HSL Access Notees - April 24th

Hello,

 

 

Hours

Effective May 1^st, Health Sciences Library will be closed on Sundays - this weekend will see our final Sunday hours at Health Sciences Library!

 

Notification of this change has been posted, and webpage hours adjusted.

If staff have any templates or messages that include our library hours, please update to reflect the Sunday closure.

Sunday staff have been asked to notify Sunday clients in the library this weekend.  Staff are asked to please forward any client comments or concerns to susan or myself.  Thanks.

 

Sunday – Thanks

Many thanks to Kathleen and Jenna who have provided our Sunday coverage over the past months!

 

Knowledge Resource Service Site contacts

With many recent changes, Knowledge Resource Service staff lists and email lists are being updated,  however if staff are trying to contact the Knowledge Resource Service sites, using the general phone number or generic emails may be the best option.

 

 MCCQE

 The Medical Council of Canada exams begin next week.  This means that the Computer Commons will be booked for full days (8am -6pm) over the next few weeks.  They will also be using 1459, 1453, and 1454 on select days for accommodation.  Wilma Dodge is the UME contact coordinating the exams and she has library and commons keys.  She and team will be in the library early each day for set up. Wilma may also need to use the courtesy phone to troubleshoot any system issues.  There will also be an extra table and chairs posted outside the 1460A door for the exam team.

The Commons will be available during evenings and Saturdays.

This will cause limited access to some software programs such as SPSS during daytime hours.

 

LibAnswers

 Great discussion about questions types at our service meeting this week.  I have contacted RFDL with our questions, but have not received a firm response yet.

Watch for more info as it becomes available.  Please let me know if there are additional questions that need clarification.

 

Term Loans

The term loan due date will be reset to September 15^th effective Tuesday, May 5^th.  This is also the date the reminder notices will be sent to patrons to renew their books by May 15^th.

 

New transit Bins

We will be seeing new transit bins from Collections with new books and journals items arriving at Health Sciences Library.

These will be with red & blue bins to hopefully distinguish them from other deliveries.

 

HSL Access Notes - March 27th

Hello,

 

A few notes to end the month…

 

Farewells

Please join us to wish Marisa and Janine all the best!

Farewell for Marisa at HSL on Tuesday, March 31^st from 3:00 -4:00

Farewell for Janine at HSL on Wednesday, April 1^st from 1:30 – 2:30

 

KRS  updates

Effective April 1^st:

Rachel will be moving to ACH

Taryn will be covering at PLC and WHKC

SHC will no longer have UC staff on site.

 

HSL Sunday Hours

Effective May 1^st:  Health Sciences Library will be closed Sundays on an ongoing basis.

 

Easter Weekend Hours

HSL will be open over the Easter holiday weekend, with Anna and Mary A. covering our Friday hours.

 

Friday, April 3^rd:  10 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 4^th:  10 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Sunday, April 5^th:  12:00 – 8:00 p.m.

 

TMM tour

A number of HSL staff will be participating in the TMM tour offered by LCR on Monday morning.

 

LibAnswers

Effective April 1^st will be moving to the LibApps (LibAnswers) software for recording reference, instruction and tour statistics.

This will replace our current Refstats processes.   Most staff will login to the software using their individual email and password.  Look of the LibApps icon on your desktop.  

We do have a generic login for student assistant use.  This account is connected to our hslibr email account with the password: HSL*stats

The handout provided at the staff training session does include some helpful information and guidelines about what and how to enter transaction stats. 

Watch for more detailed information later next week.

 

Consult Office

Effective April 1^st, the consult office hours will be:  Monday – Friday from 12:30 – 4:00.

During the mornings, a librarian will be on call for client consultation and support.

Generally this will be the same librarian that is scheduled for the consult office that same day.

The exception to this is on Mondays, when Susan will be on call in the morning and Alix will be on in the consult in the afternoons.

This scheduling arrangement will be reviewed in December.

Please forward any client comments about this change to Susan or myself.  Thanks.

 

AHS Exam Proctoring

Please forward any exam proctoring requests from Alberta Health Services staff to Taryn until further notice.

 

Network Printer

We had a few problems with the network printer yesterday with jobs being very slow to print and others only printing part pages.

We rebooted the release station and turned the printer itself off and on and this seemed to do the trick. 

 

Personal Items in Public Areas

We have had two separate people report stolen items today.

One reported she had an iPod taken from a study room during our last fire evacuation.

One reported a fit band taken from her study table while she was in the washroom.

This is a reminder that we are open to the public and personal items should not be left unattended.