Tuesday, January 10, 2012
LactMed: a useful drug resource
I just got a literature search request in the consultation suite from someone wanting to know about the effects of a certain drug on milk supply and nursing infants, and I thought I'd take some time to post a little promotion for one of my favourite drug databases: LactMed, which I'm not sure everyone knows. It's an NLM database that offers wonderful summaries on each drug; their effects on milk production, how much of the drug enters the breastmilk; effects on the baby; and alternative drugs to use if the drug you're considering is not safe. Of course you can find this information in our subscription resources too, but LactMed has it all in one place, it's very easy to read, and it's even a great consumer health resource; I've recommended it to a lot of my friends. In the case of the literature search request I just got, the summary for the drug in question was last updated two months ago.
JCHLA Current Research
Too busy to read that big stack of library journals piling up on your desk or in your RSS feed? In every issue of JCHLA I do a roundup of the most interesting medical librarianship research I find in the latest medical and library journals. My first column is available in the current issue at http://pubs.chla-absc.ca/doi/full/10.5596/c11-040. If you come across a great article in your travels, feel free to suggest it to me.
Free webinars of interest
The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer's Capacity Enhancement Program (affiliated with McMaster) is offering a bunch of upcoming webinars that might be of interest on topics such as meta-analysis, knowledge translation, and guideline adaptation. They appear to be free. For full details, see http://cancerguidelines.ca/Guidelines/events/webinars.php.
They also have an archive of past webinars, which you can view in their entirety at http://cancerguidelines.ca/Guidelines/events/webinararchives.php. Some of the topics there include critical appraisal and guideline development.
Socializing with the 2012 mascot
The CHLA 2012 mascot will be coming to Calgary soon. Any suggestions for fun or epic Calgary places to visit? Please comment below.
Suggestions already in play:
- Calgary Zoo
- Tebowing at the TFDL
- ACH
- have him visit a few people, sit on their desks, etc - Perhaps Yongtao as Hospital Librarian.
- Something with a Calgary sign
- Canada Olympic Park
- Perhaps he could have coffee at the Good Earth.
- TRW where Will and Kate were
- I can take the tiger home and introduce him to Malcolm's stuffed tiger and snap a few pics. - Heather
Friday, December 16, 2011
HSL Access Notes - Dec. 16th
Hello,
A few notes to end the week…
Christmas Closure
As noted in a number of emails this week, the libraries will be closing at noon on December 23rd, with regular hours resuming on January 2nd.
AUPE staff who are not working that day will use the appropriate leave code (Flex, PLD, Vac, etc.) for the full day. Those working that day until noon, will code the day as a regular work day (no flex earned).
Staff do not need to enter any special codes for the Christmas break dates, Dec. 24th – January 1st.
Timesheets
Staff are asked to submit their timesheets for the Dec. 16 – 31 pay period by December 22nd at noon.
Auto Responses while Away
We will be adding auto ‘Away’ responses to HSL generic email accounts and phones to respond to clients during the break.
Tech updates
The Xerox technician was in this week. The network printer has been fixed and configured to pick up paper from all the trays. When tray 5 (bottom) becomes empty, trays 4, 3 & 2 should push jobs.
The Circ Desk printer has also been remedied to pick up jobs from both trays.
Public Workstation 767: This computer has been displaying the following message:
Windows detected a hard disk problem. Back up your files immediately
to prevent information loss and then contact the computer
manufacturer to determine if you need to repair or replace the disk.
The computer can still be used, but will likely fail soon. This has been reported, and should be replaced in the near future.
Please let Lourdes know if there are any printer or computer issues.
Computer Installation
ITS staff may be over this coming week to install a few more computers at HSL:
· 4 stand up stations (these are the towers I believe) The stations are in the stacks.
· 4 public access desktop stations on the table closest to the library entrance, along the side closest to the bookshelves.
· 1 desktop station on the middle table side that only has 3 public access computers.
· 1 desktop station on the new accessible table in the public access area.
I will be the contact for this, but please let me know if there are any questions.
Reno updates
· Accessible furniture: New accessible furniture arrived in HSL yesterday. This includes one study table in the public computer are of the library, and one study carrel near the WZ 100 area of the collection. The carrel may still need some adjustment. Both pieces of furniture have moveable table tops to accommodate wheelchairs. Buttons on the desktop control the movement. The table in the computer area will have a computer added soon.
· Stand up stations: Four pedestal tables have been installed in the stacks. These will accommodate workstations that will allow staff and clients easy ‘express’ computer/catalogue access in the stacks.
· Flat panel: One flat panel has been installed on the wall beside the service desk. It is not yet operational. Watch for further details.
Holds
· There have been a number of holds over the past week that have gone ‘missing in action’. This can happen when the hold items going to another branch are not placed on the ‘in transit’ card.
