Hello,
Well the
new term has begun and here are ‘more than a few’ notes for the week!
Welcome
It is
wonderful to welcome Jane Inglis who is working with Vivian afternoons as part
of the HKN team.
Also please
welcome two new students assistants who began at HSL this week, Kathleen
Oliveros and Robin Tims.
Fall/Winter
Term Hours
Weekend
hours have resumed at HSL. As well, longer evening student shifts have
resumed. Our student schedule for the term is as follows:
Saturday:
1-4, Robin (some Saturday shifts still available)
Sunday:
3-6, Kathleen
Monday:
4-10, Jessica
Tuesday:
4-10, Amy
Wednesday:
4-10, Kathleen
Thursday;
4-10, Robin
HSL/HKN/KRS
Staff Retreat
September 20th 12:00 – 4:00 TRW W21C (main
floor, down hallway beside main info desk)
Website for review. http://www.theenneagraminbusiness.com/index.html
Copies of Bringing Out the Best in Yourself at
Work: How to Use the Enneagram System for Success available
at HSL service desk and each location.
Have you completed your individual style survey?
Staff
Contact Lists
HSL staff
contact lists have been updated in SharePoint this week. You can find
them at: Shared Documents – Communications, or simply use the search box.
Staff
Update
As noted
by Kathryn, Marcus will temporarily placed at Women’s Health Centre while the
Holy Cross site relocations are finalized. Marcus can be reached at mmvaska@ucalgary.ca, 403-944-2267.
HSL
Webpage
The Hours
and Locations links from the main library webpage have been updated so that
individual links will now lead directly to the appropriate branch or
service point instead of to the Hours and Locations portal. For instance,
clicking on Health Sciences Library now leads directly to http://library.ucalgary.ca/hsl and on
our homepage there is a link back to our full hours and location page at http://hours.library.ucalgary.ca/#view-health.
Another
easy way to access our HSL homepage from the main library homepage is to add
/hsl to the library url.
Staff are encouraged to promote our HSL homepage by using it
as a starting point to assist UofC clients.
On our homepage clients can find:
·
The most popular resources
·
Chat box to connect online with a librarian
during regular hours
·
News, to find latest instruction schedules, etc.
·
Link to health related research guides (ie.
Libguides) on a wide variety of topics, for Med, Vet Med, BHS, Nursing and
more, for example Mobile Apps)
·
Link to citation management information
·
Link for recommending purchase of health related
resources
·
Hours and directions, and much more
Instruction
Sessions
Fall
instruction sessions in the Commons have begun. This includes monthly
sessions for Endnote and Refworks (twice each month), thesis formatting
(monthly) and literature searching(twice each month).
Clients are
encouraged to register at http://library.ucalgary.ca/workshops
, in advance, however the sessions are
open for drop-in clients as well.
Copies of
the posters are available at the service desk and may be distributed to all
those interested. The files for the posters, if needed are in the R
drive: Uclass: Administration: Office
Support: Signs: Instruction Signs
Reserves
This is also a busy time for Reserve requests.
Information about HSL Reserve services can be found at: http://library.ucalgary.ca/hsl-reserves
(Services>> Faculty & Instructor Support
» Reserves » Forms>> Branch).
If an instructor or assistant brings materials to the desk
for placement on Reserve, please ask the client to complete a print form so
that we have the information needed to process the Reserve request. The
print forms are in the file cabinet behind the service counter under
Reserves. There are two different forms, one for personal reserve
material and one for library material.
Zendesk
and Requests
We
often need to contact other LCR units with requests about IT, Sirsi or
collections. This was often done by emailing the department contact,
however now that the new Zendesk system is fully in place, this process has
been streamlined. Paul Pival recommends that staff i use the black “Feedback” (zendesk) tab on the
far right hand side of the library homepage for all IT or collections-related
stuff - the dropdown of "What type of problem are you having?" will
route the correct group.
Clinical
Key Resources
Clients are
able to view electronic resources supplied by Clinical Key by clicking on the
title of the book or chapter, however if they wish to download or print
(clicking on the pdf icon), they will need to first register for a free Clinical
Key login.
Bookmarks
We have
received a set of new bookmarks from LCR that are now on display at the front
counter. Each bookmark highlights the LCR homepage url on one side and
the services available to a particular client group on the other side.
The red
bookmarks are for UofC undergrads and grads. The gold bookmarks are for
Alumni, Coppul, etc. and TAL. Staff are encouraged to distribute
these to the appropriate clients at the desk.
Self-Check
With the new term and new students, we would like to promote
use of the self-check unit. I love showing clients how it works because
it generally works so well – checking out, and desensitizing books all at
once. Clients can also check their account and renew their books at the
self check by simply accessing their account and selecting renew books.
The system also offers clients receipt options – print, email or no
receipt. One client this week said she wasn’t having luck with the
machine reading her card, when we took a look we found it worked much better
when the client card is held under the laser closer to the table top, not
closer to the scanner. Staff at the desk are asked to use the self check
as a first option if station #1 is busy, 2 and then waiting to desensitize at
station #1, please help clients at the self check. Clients really seem t
appreciate the option once thy are familiar with it.
Any client concerns or problems with the self-check, please
let me know.
KRS
We have
temporary handouts for KRS at the HSL service desk. There is one for
staff and another for patient and patient families. The handouts include the
url for the new website. Please distribute to AHS staff.
I had a
question this week from a physician who explained that he is not an AHS
employee, but was given an AHS ‘practitioner’ ID badge. I have confirmed
that this type of client would not be eligible for library services through KRS
since they are not AHS employees.
UCLASS
How is everyone managing with navigation in our shared drive
UCLASS system?
Brian has created a helpful ‘frequently used files’ quick
reference sheet for himself, as shown below. Our aim is that files will
be in a location that is logical and easy to find, but it may take time to get
used to the new locations. Staff may like to create their own frequently
used files’ quick reference. If you are finding that your files are not
in the first place you look, it could be that we may need to reconsider the
location. Let me know if you are having trouble finding certain files.
|
File name
|
location
|
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Dynamed
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CI-050-2
(Collections and Information Management)
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Lexicomp
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CI-050-2
(Collections and Information Management)
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Operations
Manual
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AD-500-3
(Administrative Services)
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Reserve
Statistics Excel spreadsheet
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AD-300-3
(Administrative Services)
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Weekly
Circulation Schedule
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HR-230-3
(Human Resources)
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Journals
Database
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CI-200-2 COLLECTIONS & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT\CI
200 - DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTIONS\2-Case Files\Current Journals List 2013
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HSL Flat Panel
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CR-480-2 (Community Relations)
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Copyright
There is a new copyright
handout provided by the UofC copyright office in our public pamphlet display at
HSL. More information on our library website at http://library.ucalgary.ca/copyright.
Downtown Campus
Book Sale
DTC Library is looking for
donations for their book sale: books, current magazines, DVDs, CDs
. they are collecting until the end of the month. More details on
poster attached.
Please let me know if there are any questions, comments or suggestions.
I hope all enjoy a refreshing weekend.
Mary
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