HSL Access Notes - October 7th

Hi,
A few notes as we approach the thanksgiving weekend.....

HSL Thanksgiving Weekend Hours
HSL will be open throughout the Thanksgiving Weekend
Saturday, October 8th : 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Sunday October 9th : 12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Monday, October 10th : 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m (holiday hours)

Timesheets
Please submit timesheets for the October 1st – 15th pay period by Friday, October 14th. If you have questions or concerns about timesheets please let me know or call the HR help desk at 220-5932.

Vacation Balances
A reminder that vacation balances should be reduced by Dec. 31st . Staff should have at most, no more than their yearly allotment banked. HR explains that the idea is that if you earn 3 weeks of holidays in one year, you would be taking 3 weeks of holiday each year.
The overall goal is that staff would generally never have more than one full year of vacation banked. Since staff earn vacation time every working day, the question becomes how to best manage to stay under the allotment balance at any one time. Ideally staff would be well under their full year balance by Dec. 31, 2011, so that as they earn additional time through 2012, they do not exceed the full year allotment balance, but still have the amount required for their vacation plans. Staff can check their balances on their online timesheets. Please let me know if you would like additional information.

New Hold Service
The new hold service that will allow clients to select their hold pick up location has been delayed once again. They are now hoping to implement this in early November.

Barcodes on Books
We are noticing more barcodes with the new placement on the outside of the back cover, for example on the new BLS (CPR) books.

New Computers
We now have a full complement of computers in our Computer Classrooms, with 24 client workstations in each classroom, 1460A & B. All of the computers in these classrooms have been updated to the new software load, with Windows 7 and Office 2010.
New workstation numbers have been added to the desks.
There are two stations (745, 748) that have a replacement keyboard.
Glenn from ITS noted that the new Windows 7 is better at identifying machines that may need attention. If you see any machines that display a “Hardwire Warning”, please report to your supervisor, Lourdes or Mary. Thanks.
The new Windows 7 login password: lcr,info2

SPSS
This statistical software is only temporarily loaded in our computer classroom for the semester. If both classrooms are being used for instruction, we do not have other access to SPSS. I understand that TFDL does not have public access to SPSS at their location.

Downtown Campus
Information about the new Downtown Campus is still being developed for our LCR website. Currently they only have a reserve collection that can be used on site. Their site is served by inter-campus mail.ScannerWe hope to have a repair or replacement for our scanner sometime in the coming week.

October Display
There is a display of resources for Breast Cancer Awareness month on the shelving unit by the Consumer Health Collection.

Memory Stick
We have seen an increased need for the backup public workstation this week for colour printing, so it may not always be available for longer client sessions. While HIN clients can work from any workstation, they can only access their printing from the back up station. When this machine is in high demand another option for HIN clients is to work from any public station, save their documents to a memory stick, then use the memory stick in the back up station to print their jobs. We now have a memory stick in the top drawer of the service counter by station 2 for this type of use. The back up station does have a public software load, so is more fully protected against computer viruses. Please remember, do not use any public memory sticks in any of the service or staff computers. Thanks.

Fall Instruction
A schedule of fall instruction for EndNote and RefWorks is now posted on our website at: http: //library.ucalgary.ca/branches/hsl/citing-and-writing
Please let me know if you have any questions, suggestions or concerns.

Hope everyone enjoys a lovely Thanksgiving weekend.
Mary