· Also, it is important to always check the ‘mail to’ location in Sirsi’s ‘Display Item Holds’ function. Please ensure that any holds being placed on our hold pick up shelf display HSL as the mail to location.
· We are now using a 7 day stamp to indicate the pick up by date on the hold slips. All items being placed on our hold shelf should have a flag with a pick up by date stamp.
· Remember if we receive holds from other locations they must be discharged to activate the hold and trigger a hold notice to the client.
· If a staff person is placing a hold for a client in workflows remember that there is an extra step needed. Check the box : ‘Select branch for delivery’ and choose branch from drop down menu.
RFID
The RFID pad at the service counter seems to be operating well. The gates still need a bit of adjustment.
Please remember to follow up with clients when the alarm sounds. Please continue to let me know if there seems to be anything out of the ordinary happening with the gate.
Please remember that items returned at locations other than TFDL, will still need to be RFID sensitized at HSL before being shelved.
RFID Inventory
We have completed one range of monograph scanning in the main stacks. The mobile RFID reader, or Digital Library Assistant has picked up books out of order, books from other locations, books with bad tags, books needing to be sensitized, books with issues in their records.
And of course it is also collecting data for our first ever inventory.
History of Neuroscience Collection
With threats of floods and leaks behind us, we are now receiving more of this special collection. Twelve boxes of materials have been received and will be sorted and shelved over the next weeks.
Please let me know if you have any questions, concerns or suggestions.
Mary
A few notes to end the week…
Christmas Closure
As noted in a number of emails this week, the libraries will be closing at noon on December 23rd, with regular hours resuming on January 2nd.
AUPE staff who are not working that day will use the appropriate leave code (Flex, PLD, Vac, etc.) for the full day. Those working that day until noon, will code the day as a regular work day (no flex earned).
Staff do not need to enter any special codes for the Christmas break dates, Dec. 24th – January 1st.
Timesheets
Staff are asked to submit their timesheets for the Dec. 16 – 31 pay period by December 22nd at noon.
Auto Responses while Away
We will be adding auto ‘Away’ responses to HSL generic email accounts and phones to respond to clients during the break.
Tech updates
The Xerox technician was in this week. The network printer has been fixed and configured to pick up paper from all the trays. When tray 5 (bottom) becomes empty, trays 4, 3 & 2 should push jobs.
The Circ Desk printer has also been remedied to pick up jobs from both trays.
Public Workstation 767: This computer has been displaying the following message:
Windows detected a hard disk problem. Back up your files immediately
to prevent information loss and then contact the computer
manufacturer to determine if you need to repair or replace the disk.
The computer can still be used, but will likely fail soon. This has been reported, and should be replaced in the near future.
Please let Lourdes know if there are any printer or computer issues.
Computer Installation
ITS staff may be over this coming week to install a few more computers at HSL:
· 4 stand up stations (these are the towers I believe) The stations are in the stacks.
· 4 public access desktop stations on the table closest to the library entrance, along the side closest to the bookshelves.
· 1 desktop station on the middle table side that only has 3 public access computers.
· 1 desktop station on the new accessible table in the public access area.
I will be the contact for this, but please let me know if there are any questions.
Reno updates
· Accessible furniture: New accessible furniture arrived in HSL yesterday. This includes one study table in the public computer are of the library, and one study carrel near the WZ 100 area of the collection. The carrel may still need some adjustment. Both pieces of furniture have moveable table tops to accommodate wheelchairs. Buttons on the desktop control the movement. The table in the computer area will have a computer added soon.
· Stand up stations: Four pedestal tables have been installed in the stacks. These will accommodate workstations that will allow staff and clients easy ‘express’ computer/catalogue access in the stacks.
· Flat panel: One flat panel has been installed on the wall beside the service desk. It is not yet operational. Watch for further details.
Holds
· There have been a number of holds over the past week that have gone ‘missing in action’. This can happen when the hold items going to another branch are not placed on the ‘in transit’ card.
· Also, it is important to always check the ‘mail to’ location in Sirsi’s ‘Display Item Holds’ function. Please ensure that any holds being placed on our hold pick up shelf display HSL as the mail to location.
· We are now using a 7 day stamp to indicate the pick up by date on the hold slips. All items being placed on our hold shelf should have a flag with a pick up by date stamp.
· Remember if we receive holds from other locations they must be discharged to activate the hold and trigger a hold notice to the client.
· If a staff person is placing a hold for a client in workflows remember that there is an extra step needed. Check the box : ‘Select branch for delivery’ and choose branch from drop down menu.
RFID
The RFID pad at the service counter seems to be operating well. The gates still need a bit of adjustment.
Please remember to follow up with clients when the alarm sounds. Please continue to let me know if there seems to be anything out of the ordinary happening with the gate.
