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We now have a subscription to Source OECD – the OECD portal which links to OECD books, periodicals and statistical databases. Click here for a list of titles covered by our subscription.

Notably our access to OECD Economic Outlook, OECD Main Economic Indicators, and OECD National Accounts will now be via Source OECD. Up until now we have used EconData Times Series Databases to access this OECD data.

Also of interest is the ITCS International Trade Data for detailed commodity import and export data in quantity and value (thousand U.S. dollars. Previously this data was available for New Zealand from Statistics New Zealand’s INFOS database. ITCS Trade Data includes imports and exports for all of the countries of the OECD.

As well as these interactive data sources, Source OECD gives easy access to the OECD Economic Surveys.

I like the new podcasts which may also be popular with students. For example The EURO area – will the recovery last?

Source OECD is web based and is accessable on and off campus to registered users and offers a considerable improvement to our access to OECD data.

Half of the bank of PCs on Level 2 are now working and the other half will once they are finished being reinstalled this afternoon. Please note that users will now need to check BOTH PRINTERS for their job.

Library IT are trying to find out what the problem is with the bank of PCs on L2 that are taking 5-10 minutes to login at busy times of the day. This problem is also occurring with the PCs in the AV room across from Lending.

ICTS have checked the network and say there are no problems. The problem occurs on PCs with 10 and 100Mb connections so it is not connection speed. It is not related to PC age as there no problems with less powerful machines in other libraries and one PC with the problem in AV is newer and significantly more powerful than the black PCs. All the PCs having problems are in a particular group that decides the printer used. We are currently reinstalling some PCs in one group and some in another PC group to see if this identifies the problem. We will not be able to tell if the outcome until the load goes on tomorrow.

If you see a PC with the blue screen and the student has walked away, look to see if an Library IT person is working on them first, if not then reboot the machine.

It is now possible for students to add value to their Canterbury Card account, online via their credit card. This is done through UC Student Web and does not require the students to come into the library. Here is the Help page

James Oxnam is following up with Mgmt 101 regarding powerpoint slides with black background and white text that students are trying to print.

If any postgrad students ask for a copy of the literature review handout, I’ve left some behind the Help Desk. I’ve also delivered some to Stephanie Day at the Learning Skills Centre (Level 7). Over 50 students attended this session and I ran out of handouts. There was also a good deal of interest expressed in EndNote and Current Contents so I’ve added a couple of extra classes on the Library bookings page.

Just a reminder that there is a password print station opposite the Lending Desk (between the money loading machines) so that brand new students can print out their passwords if they have forgotten. It is advisable to take the student over to the printer station – make sure you are familiar with how it works.

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