The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries

Who Uses Special Collections?

. . . And do you also wonder what they are all about? A library's special collections department is non-circulating matieral on unique subject areas that are collected in-depth.

Architecture and Fine Arts Library is Resource for Local Professionals

Working with our architecture students and meeting their information needs is rewarding enough. But it's the real-life questions from our clientele in the community bring an added dimension to our work.

UTA Libraries Law Collection

UTA does not have a law school, yet it often receives compliments, including many from attorneys, about the size and accesibility of its law collection.

Friends of the Libraries Build Bridges

Though libraries have changed tremendously in the fourteen years since the Friends were orgnized, the basic purpose of the organizaiton has not changed: to build bridges between the Librareis and the communities that we serve.

Access to Texas and U.S. Government Documents

Donors

Snapshots

Map of Library locations

From the Director

By Tom Wilding

The UTA Libraries exist principally to serve the faculty, students, and staff of the community that makes up The University of Texas at Arlington, but its presence in the center of Arlington and the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex can have nothing but a positive impact on the broader community beyond the edges of the campus. This issue of the UTA Library Notes focuses on the many ways that the Libraries contribute to Arlington and the rest of North Texas.

Arlington and its surrounding communities are fortunate to be served by steadily growing, effective public libraries. They offer the communities they serve high quality information services and resources that meet most of the citizens' needs. Having said that, it is also clear that citizens sometimes have needs for research level collections and information resources that go beyond the capacities of most public libraries. The UTA Libraries provide a research resource that supplements the collections in these other libraries. As a part of a public university, the UTA Libraries accept a special responsibility to serve these needs insofar as its resources allow, understanding its responsibility to its primary clientele.

Some of the articles in this issue spotlight our relationship with school districts, with the legal and business communities, and with citizens who need access to government information. As a participant in a statewide resource sharing program, the UTA Libraries also provide access to information for students in community colleges and smaller academic institutions. Through a developing website, many library resources are even accessible from private homes and offices in Arlington and surrounding communities.

Many area residents have already taken advantage of the rich resources housed in the Libraries' Special Collections, attended a Friends of the Libraries program, used our reference services, or in some other way made use of the Libraries' extensive book collections and research support. We hope that others in the community beyond the campus will look to the UTA Libraries to meet their needs for extended information access.

Reach Maggie Dwyer, editor,
UTA Library Publications and Development,
by phone at 817-272-5366 or email at dwyer@uta.edu .

The UTA Library Notes (ISSN 1083-7620) is published by The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Box 19497, Arlington, Texas, 76019-0497. Library Notes is edited by Maggie Dwyer with editorial assistance from Gerald Saxon.

 Contributors are Ruthie Brock, Trudy DeGoede, Maggie Dwyer, Sally Gross, Tom Lindsey, Kay Punneo, Rachel Robbins, Gerald Saxon, Dwayne Schrag, Mitch Stepanovich, Tom Wilding, and Betty Wood. Photos by Maggie Dwyer. Look for the UTA Libraries on the web at: http://www.uta.edu/library/. The University of Texas at Arlington is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Mission Statement: UTA Library Notes is intended to foster community support and appreciation for Library programs and services and to spotlight grants and contributions.