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ACADEMIC
SUPPORT SERVICES
The
Mark O. Hatfield Library
Opened in 1986, the Mark O. Hatfield Library serves
as the library for the College of Liberal Arts,
the School of Education, and the Atkinson Graduate
School of Management. The building is a gracious,
modern, glass-walled structure that overlooks
the Mill Race and Jackson Plaza, one of the main
gathering places on campus. The library offers
students and faculty a diverse, well-chosen collection
of more than 385,000 volumes, over 1,700 print
and electronic journal subscriptions, and computer
access to information and documents from around
the world. The facility also houses a collection
of United States Government documents, the Mark
O. Hatfield Archives, the Willamette collection,
the Rare Book collection, and a collection of
Pacific Northwest materials.
A highly qualified staff of librarians and support
personnel, committed to developing and maintaining
strong collections and services, supports the
research needs of the Willamette community. Each
academic department and school has a liaison librarian
with whom students and faculty can work. Course-related
instruction presented by liaison librarians ensures
that students not only find the information they
need to satisfy course requirements, but also
learn the search strategies needed to retrieve
and critically evaluate information in a society
that places increasing importance upon these skills.
Librarians are also available at the reference
desk, by phone, and by email. Liaison librarians
are also available by appointment for individual
research consultations.
The book collection, developed over more than
a century, provides strong support for undergraduate
and graduate research. The library’s holdings
also include musical scores, music sound recordings,
and a video collection of classic motion pictures
and instructional films designed to support courses
across the curriculum. A wide ranging selection
of journals and newspapers completes the collection.
The library also participates in the Orbis Cascade
Alliance, a consortium of academic libraries in
Oregon and Washington that share an online catalog
called Summit. Summit provides information on
the over 22 million volumes held by the member
libraries. Automated borrowing through Summit
allows students, faculty, and staff to initiate
online orders for books from the other member
libraries; materials are delivered within two
to three days. An efficient interlibrary loan/document
delivery service provides quick access to materials
not available in the local collection or through
Summit.
The Hatfield Library's online catalog includes
records of all books and most other library holdings.
The catalog is available 24 hours a day from office,
home, or residence hall. The library's Web site
has become a substantial digital library of content
and services designed to facilitate research in
all disciplines. It includes access to research
databases, local library holdings, online journal
collections and primary materials, links to full-text
content, Summit and interlibrary loan, electronic
reserves, local digital collections, and other
resources and services.
The Hatfield library includes many attractive
areas suitable for study and reflection. A variety
of displays are hosted and lectures, readings,
and recitals are held frequently in the Mark O.
Hatfield Room. The Hatfield Archives house the
papers and memorabilia of former United States
Senator Mark O. Hatfield. A permanent exhibit
of Senator Hatfield's memorabilia is available
for viewing. A 24-hour study room equipped with
vending machines provides comfortable study space
during the hours the library is closed.
University
Registrar
The Office of the University Registrar is responsible
for maintaining and safeguarding the official
academic records of the University. In addition
to serving as an ex officio member of the Academic
Status and Academic Programs Committees, the University
Registrar consults with students regarding general
academic requirements and provides reports about
academic progress. The Registrar’s Office
is also responsible for confirming veterans’
benefits status, certifying athletic eligibility,
evaluating credit earned at other colleges and
universities, determining eligibility for graduation
and honors, certifying enrollment status and administering
academic records privacy as specified by the Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
Institutional
Research and Planning Support
The Office of Institutional Research and Planning
Support provides information about the University
to both internal and external constituents. The
office is the primary source for current and historical
data about student enrollment, demographics and
outcomes and coordinates reporting to government
and oversight agencies. Additionally, the office
supports enrollment management, planning assessment
and accreditation reviews through both primary
and secondary research efforts. The office serves
as the University's liaison to our regional accrediting
agency.
Willamette
Integrated Technology Services (WITS)
Willamette Integrated Technology Services (WITS)
enables the effective and Innovative use of technologies
in teaching, learning, research, and administration.
The department provides leadership, facilities,
equipment, and staff support for the use of information
technologies, including computer hardware and
software, classroom equipment, data networks (wired
and wireless), multimedia equipment, graphics
production, instructional design, administrative
systems, and telecommunications.
All
faculty, students and staff are eligible to have
accounts to access the University's network, though
additional authorization may be required to use
particular resources. Within the bounds of the
University's Acceptable Use Policy, faculty, students,
and staff have virtually unrestricted use of the
facilities at no charge. In order to provide primary
support to all users of campus computing facilities,
WITS maintains a Help Desk that is staffed both
by WITS employees and students. The Help Desk
is normally open for business during normal working
hours, but during the beginning of the semester
the hours are extended considerably. A group of
User Services Consultants provides technical support
to various campus constituencies.
Facilities and resources available through WITS
begin with the campus data network and the telephone
system. The campus network offers access to electronic
mail, file storage, the on-line catalog of the
Hatfield library, administrative services, the
Blackboard course management system, a variety
of software applications, the University's web
site, and the internet. Other facilities include
a general access computer lab, an instructional
development center, a multimedia workroom, a small
video recording studio, a language learning center,
and a faculty development/training room. A number
of classrooms are equipped with video and data
projection capabilities; nearly all classrooms
have overhead projectors, video monitors, and
network connections. Equipment available for circulation
includes laptop computers, cameras, digital cameras,
video recorders, video projectors, and sound systems.
Other equipment available for use includes scanners,
slide scanners, film recorders, DV and DVD transfer
equipment, and video editing equipment.
All University owned computer workstations are
connected to the campus network with access to
the internet and most general-purpose software
applications. The general access lab is open to
students 24-hours a day, seven days a week during
the academic year. Other computer facilities,
including the Language Learning Center, are open
to students except during scheduled classes. In
addition, all residence hall rooms have network
connections. Students bringing their own computers
to campus may connect them to the network, as
long as the machines meet certain minimum standards.
The University provides for dial-in access from
off-campus for all students, faculty and staff
to access the campus network.
Through the Instructional Design Center, WITS
provides a wide variety of support services to
faculty wishing to incorporate information technologies
into instruction. WITS also offers workshops for
students, faculty, and staff on the use of computers,
application software, the campus network, the
internet, as well as development of web sites
and electronic presentations. User Services staff
consult with faculty and students concerning software
applications, hardware appropriate to those applications,
the use of multimedia for teaching and presentations,
computer-aided instructional methods and general
questions about any aspect of computing at Willamette.
The WITS Multi-media Production group provides
“for-fee” services to develop and produce
video material, photographic slides, brochures,
posters and other materials related to instruction
and campus activities. The multi-media workroom
is also available for self-service development
of many of these same kinds of materials.
Four other services of WITS
— Network and Systems
Management, Administrative
Computing, Telecommunications,
and Technical Services —
provide support and maintenance
for the campus network equipment
and servers, the administrative
information system, the telephone
and voice mail systems and the
University's technology equipment
in offices, classrooms, and
laboratories.
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