertson. Librarian. B.A., Rice University; M.S., Columbia University. Dell M. Davis. Associate Librarian. B.A., University of Houston; M.S.L.S., University of North Texas.

Robin N. Downes. University Librarian. B.A., M.A., Florida State University.

Patricia L.Ensor. Senior Associate Librarian. B.S., M.L.S., University of Alabama.

John E. Fadell. Senior Associate Librarian. B.A., College of Saint Thomas; Ph.D., University of Minnesota; M.L.S., University of Texas at Austin.

Suzanne Ferimer. Senior Associate Librarian. B.A., Marietta College; M.L.S., University of Kentucky.

Katherine E. Fox. Assistant Librarian. B.A., Hillsdale College; M.L.S., Indiana University.

John D. Hall. Senior Associate Librarian. A.B., Davidson College; M.A., Princeton University; M.L.S., University of Pittsburgh.

Gretchen M. Hoffmann. Associate Librarian. B.A., Rice University; M.S.I.S., University of North Texas.

Keiko Horton. Senior Associate Librarian. B.A., University of Manitoba; B.L.S., University of Toronto; A.R.C.T., Royal Conservatory of Toronto.

Andrea B. Hough. Associate Librarian. B.A., M.A., M.L.S., Indiana University.

Amy L. Huff. Assistant Librarian. B.S., Virginai Polytechnic Institute and State University; M.S., University of North Texas. Lawrence R. Keating II. Senior Associate Librarian. A.B., Columbia University; M.S.L.S., Simmons College.

Janet Lee-Smeltzer. Assistant Librarian. B.A., Fu Jen Catholic University; M.S., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale; M.S.L.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Carolyn Meanley. Senior Associate Librarian. B.A., University of Michigan; M.A.L.I.S., University of Michigan.

Judy E. Myers. Associate Professor and Librarian. B.S., M.S., Louisiana State University.

Derral Parkin. Senior Associate Librarian. B.S., M.L.S., Brigham Young University.

Dana C. Rooks. Dean of Libraries. B.A., M.L.S., Louisiana State University; M.A., University of Oklahoma.

Robert C. Spragg. Assistant Librarian. B.S., University of Guelph; M.L.I.S., University of Western Ontario

Martha Steele. Senior Associate Librarian. B.A., Loyola University; M.S.L.S., Louisiana State University.

Audrey Taylor. Senior Associate Librarian. B.S., B.S., University of Houston; M.L.S., University of Texas at Austin.

Linda Thompson. Senior Associate Librarian. B.A., M.S.L.S., University of Texas at Austin.

Mary Beth Thomson. Senior Associate Librarian. B.A., Texas Woman's University; M.L.I.S., Louisiana State University.

Thomas Wilson. Senior Associate Librarian. B.A., The Ohio State University; A.M.L.S., The University of Michigan.

Wei Wu. Assistant Librarian. B.A., M.A., Peking University; M.S.L.S., University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

Architecture and Art Library

Margaret Culbertson. Head of Architecture and Art Library and Librarian. B.A., Rice University; M.S., Columbia University.

College of Optometry Library

Suzanne Ferimer. Director of Learning Resources and Senior Associate Librarian. B.A., Marietta Collegfe; M.S.L.S., University of Kentucky.

College of Pharmacy Library

Derral Parkin. Head of Pharmacy Library and Senior Associate Librarian. B.S., M.L.S., Brigham Young University.

Moores School of Music Library

Stephen Luttmann. Assistant Music Librarian and Assistant Librarian. B.A., B.M., Memphis State University; M.A., University of Louisville; M.A., M.L.S., Indiana University.