HI all,
As you may have heard, the ULibraries and the Alumni Association have partnered together to offer alumni access to 2 Ebsco databases. Those databases are "alumni versions" of Academic Source Premier and Business Source Premier.
You can check out the info on these on the alumni page at: http://www.lib.umn.edu/site/find-articles-prelicensing.phtml
John Butler has added Alumni Association flags to x.500 records for all library staff in the following areas :
361A:Law Library
370A:Health Sciences Libraries
371A:Lib Collection Dev
372A:Lib Information Technology
374A:Lib Academic Programs
374B:Lib Acad Prgms/Sciences
374C:Lib Acad Prgms/Hum Soc Sci
374D:Lib Acad Prgms/Archv Spec Coll
375A:Lib Info Access/Del Svc
This will allow you access into these alumni databases so you can answer questions for alumni or assist with searches.
I'm not sure how much marketing the library is going to do for this, it seems that the Alumni Association is going to take the lead on this and send out their initial marketing materials on March 5-7, including an article in the Alumni magazine, a write-up in the monthly "burst" email they send to AA members, and a letter to individuals who are not yet members of the AA to tell them about this exciting new service.
You can direct any questions about this service to Vicki Glasgow.
Cheers!
Lisa