HSL Access notes - Feb 23rd

Hello Everyone,

 

Sorry for the delay in weekly notes recently.  Here are a few to wrap up the month.

 

 Collections Coordinator Role

 Thank you Lorraine T. for graciously volunteering to re assume collections duties while Caitlin is on leave. 

 

UCalgary Student Email and Library Notices

Since fall 2014, when students were migrated to Office 365, all official ucalgary emails for students are directed to ucalgary email addresses.  This means that for students, the email in their library record will automatically be set to their ucalgary account all the library notices will be directed this ucalgary email address.  We have no control over this, and staff cannot change this for student clients.  If students do not check this email regularly, they do have the option to set up forwarding : http://community.office365.com/en-us/w/exchange/2191.how-to-forward-email-in-office-365.aspx  (for students only)

Staff who are helping students at the desk may want to ensure that they are getting their notifications or are aware that the notifications will go to a ucalgary email account.   Also, the renewal reminder notifications are a courtesy and clients can also always check due dates by viewing their online library account.

 

HDL Transfer

The final boxes of Health Sciences Library journals bound for HDL left our site last week!

Congratulations to the entire team who assisted, and Chelsea who coordinated the project.

The project involved barcoding and adjusting Sirsi records that was completed through the summer, and the actual pulling and packing that began on November 4^th.

Once again, many thanks and congratulations.

The students will now begin shift the remaining collections.

 

SFX to 360 Link

Learn more about the changeover of our link resolver this term from SFX to 360 Link.

 

A new button will start to appear in place of the familiar SFX button:

 

Wednesday, March 04, 2015 10:00 AM-11:00 AM

Please join the session, in person in HSL 1459 or virtually via Lync to learn more about the move from SFX to 360 Link.  Thanks to David Brown for setting this up for us.

 

Other sessions are booked at TFDL:

Tuesday, March 3 at 2:00PM

TFDL 440C

Thursday March 5 at 10:00AM

TFDL440C

 

History of Medicine – Policy and Project

The first phase of the History of Medicine/Mackie inventory is complete, with positive results.  Many thanks to all those involved. 

A reminder that clients may borrow items from the History of Medicine room for use in the library only.  Staff would facilitate by retrieving the requested items form the HOM room and checking out to the client in Sirsi (requires override).

The full policy is in our SP 2007 site, at: https://spse.ucalgary.ca/sites/HSL/HSL%20Wiki%20Pages/History%20of%20Medicine.aspx

 

New LCR and IT webpages

Any feedback from clients on the new LCR webpage?  Have you noticed that IT now has a new webpage as well?

Please share any tips, tricks or comments.

 

 

Expense Claims

Staff are encouraged to submit any expense claims in PeopleSoft for this fiscal year by the end of February.  The process remains the same for LCR. Please continue to direct your Expense Claims to LCR Finance, attention Jocelyn Lim.

 

Lexicomp

As noted by Susan earlier this week, we will discontinue handing out Lexicomp codes for UC clients on March 2^nd.

Alternative options we can suggest are Dynamed and E Therapeutics (though this one not mobile optimized). 

AHS makes Lexicomp available on mobile devices for UC Residents and that is noted on our Mobile Research Guide. 

Please forward any client comments to myself or Susan.

 

EnviroShred - Confidential Shredding Consoles

Thanks TerriLynne for the helpful information about the how the confidential shredders should and should not be used.

·         For special note at the services desk, “Student’s information is not part of the public domain, therefore, any reports or slips containing a student name, student ID number, etc. should be discarded in the confidential shredder.”   Staff are asked to please continue to shred hold slips that include client names.

·         Many documents can simply be recycled.  “Thus documents such as printouts of calendars or emails would not be considered confidential unless personal or confidential information is included.”

·         Watching The University Archives YouTube video explaining how to properly dispose of records: http://youtu.be/A1gppbB-svg may be helpful.

 

 

Touch Table

 The touch functionality has been repaired on our touch table, however it is not functioning with the Lindsay atlas.  Clients can still use Lindsay with the mouse and keyboard.  We are also trying out the table  as a way for clients to respond to our monthly questions of interest.  We are using the MS Paint program.  Have you given it a try?

 

Mary

HSL Access Notes - Feb. 6th

Hello,

 

A few notes for the week……

 

 

Engagement Survey

A reminder that all staff are encouraged to complete the staff engagement survey.  LCR has had an above average response rate in the past, and the information provided in the surveys does is used for strategic planning at a campus and department level.   It takes about 20 minutes to complete.  Thanks.

