HSL Access notes - Nov. 8th

Hello,

 

A few notes to end the week....

 

 

Remembrance Day and Weekend Hours

HSL will be open through the weekend and open holiday hours on Monday, Remembrance Day as follows:

Saturday, October 12th:  10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Sunday, October 13th:  12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Monday, October 14th:  10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Thanks to our student assistants who will be covering the holiday hours on Remembrance Day Monday.

 

 

Veterinary Medicine Sessions

Lorraine will be offering optional free search workshops tailored specifically to veterinary medicine graduate students on the dates and times noted below.   These workshops will cover databases and grey literature that is relevant to veterinary medicine topics.  Students can register by emailing Lorraine at ltoews@ucalgary.ca

 

Conducting Systematic Literature Searches in Veterinary Medicine

 

When:                 Thurs, November 14        10 am – 11:30 am               1460 B

                             Tues, November 19           9:30 am – 11 am                1460 A

                             Tues, December 10            10 am – 11:30 am             1460 B

                             Tues, December 17            10 am – 11:30 am             1460 B

 

POI Client and Cards

Persons of Interest:  Most new Persons of Interest (POIs) will pick up an Associate card at the Unicard office and appear in Sirsi as Blocknew.  The POI info doesn’t always transfer over fully from the system, so staff may need to assist in updating.  We see many of these types of clients at HSL and there are many exceptions.   Please let me know if there are any questions or concerns about a POI record.

POI clients are expected to use their Unicard barcode and pin to access online resources remotely (not their UCIT login and password that is also an option for student,  staff and faculty).

 

IM Chat

A reminder that IM chat is now being monitored at station #3.  The site is bookmarked in Chrome.

Login:  tbccinfo

PW:  tbccinfo10

If you are busy with a client or need to step away from the desk, please use the drop down menu to select away.

 

Periodical Shelf Reading Project

Chelsea has been coordinating a periodical inventory project that has involved all evening and weekend staff and students.  Many thanks to all for the many hours of detailed work.  The initial review of the shelves is complete with various follow projects underway to identify and troubleshoot discrepancies between the collection and catalogue.  The result will be an accurate periodical shelf list and more accurate holding records.

 

TAL

At a recent circulation supervisor’s meeting it was mentioned that a number of public clients have arrived at the service desk with their Calgary Public Library(CPL) card expecting to be able to borrow books since this is what they were told. 

·         Please remember that Calgary Public Library members can certainly borrow books at UofC but they first must pick up The Alberta Library (TAL) card at their home library.  We can then add a barcode to their TAL card and create a borrower’s record for them in Sirsi. We do have a handout that outlines these steps in the process for clients.  Please offer this handout  to interested public clients.  The handout is in the front of the TAL binder in the third drawer by the POS at the service counter.

·         Also, it is very important that staff place a TAL flag in each item that is checked out to a TAL client.  This ensures proper TAL processing if the item is retuned to a CPL or other Alberta library.

 

Doucette Education Library Borrowing

The collection at Doucette has limited borrowing for clients outside the faculty.  For example, textbooks and kits are limited to clients within the faculty.  Also, Doucette does not have on shelf holds.  If clients wish to borrow a circulating item that is on their shelf, they may visit Doucette to borrow the item.

Also there are further restrictions for consortium clients who may borrow circulating items on site for a two week firm loan – no  renewals.

 

Reciprocal Users

An update to the reciprocal users list:  Alberta College of Art and Design is no longer on the reciprocal list.  These clients should be encouraged to pick up a TAL card at their home library.

 

Events Calendar at UofC

There are often people asking about upcoming events they have heard about at the UofC.  One way to find these events:

·         UofC homepage

·         Scroll to the links on the  bottom of the page

·         About Us> Events at the University

·         Click on ‘Calendar’ in the red title bar and a calendar of scheduled events is displayed.

·         Past and future months can also be viewed.

 

AV Project at HSL

The AV project is proceeding in rooms 14554 and 1455.

 

Photocopy Prices and Scanning Option

In response to a client comment, a label with photocopy prices has been added to each public copier.  We also have signage on the photocopy table.  Clients inquiring about copying may also be interested in the scanning option that is free of charge.

 

AUPE

Watch for special offers for movie tickets and events.

There are also meetings scheduled over the next few weeks regarding pensions.

Information is posted on the staff bulletin board.

 

 Please let me know if there are any suggestions, concerns or comments.

 Have a great long weekend.

Mary