Please remember that items returned at locations other than TFDL, will still need to be RFID sensitized at HSL before being shelved.
RFID Inventory
We have completed one range of monograph scanning in the main stacks. The mobile RFID reader, or Digital Library Assistant has picked up books out of order, books from other locations, books with bad tags, books needing to be sensitized, books with issues in their records.
And of course it is also collecting data for our first ever inventory.
History of Neuroscience Collection
With threats of floods and leaks behind us, we are now receiving more of this special collection. Twelve boxes of materials have been received and will be sorted and shelved over the next weeks.
Please let me know if you have any questions, concerns or suggestions.
Mary
AccessMedicine results in Google
Hi All,
Something new I discovered while searching in Google. AccessMedicine book chapters show up in the results list.
Try [death notification site:.ca] as a search string. On the 2nd page, there’s a result from Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine.
Very neat!
Taryn
Something new I discovered while searching in Google. AccessMedicine book chapters show up in the results list.
Try [death notification site:.ca] as a search string. On the 2nd page, there’s a result from Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine.
Very neat!
Taryn
Monday, December 12, 2011
HSL Access Notes - December 12th
Hello,
A few notes to start the week....
Sorry for the delay.
Christmas Break and December Timesheets
With busy days ahead I would like to remind staff about some important timesheet deadlines.
Please submit your Dec. 1 - 15 timesheet by 4:00 p.m. on December 14th.
Please submit your Dec. 16 - 31 timesheet by noon on December 22nd.
If you are going to be away when timesheets are due please submit prior to your departure.
From the HR Helpdesk…
1. Regular, full time and part time employees do not need to enter TRC codes for the days listed below, just leave them blank on their timesheet.
2. Dec. 24 – closed - off
Dec. 25 - closed - off
Dec. 26 - stat
Dec. 27 - stat in lieu of Dec. 25
Dec. 28 - floater
Dec. 29 - floater
Dec. 30 - stat in lieu of Jan. 1
Dec. 31 – closed - off
Jan. 1 – closed - off
Jan. 2 – return to regular schedule
Time away Calendar
It is helpful to keep the ‘staff away’ calendar up to date for scheduling purposes. Once time away is approved, staff are asked to add their dates to the staff calendar as soon as possible.
Please add information to the subject line.
· Click on date
· Add your Name or Initials to subject line and type of leave (flex, Vac, NLD, etc.)
· Indicate number of hours away if it is not a full day
· Save
Thanks.
December Service Dates
HSL will be closed December 24 - January 1 inclusive.
HSL ILL : No Relais for processing requests from December 23 - January 4th.
HSL: No Canada Post deliveries after December 16th.
HIN: No external book requests or Canada Post deliveries after December 9th.
HSL/HIN: No inter-hospital deliveries after December 21st.
Sirsi Holiday Due Dates
Sirsi has been adjusted for the holiday period so that no books will become due from December 23 - January 2nd.
Clients borrowing 2-week loan books now have a due date of January 3rd. I have already received some appreciative comments from clients about the extended loan period.
Term Renewals and Holds
Renewals: Term loans are currently due back on January 15th. Effective December 20th, term loan due date will become May 15, 2012. Those clients with term loans will receive 3 renewal reminder notices: one on December 20th, one in early January and one on January 12th.
Holds: If a client places a hold on a term loan item, the client with the item on loan will be notified by email asking them to return the item, and they will be given a two week period to do so.
Hold Notifications
Effective Wednesday, if a hold item cannot be found for a client and is placed on an internal missing or search card, the client will be notified by the system. They will be given an update on the status of the item and information about best options. For example to remain on hold list until item found, or to cancel hold, or torequest a copy through ILL services.
Sirsi Test Database
The information in the Sirsi2 test server that is often used for training, was recently updated with current production-server (Sirsi1) data.
This means that any test records that had been added only in sirsi2 have been removed.
It also means that the Sirsi test has the 'mail to' functionality and up to date information including new clients and resources.
Printing Refund Request now online
We have received information from Campus Card Office regarding a new online form that students can use to request refunds to their ONEcard for printing or copying reimbursement.
Old paper requests can still be submitted however online submission is preferred since it puts the client in direct contact with the Campus Card Office, streamlining the process and shortening the turnaround time.
The refund request page is intended only for printing, copying and vending (unattended points of sale).
From ONEcard website it is under Contact > Transaction Review and Refund Request Form or connect directly at www.ucalgary.ca/onecard/refund
Duplicate UofC Sirsi Records
As noted earlier this fall, due to the new systems that tend to link a UCID and barcode number to an individual throughout their association with UofC, we should not be deleting expired duplicate UofC records for the time being. This does not apply to TAL, Community or HIN records.
