Hi,
A few notes to end the week…..
Christmas Social
Please join us for the annual Christmas social at HSL on Tuesday,
December 9th from 11:30 a.m.
– 1:30 p.m.
Our event will be catered by
EthniCity, a non-profit social enterprise of the Centre of Newcomers.
Homemade Christmas desserts, and beverages will also be provided.
We are looking forward to this time together.
Child Unattended
in Library
Please be aware that an unattended boy, aged around 10, has
been spending time in a number of library branches on main campus recently. When approached
by staff he becomes very nervous and tearful and leaves immediately. Info
gathered to date indicates
1.
He lives on campus with his parents.
2.
His parents work (?) on campus.
3.
He is approximately 10-12 wearing an orange top,
black pants and glasses.
4.
He is of Asian descent and had a slight accent.
If you do see this boy in Health Sciences Library, we do not want
to alarm him, however please notify security who can speak to him about his
situation.
Desk coverage in
December
With a number of staff away as holidays approach, we will be
shorter staffed both at the service desk and in the DDS unit. Thanks to all for the extra single staff
coverage at the desk, and extra work to provide vacation service coverage.
Sirsi Holiday
Closure Dates
·
The closed dates in the Sirsi system will be
Saturday, Dec. 20th through Sunday, Jan. 4th.
o This
means that 2 week loans from Dec. 6th onward will be due on Jan. 5th.
o Items
recalled from Dec. 6th through 22nd will also be due on January 5th.
·
Items charged to “transit” cards for over 2
weeks will get overdue notices. These may be disregarded.
·
To save power, and because of the network outage
on Dec. 27th to 29th, we will shut down the SelfChecks at all locations, by
noon on Dec. 24th.
·
For the holds processing around the closed
dates:
o The
cleanholdshelf report will be suspended after Sat., Dec. 20th until we catch up
on Jan. 2nd.
o The
OnshelfHoldsList report will be suspended after Sat., Dec. 20th until we catch
up on Jan. 2nd. The OnshelfHolds3+daysold report will be suspended
after Sat., Dec. 20th until we catch up on Jan. 5th.
·
The last delivery from the HDL will be Wed.,
Dec. 23rd, resuming on Jan. 2nd.
·
Term Loan Due Date Reminders will be sent out in
the morning on Jan. 6th. The new term loan due date after January 6th will be
May 15th, 2015.
Touch Table
The cameras in the touch table are not operating. Efforts to repair have not been successful to
date. We can still use the programs on
the table with the mouse and keyboard.
1459 AV
The TV screen and computer set up
for staff use in 1459, may also be used by clients if requested. While the better rooms for student screen use
are 1453, 1454 and 1455, if these rooms are bust staff could log student into
the system in 1459. Please do not give
our the password to clients. Please ensure
students to not move the unit.
It can be used with either a laptop or the installed
computer. A wireless keyboard and mouse will be ordered.
The computer will remain on. To use simply turn on the
screen (power button on back along right hand side) and log on.
Select the hsl1459 login option and use password:
hsl14.
When done, please log off only – do not shutdown.
Please turn screen off.
PLEASE NOTE: The screen is a bit top heavy on the
current stand, so please use caution and do not adjust. If the unit does
need to be rolled out of the way, please use two people to keep it steady.
Printer
We are still finding that the printing at the back up
printer is very slow for jobs that include a lot of images. Both LCR ITS
and Xerox are working on the issue, but in the meantime Glenn has added the
circ area printer and the admin area printer as printer options for the backup
workstation. These options would be recommended (circ area for B\W and
admin-colour for colour) if printing jobs seem to be too slow on the back up
printer. Also, the backup printer defaults to double-sided printing.
RefWorks
Message from Susan Beatty…
Export to Refworks function in Summon and databases is
currently unavailable. If you wish to save your references please use the email
function. Our apologies for the inconvenience.
This message will be posted on library.ucalgary.ca
UC Network Outage December
27-29
As part of the ongoing Network Renewal Program, IT has
scheduled a network outage December 27-29 to complete comprehensive upgrades to
key network infrastructure. Nearly all IT services will be unavailable or
intermittent during this window, including:
·
Email – all incoming email will be cached and distributed to inboxes
upon completion of the outage.
·
Office 365
·
ucalgary.ca websites
·
Student Centre
·
Degree Navigator
·
Desire2Learn
·
myUofC
·
Campus wired and wireless networks
While this outage was determined to have the least impact to
the university’s core business, some on-campus users may be impacted by the
outage.
Organizations on campus that continue to run during the
holiday break that may require access to the university network are encouraged
to contact their IT Partner or email itsupport@ucalgary.ca
prior to December 8 to allow time to investigate potential workarounds.
Action Required: Prior to leaving for the holiday break,
please ensure all documents are saved and that your desktop computer is powered
off to prevent loss or corruption of data.
United Way
Info from John Wright on the United Way campaign…
The official campaign ends November 30th. However, pledging will
be remain active until December 12th.
According to the latest statistics LCR staff have made
pledges totaling $8477.00. We also raised $2757.50 throughout the
Book Sale, which was the third highest sum raised by any faculty event on
campus. So thanks again to Molly Taylor and Michael Hoskin and all those who
volunteered to make that a success.
The LCR pledges represent a participation rate just over 14%.
Thanks to a commitment made by Tom Hickerson on behalf of LCR, this means
we have so far also raised $1400 dollars towards helping Student Wellness
programming on campus; 100$ for every percentage of our participation rate.
It would be wonderful if we could use this last two week window
for this year to add a few more pledges to LCR’s tally in order that we
could make our donations count twice, and so that we could boost the
University’s overall participation rate
And once again, I cannot thank enough those who have pledged or
volunteered, as well as those who have given through campus events. I look
forward to seeing our final results come December.
John
Thanks.
Mary