 

Sliders

Have you had a look at our HSL sliders on our webpage lately?

Remember, if clients are asking about anything they see on a slider, they can click on the slider to take them to a page for more detailed information.

The RefWorks slider directs clients to the session registration calendar, the UptoDate  slider directs them to the Mobile app LibGuide, the resources sliders directs them to the catalogue records, etc. 

 

SP 2013

HSL staff, don’t miss out on the SharePoint 2013 roll-out and hands-on calendar session.  Everyone will get to use the new and streamlined calendars and processes.

Join us on Tuesday, February 10^th at 2:30 in 1459 for some fun, and exciting next steps with SP 2013.

 

 

Electronics

The Mac adapters that we have at the service desk are intended for use in the library only to support technology in the study rooms.  Clients using the rooms outside of the library can request that type of support through AV services.

 

Room booking System Update

Our room booking system allows students, staff and faculty to book up to two hours per day for a total of 3 hours in a 7 day period.  In one of our recent system changes, it appears that the limits had been changes to allow longer bookings during the day.  The 2 hour per day limit has been reset.  If clients are wondering why they could book 3 hours a day last week and only 2 hours per day this week, it is due to this glitch.  The 2 hour limit per day is to try to ensure that as many students as possible can use the space during open hours.

 

Students and  ucalgary email

We have seen quite a number of students with overdues on their term loans recently.  We believe in many cases this has to do with the change UC made this past fall that required that all official UC email was directed to ucalgary email addresses only.  In many cases students may not be checking their ucalgary email (for example those with ahs emails).

These renewal messages are continuing to be sent, however according the UofC policy, all official UC email is now directed to clients' ucalgary email address effective October of 2014.  If clients do not check this email account regularly, we would recommend that they set up email forwarding so that mail sent to the ucalgary email is directed to an account you check regularly so that you will continue to receive all library notifications.

 

HOM display

History of Medicine Days held in the HSC, are coming up the first weekend of March.

In connection with this, HSL will be hosting a special AHS sponsored travelling exhibit on the history of vaccination and immunology.

 

“AHS Archives has partnered with Public Health and Communications to respond to this timely issue to create a travelling exhibit that explores the history of epidemics and vaccination in Alberta. Thanks to a  generous  grant  from  the  Alberta  Museums’ Association, the AHS Archives has  been able to draw on the AHS archival collections of medical artifacts  and  historic  photographs.     This  exhibit, Titled  “A  History  of  Epidemics,  Vaccines  and Innovation”, presents  an  engaging  and  informative  story  of Alberta’s response to the threat of disease, profiling notable physicians and discoveries from across the province.”

 

This is a tabletop display that will be featured at HSL the first week of March, and will be set up in the area where the Touch Table lives.

 

IM Chat and Sound on Station #3 

A reminder when logging into IM chat at station #3 at the service desk, to also check the station sound volume.  We did miss one chat this week when we didn’t realize that the sound had been muted on the station.

 

Google Searching Tips

Lourdes attended the recent Training Thursday session at TFDL, 20 Awesome Things You Can Do with Google, and has shared these notes:

 

https://metacate.wordpress.com/2015/01/15/training-thursday-20-awesome-things-you-can-do-with-google/

 

Upcoming Training sessions at TFDL

There are some sessions being offered for staff and students in the TFDL Digital Media Commons.  Check out the story in UToday.

http://www.ucalgary.ca/utoday/issue/2015-02-06/tfdls-digital-media-commons-host-technology-workshops?utm_source=UToday&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=February-6-2015&utm_term=TFDL's%20Digital%20Media%20Commons%20to%20host%20technology%20workshops

 

Have a good weekend.

Mary

HSL Access notes - October 31, 2014

Hello Everyone,

 

A few final notes for October…..

 

 

Time change Sunday

Just a friendly reminder that the time change will occur in the wee hours of Sunday morning.  We will be moving our clocks back one hour for that extra hour of sleep!

The clocks in Health Sciences Library do not generally change automatically, and we are not able to change them manually since they are special satellite clocks.  We will send in an Archibus request on Monday to update the clocks. Beware, our clocks will display one hour fast until the updates are made!

 

October 31^st Change to student emails

A reminder about the change being made to student emails today and the client impact that we may see over the next few weeks.

 

As a result of the implementation of Office 365, there will be a change made to student emails on Friday October 31^st.  The email below was sent to all registered students who have a preferred email address that is something different than @ucalgary.ca (which is what will be affected).  This change will have an impact on students receiving email messages from the Library system (On Shelf Hold notifications, Recall Notices, and Overdue Notices in particular). 