Software List
The updated list of software available on our public computers with our new Windows 7 load is now posted on our Computer Commons webpage at: http://library.ucalgary.ca/branches/hsl/hsic
A printed list is also available in the reference service binder.
Winter Slips & Falls:
Environment, Health and Safety has some helpful information about avoiding slips and how to follow up when falls occur at the workplace at :
http://www.ucalgary.ca/safety/slip_and_fall_safety_tips
Refstats
Please remember to continue recording reference questions at the desk.
Note that client requests for items, for example the use of scissors, paperclips, stapler are not recorded at HSL.
Please let me know if you have any questions, concerns or suggestions.
Thanks.
Mary
A few notes to start the week....
Sorry for the delay.
Christmas Break and December Timesheets
With busy days ahead I would like to remind staff about some important timesheet deadlines.
Please submit your Dec. 1 - 15 timesheet by 4:00 p.m. on December 14th.
Please submit your Dec. 16 - 31 timesheet by noon on December 22nd.
If you are going to be away when timesheets are due please submit prior to your departure.
From the HR Helpdesk…
1. Regular, full time and part time employees do not need to enter TRC codes for the days listed below, just leave them blank on their timesheet.
2. Dec. 24 – closed - off
Dec. 25 - closed - off
Dec. 26 - stat
Dec. 27 - stat in lieu of Dec. 25
Dec. 28 - floater
Dec. 29 - floater
Dec. 30 - stat in lieu of Jan. 1
Dec. 31 – closed - off
Jan. 1 – closed - off
Jan. 2 – return to regular schedule
Time away Calendar
It is helpful to keep the ‘staff away’ calendar up to date for scheduling purposes. Once time away is approved, staff are asked to add their dates to the staff calendar as soon as possible.
Please add information to the subject line.
· Click on date
· Add your Name or Initials to subject line and type of leave (flex, Vac, NLD, etc.)
· Indicate number of hours away if it is not a full day
· Save
Thanks.
December Service Dates
HSL will be closed December 24 - January 1 inclusive.
HSL ILL : No Relais for processing requests from December 23 - January 4th.
HSL: No Canada Post deliveries after December 16th.
HIN: No external book requests or Canada Post deliveries after December 9th.
HSL/HIN: No inter-hospital deliveries after December 21st.
Sirsi Holiday Due Dates
Sirsi has been adjusted for the holiday period so that no books will become due from December 23 - January 2nd.
Clients borrowing 2-week loan books now have a due date of January 3rd. I have already received some appreciative comments from clients about the extended loan period.
Term Renewals and Holds
Renewals: Term loans are currently due back on January 15th. Effective December 20th, term loan due date will become May 15, 2012. Those clients with term loans will receive 3 renewal reminder notices: one on December 20th, one in early January and one on January 12th.
Holds: If a client places a hold on a term loan item, the client with the item on loan will be notified by email asking them to return the item, and they will be given a two week period to do so.
Hold Notifications
Effective Wednesday, if a hold item cannot be found for a client and is placed on an internal missing or search card, the client will be notified by the system. They will be given an update on the status of the item and information about best options. For example to remain on hold list until item found, or to cancel hold, or torequest a copy through ILL services.
Sirsi Test Database
The information in the Sirsi2 test server that is often used for training, was recently updated with current production-server (Sirsi1) data.
This means that any test records that had been added only in sirsi2 have been removed.
It also means that the Sirsi test has the 'mail to' functionality and up to date information including new clients and resources.
Printing Refund Request now online
We have received information from Campus Card Office regarding a new online form that students can use to request refunds to their ONEcard for printing or copying reimbursement.
Old paper requests can still be submitted however online submission is preferred since it puts the client in direct contact with the Campus Card Office, streamlining the process and shortening the turnaround time.
The refund request page is intended only for printing, copying and vending (unattended points of sale).
From ONEcard website it is under Contact > Transaction Review and Refund Request Form or connect directly at www.ucalgary.ca/onecard/refund
Duplicate UofC Sirsi Records
As noted earlier this fall, due to the new systems that tend to link a UCID and barcode number to an individual throughout their association with UofC, we should not be deleting expired duplicate UofC records for the time being. This does not apply to TAL, Community or HIN records.
Software List
The updated list of software available on our public computers with our new Windows 7 load is now posted on our Computer Commons webpage at: http://library.ucalgary.ca/branches/hsl/hsic
A printed list is also available in the reference service binder.
Winter Slips & Falls:
Environment, Health and Safety has some helpful information about avoiding slips and how to follow up when falls occur at the workplace at :
http://www.ucalgary.ca/safety/slip_and_fall_safety_tips
Refstats
Please remember to continue recording reference questions at the desk.
Note that client requests for items, for example the use of scissors, paperclips, stapler are not recorded at HSL.
Please let me know if you have any questions, concerns or suggestions.
Thanks.
Mary
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