Mktg 202 students have 2 weeks to complete a marketing assignment about the fast food industry, based around Domino’s Pizza in NZ. Cuiying and I have given them a detailed lecture about available resources in class and the ppt slides are on their Learn site. There’s also a topic page on the Management Guide which summarizes resources. There are some resources which will cause problems:
1. A.C. Nielsen Market Information Digest – this is a CD product that is pre-loaded onto selected PCs. It is definitely on the PC in the AV room in
Central and on two PCs at Law beside the Liaison Librarians’ office.
2. Econdata – NZ time series – this database only works using IE (not Firefox). Do a search for takeway using the Find option at the top of the screen. Statistics are also available in InfoShare from STatistics NZ
3. Factiva – has only 3 concurrent users – students may need to try again later.
None of the resources will give the full answer – the idea of the assignment is that students must find the information that is readily available and use it to write the report, also learning about researcher frustation!
Cuiying and I will be located in the Law Library from Monday, so ask the students to email us for an appointment or come over to Law.
Recently the database recommendation feature was switched on in MultiSearch. There has been a lot of dissatisfaction in the discussion list about its effectiveness. For example, Dutch Disease which is an economics term recommends MedLine and SocIndex. Privatization and prisons recommends SOCIndex and Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management.
I wondered what experiences others have had with this feature and whether we wish to continue with it.
Janette
The Summon (MultiSearch) webinar session is confirmed for Wednesday 8th December at 1pm in the Library Committee Room. It will be led by a trainer from the Serials Solutions Library Support team, and is aimed at working with staff to get the best out of Summon for our users. If you have any questions that you would like Mike to address, please email them to me or put them in a Counterculture comment, and I will ensure that he gets them. All staff are very welcome. Please also let me know if you are planning to attend so I can organize the room.
We are planning a Webinair session on Summon with the Serials Solutions trainers in Australia. The likely date is Wednesday 8th December at 1pm. The venue and details are yet to be fully confirmed but please keep this time free.
The format will probably involve a demonstration but they would like us to send questions in advance. So could you please send me any questions that you have about MultiSearch so I can forward them – now is the opportunity to get answers and talk about future enhancements we might like.
I’ll confirm the details etc as soon as possible.
The Marketing 212 assignment is running again. Students will be asking about the AC Nielsen Cd ROM. This is already installed on 3 PCs (i.e. they don’t need to borrow the CD from 3 hour loan),. The PCs are situated in the AV area, the Level 2 consultation room and the “teacher’s PC” in the Den.
Students may also need to use EconData (New Zealand Times series). Several students have had problems in accessing Econdata. They don’t need to install the software. They need to clear their profile by logging in with:
username: profile
password: blank
After 30 minutes they should log into a different PC.
Students are no longer able to print from laptops on campus at all. In the past this could be done through XP but licencing issues make this no longer possible. The message on the ICTS website has been changed to read:
Can I print to UC printers using wireless?
Not at this stage. Licensing issues mean this service is not currently available, but it is something that is likely to be available in the future.
Steven Werkheiser from ThomsonReuters will be visting the Library next Thursday 29th July. He will be demonstrating Essential Science Indicators as well as addressing any other questions about Thomson products. I have booked the level 5 training room from 3pm and will advertise the session to academics in the Diary for 3.15. There has been some interest in these products from academic staff, and considerable interest in bibliometrics generally, so could Information Librarians please ensure that staff are aware of this opportunity. He won’t be demonstrating the Incites product which we are trialling in August.
The Den Printer requires a maintenance kit. Ricoh have none in stock today but are expecting some tomorrow. It will be delivered to Janette. In the meantime, students will need to print to LibCen.
Just a reminder that today and tomorrow (6th & 7th July) are university information days. The programme can be found here:
Library tours are being offered as follows:
Central Library 11am and 2pm
Engineering and Physical Sciences Library 11am and 2pm
Macmillan Brown Library On Demand
Law Library On Demand
Education Library
(College of Education campus) On Demand
