Hours and location

Hours
The library is open Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. for library service and public access to the collection. After-hours access is permitted by magnetic card for Geophysical Institute and International Arctic Research Center faculty, staff and students.

Location
The Mather Library is located on the entry level of the Akasofu Building. This expanded facility opened in 1999.

Address
Keith B. Mather Library
Akasofu Building Rm 202
International Arctic Research Center
930 Koyukuk
P.O. Box 757355
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7355

Contact
Phone: 907-474-7512 or 907-474-7503
Fax: 907-474-6846
Email: gilibrary [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu
907-474-2636 for Patent Office questions

 

Services

GOLDMINE  (UAF catalog)

WORLDCAT (global catalog for over 10,000+ libraries)

ONLINE JOURNALS (available only at GI/IARC)

Interlibrary Loan (link to request form)
This service is available only to GI and IARC faculty, staff and students.

Photocopying/Scanning/Fax available

Loans
Library loans are subject to the following regulations:

Type of Material	Loan Period
Books and Theses	Semester
Periodicals	Non-circulating
Data	Non-circulating
Reports	Semester
Public Data Files (Alaska DGGS)	Non-circulating
Reserve	In Library Use Only
References	Non-circulating
USGS Archival	Non-circulating
Dept. of Transportation	Semester

Information Services

• Answer in-depth reference questions
• Assist in locating documents
• Verify citations for papers in press
• Instructions on CD databases
• Guided tours of library facility
• Locate email or physical addresses and phone numbers
• Bibliographies prepared on special topics
• Class instruction for locating information on special topics, such as remote sensing

Special Collections

• Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Survey Publications
• Alaska Department of Transportation Library (DOT Collection)
• Alaskan Geologic and Mining Theses and Dissertations
• Army Meteorological Team Data - Alaska
• Canadian Meteorological Publications
• Deep Sea Drilling Volumes
• International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI)
• International Geophysical Year (IGY)
• International Historical Glaciological Collection
• International Northern Sea Route
• Japanese Geological Survey
• MIRL Reports
• Outer Continental Shelf Publications
• U.S. Army Cold Regions Publications (CRREL reports)
• U.S.G.S. Alaska publications

Bibliographies

News

Press Releases

New Books

Alaska Patent & Trademark Resource Center

A service of the Keith B. Mather Library
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks
http://gi.alaska.edu/facilities/mather/Patent

 

Alaska's Patent and Trademark Resource Center (APTRC):

The Keith B. Mather Library, Geophysical Institute, was designated as an official Patent and Trademark Depository Library in April 2010 by the U. S. Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office. In October 2011, federal changes led to a new name, the Alaska Patent and Trademark Resource Center.

The Mather Library receives and houses copies of U.S. patents and trademark materials, makes them readily available to the public, and actively disseminates patent and trademark information.

Legal Advice:
The library can provide limited information about Patent and Trademark Office forms and fees, but can not give legal advice. The United States Patent and Trademark Office recommends that inventors contact a patent or trademark attorney for legal advice before submitting a patent or trademark application. A list of registered patent or trademark attorneys and agents in Alaska and other states is available from the Patent and Trademark Resource Center.

Free Services:

• Reference assistance in locating answers to patent and trademark questions
• Training and assistance in searching basic patent and trademark information
• Access to files of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Online access to state trademark registration.
• Online access to European Patent Office for foreign patents and reliable sources for obtaining them.
• Patent searching classes - approximately 2 hours. Call the library for the next available class 907-474-2636.

Internet Resources:

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Google Patents
• American Patent & Trademark Law Center
• For Trademark Considerations

Suggested Reading:
Free at the Mather Library:

• Basic Facts about Trademarks
• General Information Concerning Patents
• Guide for the Preparation of Patent Drawings
• Guide to Filing a Design Patent Application
• Guide to Filing a Utility Patent Application

Additional patent resource books are being added. Watch the news section.

Requests for Services:
Specialized patent reference services are available Tuesday and Thursday or by appointment.

Requests for information may be made by telephone, fax, e-mail, or in person. It is advisable to call for an appointment before coming to the library for patent or trademark search.

Telephone: 907-474-2636
Fax: 907-474-6846
E-mail: patents [at] gi [dot] alaska [dot] edu

Patent Copying:
Self-service copying of patents is available at a charge of $.15 per page.

Location:
The Patent and Trademark Resource Center collection is located in the Keith B. Mather Library of the Geophysical Institute in the Akasofu Building, Room 202.

Alaska D.O.T. Collection

The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT & PF) library collection is housed and cataloged by the Keith B. Mather Library at UAF.

Collection: Consists of about 22,500 books, reports, manuals, and periodicals. Each piece has been cataloged with the designation of “DOT” in the call number and can be found in Goldmine, UAF’s online catalog.

Subjects: Highways, Bridges, Airports, Roads, Docks, Harbors, Ferries, Soils, Traffic, Safety, Maintenance, Design, Construction, Operations, Policy, etc.

Available: 8am – 5pm, Monday-Friday when the Keith B. Mather Library is open. The Keith B. Mather Library is located on the second floor of the IARC/Akasofu Building at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

Special Series: Engineering Geology and Soils Reports, Geotechnical Reports, Foundation Reports, TRR Journals

Reference service is provided.

 

Quick Links:

Alaska DOT http://www.dot.alaska.gov
Alaska DOT&PF employee directory http://dot.alaska.state.ak.us/empdir/
Other State DOTs http://dot.alaska.gov/transpo_resources.shtml
US DOT http://www.dot.gov/
Transport Canada http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/tc-main.htm

 

Related Databases:

TRID http://trid.trb.org/  Database that provides access to over 900,000 records of transportation of published or on-going research worldwide.

TLCAT (National Transportation Libraries Group Catalog) A tool that enables the user to search multiple transportation catalogs at one time using OCLC’s First Search http://ntl.bts.gov/exit/tlcat.html

Related Publications:

(TRR) Transportation Research Record Journal Online 1996

http://trb.metapress.com/home/main.mpx

TR News, (TRB’s bimonthly magazine)

http://www.trb.org/Publications/PubsTRNewsMagazine.aspx

TRB Transportation Research E-Newsletter

http://www.trb.org/Publications/PubsTRBENewsletter.aspx

 

More Links of Interest:

Alaska Railroad http://alaskarailroad.com/

Alaska Region Federal Aviation Administration http://www.faa.gov/airports/alaskan

Center for Transporation Analysis - Oak Ridge National Laboratory  http://cta.ornl.gov/cta/

Center for Transportation Research - University of Texas at Austin  http://blogs.utexas.edu/ctr/

Federal Higway Administration  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/

Federal Transit Adminstration  http://www.fta.dot.gov/

Transport Web  http://www.transportweb.com

Transportation Research Board - Research in Progress  http://rip.trb.org/

Turner - Fairbanks Highway Research Center  http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/research/

 

Bibliographies:

Sources of Information on Pipelines by Kay Kenyon Barboza and Julia H. Triplehorn