Annual Report
2004-2005

VC/UHV Library

Public Services

Personnel
  • Karen Locher - Head of Public Services
  • David Ticen - Instruction/Reference Librarian
  • Lori Williamson - Distance Education/Reference Librarian
  • Beth Goodman - Network Manager
  • Gayle Hardcastle - Information Technology Assistant
  • Erma Gutierrez - Circulation Supervisor
  • Marie Adcock - Circulation Assistant
Accomplishments
  • Upgraded Library Webserver
  • Evaluated and upgraded cash handling procedures and record keeping at Main Library Circulation desk
  • Evaluated and recommended the acquisition of electronic reference books as part of ongoing library reference collections
  • Lori Williamson, Access Services Librarian, was selected by the American Library Association’s Office for Information Technology Policy as a Copyright Scholar
  • Karen Locher, Head of Public Services, was appointed the TexShare Electronic Information Working Group

Public Services Statistics
Gate Count (library visitors)
271,268
Visits to vcuhvlibrary.uhv.edu
341,686

Ask-a-Librarian requests

336

Items checked out

55,275

Instructional Presentations

52

Electronic Database Usage

 
Number of searches 03/04
Number of Searches 04/05
Total (some database vendors do not provide usage statistics)
277,923
323,876
Most Popular Databases
Literature Resource Center
76,477
85,765
Business Source Premier
51,847
64,206
Academic Search Premier
24,022
28,983
Business & Company Resource Center
17,629
20,366
Student Resource Center - College Edition
8,243
8,048
Education Full Text
5,456
7,877
Infotrac OneFile
7,237
7,281
ERIC
6,400
6,939
Psychology & Behavioral Science Collection
5,308
6,674
PsycInfo
5,993
5,907
PsycArticles
5,085
5,880