 

Students have been asked to set up mail forwarding within Office 365 before Friday if their preferred email is not an @ucalgary.ca email address.  We have put up reminders on some of the screens in the TFDL thanks to Jennifer Sowa and Melina (as attached). 

 

Beginning next week you may have students coming to your desks saying that they did not receive an overdue notice, a recall notice or an on shelf hold notification.  It is possible that they did not receive it.  If their preferred email address is not an @ucalgary.ca address, then they will need to be encouraged to set up email forwarding in Office 365 to be able to receive future messages from the Library.  There is nothing that we can edit in their SIRSI record that will circumvent this.

 

Please give students the benefit of the doubt if they are coming to you in the next few weeks.

 

Regards,

 

Claudette

 

Alumni Authentication for limited list of free Databases

Alumni client privileges do not include remote access to all UC online resources, but it does include access to a limited number of licensed resources listed at:  http://library.ucalgary.ca/online-resources-alumni

 

While UC students, staff and faculty authenticate for remote access using their barcode and pin or their UCIT account and password, 

Alumni authenticate for access using their eid, as noted at: http://library.ucalgary.ca/alumni-faq

 

Computer Upgrade

We have received word from LCR IT that our public computers in the service area are slated for upgrade, we hope to see this by the end of the term.

 

Journal title

Current work in the History of Medicine.  If you are looking for issues from this journal title, they will be residing on Chelsea’s desk for the time being in relation to the HDL transfer project.

 

Storage in Service Area

To maximize space for equipment and storage in the service area, a few things have been re-arranged.  Keyboards and mice for the study rooms are all in one cabinet now, and all are clearly labelled for each particular room.

 

Electronics re-organization

The electronics cabinet in the staff are is being re-organized.  One data projector will be made available for student use within the library and study rooms.  Watch for updates.

 

Charge-All

Unfortunately our “Charge-All” device to charge mobile phones on site is not operating properly and is being returned for replacement.  This service will be unavailable until further notice. 

 

Mackie Project

The Mackie items that have been stored in the staff workroom are now being incorporated into our History of Medicine room.  The monographs are being interfiled with the current items on the shelves.  The journals will be shelved alphabetically by title along the north wall with the boxed catalogues and miscellaneous files.  The most fragile items and oversize items are being processed for permanent transfer to Special Collections in TFDL.

 

 HDL transfer

The physical transfer of the journals that were barcoded earlier this year will begin November 4^th!  Our student assistants will be able to pull, scan and box items for HDL pick up.  We expect 12 boxes or bins to be transferred daily.  During the transfer process these titles will be inaccessible to clients.  If request are received, please direct UC clients to use ILL.  Once the items are accessioned into HDL they will be accessible once again and clients will be able to place holds and borrow. 

 

Happy Halloween to all!

Mary

HSL Access Notes - April 17th

Hello,

 

A few notes before the Easter weekend…

 

Easter Weekend Hours

Many thanks to student assistants Amy and Kathleen who are covering our holiday hours tomorrow, Friday, April 18^th from 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

 

End of Term

Best wishes to our student assistants, Robin, Jessica, Kathleen, Krystal and Amy as they prepare for finals.

 

 

HOM Guidelines

 A reminder that if a client would like to view items from one of the History of Medicine collections, staff can retrieve one item at a time from the HOM room and sign the item out to the client in Sirsi for in library use only.  Staff should ensure that the item remains sensitized while in use. Clients should return these items directly to staff at the desk.  Staff would then discharge and re-shelve in the HOM room.  More detailed HOM guidelines are available on SharePoint.  Search for History, or go to the Collections Tab > Policies > History of Medicine.

 

Staff Access door to Elevator A hallway

The side emergency/staff exit door leading to Elevator A, is not latching properly, and  needs to be pulled in order to close securely.  Staff using the door are asked to double check that the door is secure.  The problem has been reported and should be repaired soon.

 

Town Hall Meeting

Information about the upcoming Town Hall meeting.  Susan has offered to cover the desk to allow staff to attend. 

It’s time to get the team together again! Please join us on Thursday May 1 from 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. in Science Theatre 148 for our Provost Team Town Hall. This is a chance for us to recap the academic year and discuss forward planning. 

Tom is encouraging all staff to attend if they are able to do so.

