Oberlin College Library Perspectives

Number 11, February, 1995

New Electronic Services

QuickMail Book Orders

Many faculty who participate in library collection development may now routinely order individual titles for the collections using QuickMail, the college's electronic mail system. Titles can be ordered either for the general collections or for the faculty member's reserve list using standardized forms installed on the QuickMail system. The simple process involves filling out the information requested on the form and sending it to a library liaison or to the Reserve Room.

With the addition of these functions it is now possible for faculty and students to utilize the campus network for a variety of library services. In addition to the new book ordering capacity, faculty may place interlibrary loan requests and ask brief reference questions from their offices via QuickMail. Most faculty and students may also use the network to access OBIS, many bibliographic databases via the CD-ROM network, and the library's World Wide Web homepage, which includes general information about the library (such as current library hours).

Many faculty who participate in library collection development may now routinely order individual titles for the collections using QuickMail, the college's electronic mail system. Titles can be ordered either for the general collections or for the faculty member's reserve list using standardized forms installed on the QuickMail system. The simple process involves filling out the information requested on the form and sending it to a library liaison or to the Reserve Room.

With the addition of these functions it is now possible for faculty and students to utilize the campus network for a variety of library services. In addition to the new book ordering capacity, faculty may place interlibrary loan requests and ask brief reference questions from their offices via QuickMail. Most faculty and students may also use the network to access OBIS, many bibliographic databases via the CD-ROM network, and the library's World Wide Web homepage, which includes general information about the library (such as current library hours).

Table of Contents Library Perspectives, no. 11

Return to What's New at the Oberlin College Library

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________