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The Univ

ersity of the

West Indies

Departmental Reports

Mona

2010-2011

Edite d and Compiled byMrs. Rodina Reid

Senior

Assistant RegistrarOffice of the Ca

mpus RegistrarSecreta riat

THE UN

IVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIESDEPA

RTMENTAL REPORTSCAMPUS COU

NCIL, MONA AND TO COUNCILFOR YEAR ENDI

NG JULY 31, 2011Page

THE LI

BRARY, MONA..................................1

FACULTY OF

HUMANITIES AND EDUCATION........24

Dean's Ov

Caribbean Ins

titute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC).......................................33

Department of His

tory and Archaeology..................39

Department of Langu

age, Linguistics & Philosophy.........54

Department of Library and

Information Studies............69

Department of Liter

atures in English.....................81

Department of Mod

ern Languages and Literatures..........92

School of Ed

FACULTY OF

MEDICAL SCIENCES....................123

Dean's Ov

erview ......................................124

Department of Basic M

edical Sciences...................135

Department of Child

Health...........................155

Department of Communi

ty Health & Psychiatry...........173

Department of Med

icine..............................195

Department of Mi

crobiology...........................207

Department of Obstetrics

& Gynaecology ...............217 Department of Pathology.............................227

Department of Su

rgery, Radiology, Anaesthetics & Intensive C

The UWI School of Nu

rsing ..........................267

FACULTY OF

PURE & APPLIED SCIENCES............274

Dean's Ov

Department of Chemistr

y.............................284

Department of Compu

ting ............................301

Department of Geography & Ge

ology...................308

Department of Life S

ciences...........................322

Department of Mathematics

...........................343 Department of Physics................................351

FACULTY OF

SOCIAL SCIENCES......................361

Dean's Ov

Department of Economics............................373

Department of Governm

ent...........................380

Department of Management S

tudies.....................396

Department of Soci

ology, Psychology & Social Work.......407 INS

TITUTE & RESEARCH CENTRES..................424

Confuciu

s Institute ..................................425

Earthqu

ake Unit.....................................434

Electron Mi

croscopy Unit.............................444

Institu

te of Caribbean Studies.........................447

Institu

te of Gender & Development Studies (MCU)........455

Institu

te of Gender & Development Studies (RCU)........467

International Centre for Envir

onment & Nuclear S ciences (ICENS).........................479

Mona School of

Business .............................485

Sir Ar

thur Lewis Institute of Social & Economic Stu dies (SALISES).......................508 The Biotechnology Centre.............................533

The Hugh Wynter Fertility M

anagement Unit.............539

The Natural Prod

ucts Institute .........................545

Tropical Med

icine Research Institute (TMRI).............551

THE LI

BRARYMONA

Year e

nding July 31, 2011Leona Bobb-Semple, BA Univ of G uyana, DipLib UWI,

MLS SUNY, Albany - Campus Librarian

1

Overview

The year und

er review was a particularly challenging one for theLibrary bu t amidst these challenges there were importantachievements. The L ibrary continued to utilize innovative measures tocreate public s paces and to upgrade and remodel facilities while at thesame time max imizing the use of storage areas. With strong commitment from staff mem bers many targets for the 2010/2011 academic year wereachieved. Users of the Library benefitted from ongoing renovations to the facilitie s and the reconfigu ration of spaces in the Science and Medical BranchLibrari es, and the construction of a new Law Library in the Faculty ofLaw bui lding. The continuing upgrades resulted in increased seatingcapacity, provis ion of spaces for group and individual study,improvement in com puter facilities, and the provision of specializedspaces for pos tgraduate students. As a result of these upgrades theLibrary now prov ides 271 computers for student access, 440 electricaloutlets, and wireless connectivity for personal laptop computers, whileseating has i ncreased by 20% since July 2010.

Central to the impact of these d

evelopments is a cadre of trained staffwith effectiv e customer service skills, so staff development and trainingwere key focu s areas to improve administrative efficiency and servicethroughou t the Library system. The Library continued to build itscollection of electroni c material by providing access to approximately 46, 2

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ectronic journals and 3,882 electronic books. Usage of thedatabases increased significantly, an indication of the direction that users are moving i n. Correspondingly, loans of print material have beendecreasi ng. In June 2011, the Library established a Marketing Teamwhose mand ate is to communicate to the academic community theservices and resources offered by the Library. Digitization of materialfrom the Special Collections continued. Some 300 rare maps weredigi tized during the year under review. Systems librarians across theUnivers ity campuses worked to complete UWILinC, a common interface for acces sing information. With the availability of UWILinC the campus comm unity will have access to a "state of the art" search anddis covery interface which allows users to search simultaneously theprint, electronic, and digital collections from all four campuses. WORK