 

Hold Reminder Notice

Sirsi is now sending out a hold reminder notice as indicated by Mary Jane:  

 

On April 15^th, we started sending out Hold Pickup Reminder Notices to users with University of Calgary items* on hold. The reminder is sent to users who have an available hold that will expire in 3 days, and includes again the pickup location as well as the pickup by date.

   

                      *REMINDER*                

      YOUR HOLD IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR ONLY 3 MORE DAYS

 

You may notice that WorkFlows’ Item Search and Display/Call Number Item/Holds information shows the date of the latest notice in the Notified field. This now includes the date of a hold pickup reminder notice.

 

The intent of this notice is to support our patrons who receive our first notice that their hold is available for pickup, but then may forget to follow-up.

 

Data Pull

We have received notice that there will be a pull of data wiring in the library (likely from the shaft closest to room 1458) in connection with a project downstairs.  We hope this will be done either early morning or evening, but do not expect this to cause too much disruption to regular routines or service.

 

Room 1453

While the AV screen has been installed in room 1453, we are still waiting for a network connection and the LCR imaging of the CPU before this will be available for use.  We hope this will be fully operational soon.

 

Recycle Bins in service area

The small staff recycle bins in the service area and consult office will be emptied by student staff each Sunday.  This will move to Thursday evenings during July and August.

 

 

Wishing all a refreshing holiday Easter weekend!

Mary

 

 

Hello Everyone,

 

A few notes to begin the week.....

 

 

Easter Weekend Hours

Health Sciences Library will be open through the Easter weekend as follows:

Friday, April 18^th                10:00 AM – 6:00 PM  Holiday hours

Saturday, April 19^th          10:00 AM – 6:00 PM  Regular Hours

Sunday, April 20^th             12:00 PM – 8:00 PM  Regular Hours

Monday, April 21^st           8:00 AM – 10:00 PM  Regular Hours

 

Summer scheduling: 

HSL  will be closed weekends during July and August.  Student weekday evening hours will be reduced for the May - August months to 4 hour  shifts, (6:00 PM – 10:00 PM).

 

Staff Sessions at Health Sciences Library This Week

The Military Museums tour:  Either Wednesday, April 9^th or Thursday, April 10^th  pick up at HSC 9:45 AM

Advanced Searching Clinic #2 :  2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Camtasia 8.3 :  Tuesday afternoon (around 2:30)

 

Toronto Notes 2014

The popular Toronto notes 2014 is available in the medical bookstore.  Health Sciences Library will be receiving its copies soon.

 

DSM-5

There have been a few questions at the desk regarding the online version of the Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5 / American Psychiatric Association.. Health Sciences Library as well as other locations have does have circulating print copies and there is a print version on our reference shelf.

Knowledge Resource Service does have online access through the PsychiatryOnline database.

University of Calgary is in discussions to make the online version available for UC clients.

 

Gallagher Library

Gallagher Library is slated for major renovations this spring and summer.

It will not be used as a pick up location beginning April 21^st, and the library will be closed for renovations effective April 30^th.

Clients will be able to request materials from this location for pick up at other locations.

 

Term Loans

Term loan renewals will bring up a September 15^th due date beginning Tuesday, April 29^th.   Client with term loan items out will receive the first e-mail reminder on this date, the second one on May 12^th.  New Mailman address

 

E-Books

Many thanks to Leslie Potter and Lynda Shelton for the informative and well-attended e-book session on Friday.

Some highlights:  creating an account with providers such as ebrary of clinical key will allow clients to access more functions and features for using these resources.

For more helpful information  refer to the ebrary  libguide at:  http://libguides.ucalgary.ca/content.php?pid=580853

Also, there is a link for  medical and vet med e-book collections right on our Health Sciences Library homepage:  http://library.ucalgary.ca/hsl

 

Training card

I have created a training card that I hope will allow access to University of Calgary resources remotely, for example when training on AHS computers.  Please let me know if you have any problems using this card.

Barcode:  010203072

Pin:  6855

 

Improved Library Access for Sessional Instructors and Post-Docs

A message from Claudette regarding a helpful system change that will improve library access for instructors and post-docs between sessions.

 

As of March 1, 2014 all Academic staff whose appointment has terminated will receive a grace period when it comes to IT account and system access. Academic staff (including Clinicals, Adjuncts and Sessionals) will now retain their IT accounts for up to one (1) year from their appointment end date.

