The following is a summary of University of Waterloo (UW) Library resources in support of the graduate program in Power Engineering at Waterloo prepared by Jim Parrott, Liaison Librarian for Electrical & Computer Engineering.
Material is collected to support teaching and research to the PhD level in Power Engineering.
The decision to purchase Library materials for Power Engineering is the responsibility of the Liaison Librarian for Electrical & Computer Engineering in consultation with the Faculty Library Representative. Selection is guided by the Collection Development Policy and the Approval Plan Subject Profile for the department of Electrical & Computer Engineering.
The collection includes 32 current journals in Power Engineering, as well as some 2958 monographs relevant to Power Engineering. Of the 14 journals which in 2002 the Institute for Scientific Information ranked highest by impact factor in the field of power engineering, the University of Waterloo Library subscribes to 11 titles, and has back runs for one of the remaining 3 titles. The titles not currently subscribed to have among the lowest impact factors, placing 11th, 12th and 13th in the ranked list.
The University of Waterloo Library's collections in Power Engineering are housed in the Davis Centre Library. The entire Library collection is made available through the online catalogue, TRELLIS, which is accessible from computers in the Library and remotely.
The Library's automated circulation system allows users to sign out materials during the hours that the Library is open and renew items from a web-based patron record. Most materials circulate, with the exception of the current issues of journals, and reference materials. Graduate students and faculty may borrow most monographs for the term. In addition, they may borrow journals for three days, or request that photocopies of articles be sent to their campus address.
Books and journal articles from the University of Guelph and Wilfrid Laurier University may be identified and requested through TRELLIS, the union catalogue which contains all library materials in the Tri University Group (TUG). Items are delivered to UW from any TUG library within 3 business days.
The Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Service obtains, for UW students and faculty, books, journal articles, patents, theses, etc. from institutions in Canada and abroad. Materials in Ontario libraries can be accessed and requested through RACER, the automated interlibrary loan system used by OCUL members: http://racer.scholarsportal.info/vdx/index.html. The Library has contracted with Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI) for document delivery services which provide rapid delivery of journal articles to the university community. All materials obtained for faculty and graduate students are delivered to their on-campus mailing addresses. Currently, the Library absorbs all costs except for the purchase of theses, reports, patents, and standards.
Faculty and students may borrow directly from university libraries in Ontario, Quebec and the Western Provinces (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia) under direct borrowing agreements. In addition, through an arrangement with the Association of Research Libraries, faculty members may borrow directly from over 100 academic libraries in the U.S.A.
The Library organizes and provides access to a wide range of Internet resources. These include research guides arranged by academic discipline, library catalogues from around the world, and other reference resources, such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, standards and patents. The Library-created research guide for Electrical & Computer Engineering is available at http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/discipline/eleccompeng/index.html.
The Library subscribes to a number of electronic resources relevant to Power Engineering, including the following:
INSPEC
IEEE/IEE Electronic Library
Compendex2
International Nuclear Information System
Web of Science (Science Citation Index)
These are accessible at all UW computers connected to the Internet and at off-campus computers via the Library’s proxy service. Users may print or download search results from these resources.
Reference assistance is available in person or by telephone at the Library's Information Desks which are staffed by professional librarians and specially trained library assistants. UW students and faculty may also use the online chat or e-mail options provided through the Ask a Librarian service http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/comments/ to get the assistance they need.
The Liaison Librarian for Electrical & Computer Engineering is available for consultation with individuals or small groups of students, and delivers course specific instruction about library research strategies and tools. The Library also offers orientation programs including tours, general seminars for graduate students, and workshops on topics such as database searching, and how to maintain current awareness in an electronic environment.
During the past seven years, the Library has spent approximately $1,134,695 on materials for Electrical & Computer Engineering (see below). Materials acquired for other departments, especially Computer Science (computer engineering, software engineering), and Physics (electromagnetism) provide additional library support for Electrical & Computer Engineering.
More detailed information including lists of serials purchased for Electrical & Computer Engineering, serial titles of interest to Electrical & Computer Engineering, number of monograph titles of interest to Electrical & Computer Engineering by subject, and the Collection Development Policy for Electrical & Computer Engineering is available upon request in the Library. We would be pleased to discuss the Library's holdings and services with an appraiser at the time of a campus visit. We believe that a high level of support for the graduate program in Power Engineering has been provided by the Library, both in holdings and in services.
Mark Haslett
University Librarian
YEAR |
SERIAL EXPENDITURE |
BOOK EXPENDITURE |
APPROVAL PLAN SUPPORT |
TOTAL EXPENDITURE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1997/98 |
85,717 |
23,653 |
9,908 |
119,278 |
1998/99 |
103,354 |
29,166 |
7,809 |
140,329 |
1999/00 |
106,632 |
31,791 |
12,866 |
151,289 |
2000/01 |
46,178 |
26,375 |
11,948 |
84,501 |
2001/02 |
27,661 |
40,326 |
12,952 |
80,940 |
2002/03 |
24,103 |
27,040 |
10,606 |
61,749 |
NOTE: The dramatic drop in serial expenditures beginning in the year 2000/20011 is largely due to the transferral of the funds for IEEE expenditures (covering the journals and the core conference proceedings) to the electronic fund, which now covers the IEEE/IEE Digital Library. The transferred funds were augmented considerably to be able to acquire the entire IEEE/IEE Digital Library package. The IEEE/IEE Digital Library expenditures in that electronic fund for 2000 – 2004 are:
| 2001 | $112,833.00 |
|---|---|
| 2002 | $102,906.00 |
| 2003 | $108,338.00 |
| 2004 | $103,187.00 |
| Total | $427,264.00 |
The 2003/04 acquisitions budget for Electrical & Computer Engineering breaks down as follows: $27,661 for serials; $37,747 for books; and approximately $3,937 for approval plan (current spent) support for a total of $69,345.
Since 1997, library expenditures (including the estimated amount for 2003/04) on materials for Electrical & Computer Engineering total $1,134,695.
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