OF THE DEPARTMENTNew Stude

nts Orientation

Close t

o 1000 students attended or ientation sessions comprising a30-minu te PowerPoint presentation on the library and its resourcesfollowed by a tour of the Main Library. The tours were conducted by3 well-trained peer tour guides. At the end of the sessions students wereprovid ed with book marks detailing the library services and openinghours. I n September 2010, the Library, in collaboration with MITS, sent indiv idual emails to incoming students to attend OPAC and databas etraining s essions realizing excellent response. In addition, in an effort toput new stud ents at ease, staff members in public service areas of alllibraries wore ASK ME pins invi ting students to approach staffmembers wi th questions and problems.Loan

StatisticsThe overall loan s

tatistics continue to reflect a decline in all areas withonly an increase i n Reading Room loans during the extended hours. Thisis no dou bt attributable to the use of alternative resources such asdatabases , e-books, on-line journals and the Internet. As demonstratedfrom one of the most popul ar database, EbscoHost usage has increasedby 37%.

SCIENCEDIRECT to which UWI librari

es have a jointsubs cription reflected increased usage across the campuses from 42,859to 132,715 h its.Loan Statis tics for Printed MaterialsLib raryO/NRROpenshelfPeriodicalsTotal

Main 37,885 12,778 35,919 1,609 88,191

Medica

l 1,845 828 3,032 585 6,290 Science 14,155 2,473 7,932 149 24,709 Law 1,687 454 194 8 2,343 WJC 1,433 579 775 - 2,787

Grant T

otal 57,005 17,112 47,852 2,351124,320 4

EBSCOHOST DATABASE USE S

TATISTICS, 2009-2011Year MonthSearchesFull Text

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2009August 11,498 1,642 4,026

2009September 60,650 6,552 20,264

2009October 113,310 14,902 34,077

2009Nove

mber 78,699 10,424 23,394

2009Decem

ber 16,965 2,491 5,195

2010January 15,808 2,631 8,986

2010Februa

ry 99,456 19,145 81,704

2010March 120,474 25,728 109,813

2010April 85,783 15,790 63,094

2010May 29,153 5,662 24,438

2010June 45,926 11,170 49,985

2010July 32,502 8,246 32,126

TOTAL 710,224 124,383 457,102

YearMonthSearchesFull Text

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2010August 11,005 2,027 8,034

2010September 51,939 14,521 76,932

2010October 108,881 32,499 133,376

2010Nove

mber 82,162 20,500 83,353

2010Decem

ber 28,507 6,017 19,665

2011January 21,059 5,606 26,861

2011Februa

ry 115,600 26,796 130,326

2011March 140,570 27,876 127,291

2011April 102,795 14,562 64,920

2011May 45,960 3,841 22,729

2011June 37,924 6,742 27,014

2011July 63,219 9,947 27,694

TOTAL 809,621 170,934 748,195

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Securit

y of Library MaterialThe Library secu red funding through the auspices of UWI Development and End owment Fund (UWIDEF) for the acqui sition of a 3M BookCheck Secu rity System at the Main Library. Installation of the systemwas giv en a very narrow window and had to be done by December 31,2010 . Working in collaboration with Campus Projects Office, TELi Con,

3M Jama

ica and UWIDEF, the Library w as able to launch the system onJanuar y 18, 2011.Tattle strips were appl ied to all books in the Main Library, except rarebooks, by the end of March 2011. This has had a tremendous impact onthe work of the Loan and Reference Section not only in terms of staffefficienci es but also in customer satisfaction as now items notlegitimatel y borrowed could be easily detected. Consequently the libraryattendant who checked book s is now assigned other duties particularlyin assi sting with the speedy delivery of services in areas such as fetchingRBC books and as sisting clients in locating material on the open shelves. MONA INFORMATION LITERACY UNIT

The academic year w

as another very productive one for the MonaInformation L iteracy Unit (MILU). The Unit endeavou red to ensure that all stu dents were given training in the use of the catalogue and databases,and a greater ef fort was made to embed these key areas in trainingsessi ons requested by faculty. This type of training empowered studentsto access these res ources at anytime and anywhere.With the improv ement of services to postgraduate students, a recordnumber of pos tgraduates came to the Library for consultation onreferencing and presentation of their theses prior to submission forexamination. Aquotesdbs_dbs29.pdfusesText_35

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