This will give them continued access to:

 

•               Blackboard - so our Sessional staff can prepare course material in advance of their next session;

 

•               Library - to continue research between appointments, or conclude and move research data;

 

•               Exchange email account;

 

•               Faculty Centre - to finalize grades;

 

•               Basic PeopleSoft (HR and Finance) self service - to allow academics to print pay statements and T4 slips and to complete activities such as expense submissions. Note that the grace period for access to the expense module is limited to 90 days;

 

•               eFIN - to allow researchers to view (only) project

 

Varidesk

We have a desk add-on at Chelsea’s desk that allows a staff person to move between standing and sitting postures at a workstation.  It is adjustable to 12 heights and is quite easy to manage.

The desk is currently here on trial.  Those interested are welcome to have a look at the Varidesk over the next two weeks.  Some literature about the about the desk is available in our staff room, or online at:  http://www.fitter1.com/

 

HSL Room Booking system – help

While the HSL room booking system is intended to be a self-serve system for UC clients, with access using their UCIT and password,  there are times when clients encounter login in problems.

We do want our systems to work well for all, and in these cases there are a couple of follow up options for the client.  If there is a login problem, the site will show a pink band across the screen with a link to some troubleshooting help from Paul Pival.  This may help in many cases.  If there are still problems, the best follow up option for the client is to use the Feedback (Zendesk) button on the far right hand side of the screen.   As an exception in these cases staff may wish to book the space on the client behalf while the login issue is investigated.  However we do not wish clients to expect this service on an ongoing basis.  Our preference is to help the client resolve any system issues so that the system will work well for them moving forward,  while still meeting their immediate space needs.

 

Knowledge Resource Service Bookmarks, Signs and Forms

KRS has updated bookmarks, signs and forms to reflect  changes with the logos.   We have requested an additional supply of the new blue KRS bookmarks for the front counter.

All forms can be found on the shared drive as shown below:

R:\Knowledge-Centers\HIN Policy & Procedure Manual\Circulation\! FORMS, INFO SHEETS, LABELS !\KRS New Banner

 1/ KRS Patient intro handout-Update April 1

2/ KRS(UC) Library Registration

3/ KRS(UC)_AHSWelcome-handout

 

Service Area Printer

We had a question at the desk last week from a client wishing to print documents with stapling and hole punching.  The back-up printer does not provide these options, however she was able to select the staff printer in the service area and select the appropriate properties from her print dialogue box to use both options successfully.

 

Some Quick Updates

Extended Room Bookings:  Brian and Leslie will now have the ability to create extended room bookings for clients during evenings and weekends.

 

Commons bookings:  Mary and TerriLynne will be the main contacts now for booking the Commons.   The weeks of June 23 through July 4th as well as the full month of September are tentatively booked for library instruction.  Once instruction dates are confirmed in late June, more space will be released for other clients.

 

Web sliders:  All staff can create (see SharePoint) and Chelsea is responsible for loading.  Backup needed:

 

Flat panels:   Brian, Lourdes and Chelsea can load the slides on the flat panel.  Brain is managing the number of slides, and rotation.

 

Rooms 1453 and 1459:  Will have  back-painted glass boards installed in early April.

 

Printing:  We now have a replacement printer that will be used until our toner comes in for the new back up printer.

 

Evacuations:  To avoid the high traffic flow area in the HRIC by the outside doors, our Health Sciences Library evacuation staff meeting place is being moved slightly closer to the HRIC staircase.  Thanks for the great suggestion, Lorraine B..  

 

Photos:  We are looking for staff and Health Sciences Library event photos.  Staff are encouraged to take photos and submit.  They will be displayed on SharePoint and then stored in UCLASS. Chelsea will coordinate the SharePoint photo display and TerriLynne is organizing and tagging photos in UCLASS.

 

Currents to Backsets:  All 2013 journals are now shelved in the backsets.  Thanks to all who assisted with this project.

 

Journal Project:    We will begin barcoding journals in preparation for a large move to Health Sciences Library in the summer months.

 

History of Medicine Room:   New signage for the LeBlanc, Scarlett and Cruse collections has been installed in the History of Medicine Room.  Collections have been shifted slightly to accommodate the LeBlanc collection and the Mackie ephemera collection that are expected soon.

 

 

HSL Access Notes - November 4th

Hello,

 

A few notes to begin the week….

 

Desk Schedule

Our desk and consult office schedule is kept up to date on our SharePoint site (left hand side of page).  There are a number of changes to the daytime schedule this week to accommodate staff training and meetings, as well as a change in the coverage with new staff.  Please check the schedule daily for changes and updates.  Remember that SharePoint works best in Internet Explorer.

 

IM Chat Service at HSL

All staff are encouraged to attend  the IM chat session planned for Tuesday, Nov. 5^th at 2:30 in 1460A!  Training will consist of background knowledge, flagging nuances of chat, and practice time.  I will be covering the desk during that time.

·         Chat service will be monitored by both consult and service desk staff (workstation #3) from 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Mon-Fri beginning as soon as possible.

·         We hope to extend this service into evenings, and weekends likely in early 2014, with training provided for staff and student assistants. 

·         Working out how best to coordinate IM chat from the two locations may take some time, however we hope that it will work well to have whoever is available pick up an IM question and answer or refer depending on the nature of the question. 

 

Sirsi User Guide Update

The Sirsi User Information guide that provides information for adding clients to the Sirsi system, and is usually kept in the top drawer of the front counter by the POS has been updated. 

1.        The changes reflect the changes with KRS (note CHR and TBCC are still used as Sirsi profiles for AHS staff for the time being).

2.        as well as a new note about Environment field under the Access Options tab.

·         U of C or Community clients (Alumni, Coppul, TAL):  Environment:  select  PUBLIC

·         AHS or Consumer Health clients (patients and families): Environment:  PUBLICHIN (default)

It is available on SharePoint and in the HSL shared drive.

 

Work in 1454 and 1455

The AV project upgrade for rooms 1454 and 1455 has begun.    Room 1454 is booked for the upgrade work all this week and 1455 is booked all next week.  This may increase demand on remaining rooms for the short term, however the improvements, with screen and computer will make these rooms very useful as practice presentation rooms.  We did receive one complaint about the noise from room 1405 B, and the electricians have agreed to work around the sessions booked in these rooms.  Please let me know if there are any concerns or comments or questions regarding this project work.  Thanks.

 

History of Medicine Collection

Chelsea has completed some very detailed work on the Gordon catalogue of the Mackie History of Neuroscience collection.  The catalogue with items listed alphabetically by author,  includes many notes has been updated to include call numbers for all items currently in our HOM room for easy reference.  A pdf version of the guide has been added to the HSL History of Medicine LibGuide at : http://libguides.ucalgary.ca/hom

Thanks Chelsea.

 

Flat Panels at HSL

Have you noticed the new look of the HSL flat panel screens?  They now display a digital clock, daily closing time, Calgary weather and news feed.  The screens are no longer supported by Omnivex, but Xibo, that allows more onsite management of the screens.  Staff can continue to submit slides in PowerPoint format to Brian for loading.  Watch for more information about Xibo and updated guidelines from Brian soon.  Thanks Brian.

 

Touch Table

There have been changes in the access to the Lindsay Virtual Human program and Chelsea is working to find a solution for Lindsay on our touch table.  More details soon.

 

U of C Visual Identity and Templates

Thanks to Lorraine T. for passing along these helpful links that provide information and templates for the  U of C visual identity. 

 

General info at:

http://www.ucalgary.ca/brand/

 

PowerPoint, poster, stationary templates at: (have to login)

http://www.ucalgary.ca/brand/access/templates

 

Chrome Browser

The Chrome browser is part of the software download on the Commons workstations, but not the public workstations in the service area.

 

Write-N-Cite

Similarly, Write-N-Cite 4 is part of the software download on the Commons workstations, but Write-N-Cite 3 is loaded on the  public workstations in the service area.

 

How to Find a Thesis

I am passing along some very helpful information regarding finding theses.

The University Archives has posted an instructional video on “How to Find a Thesis.”  This may be of assistance if you are working with a student at a service point.

 

The video is located at:  http://archives.ucalgary.ca/theses (bottom of the page)

 

Photoshop now at workstation #3

Thanks Lourdes for this update.

The Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design & Web Premium software has been downloaded on station #3 at the service desk. Feel free to explore it and use it for creating slides for our flat panel.

 

Archibus

The facilities service request program, Archibus, has made some small changes in some of the building codes.  You will notice the change, for example, in the interactive room finder.  For example:

 

Heritage Medical Research Building  was noted as HMRB and will now be noted as   HM                                                        

Health Science Centre was noted as HSC and will now be noted as   HS                                                                                 

 

Bookmarks

We have received more of the newer LCR bookmarks that provide information for different types of clients.  The red bookmarks indicate UofC clients and we have one for graduate students and one for undergraduate students.  The yellow bookmarks indicate non- UofC clients and we have bookmarks for TAL, COPPUL (etc.),and Alumni clients.  These are great tools to use when assisting the various clients.  They are located beside the reference(back-up) printer. 

 

Please let me know if you have any questions, suggestions or concerns.

Mary