Update, 8.30am, 6th April: “CAS and OpenAthens continue to investigate the problem and isolate the cause. CAS has waived IP authentication for University of Canterbury until the problem is resolved. Access via OpenAthens is not needed. https://scifinder-n.cas.org should be available both on-campus and off-campus for university professors, staff, and students.”

Please use the link provided – https://scifinder-n.cas.org – until the problems is resolved. We will update the database links in the meantime.

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We are currently experiencing problems with SciFinderⁿ – users are either able to log in, but are not able to perform any searches, or they can’t log in at all.

We’ll update this post when we find out more about what’s going on.

Donna
Library Systems

Our Library Catalogue (VuFind) now has a Te Reo Māori option available. It can be selected under the Language menu (top right of screen).

We were fortunate to have engaged the services of an approved translator through the Te Ohu Reo system, before the Te Ohu Reo service was paused.

Some things are not able to be translated because the source of the information is from elsewhere and not a field we are able to change in VuFind eg. Library names, suggested topics, genre.

Please circulate to your networks as appropriate.

Ngā mihi
Jenny

Kia ora koutou,

We are hoping to get our planning for Rā Tomene underway after the Easter break. If you are interested in being part of this team, please speak with your Manager and then be in touch with Dale by Friday the 14th of April.

Me te mihinui,

Aurelia

Kia ora koutou,

We are currently doing an update of the laptops from the laptop trolley based on level 5 of PJH.  Just quietly, we may have lost track a little of who has borrowed laptops over the last year or so.  So, could you please let me know if you are using a laptop from the trolley?  Photo below just in case you need a visual.

They don’t need to come back but it would be helpful to know where they all are.

ngā mihi,

Sara

Kia ora koutou

Wow – winter popped by to say an emphatic hello earlier this week!  I’m personally very happy to see the sun back again today.

Last week saw me in Sydney, and south down the Illawarra coast a bit, touring a raft of beautiful public and university libraries (Sydney, UTS and Wollongong in particular) as part of the IFLA Library Buildings Section conference.  I’ll shortly book in a slot to present back pictures, observations and points of note from this incredible experience.  I realise though I have taken approximately one squillion pics, so editing this down to something malleable enough for a decent length ‘show and tell’ session may be a challenge, but I’ll do what I can 😊

Thanks again to you all for ongoing great effort, as various chunky pieces of mahi continue apace.  At the University hui I’ve attended this week (i.e. Research Committee, Teaching & Learning Committee and the VC Q&A Seminar Series), our record-breaking student numbers has been a constant topic of conversation. Typically, in non-lockdown years of yesteryear, we had started to see a distinctive tail off of student presence on campus after about week 3 or 4 of semester 1.  But this year has completely bucked that trend and we had >42,000 visitors to our three libraries last week!

This is a wonderful problem to have, and very much a singular UC phenomenon too – other NZ universities are seeing a downturn or at best plateau in their student enrolment numbers this year.  We alone are facing this unique opportunity, and while the University is seeking commensurate increases in funding levels for these additional students, this will take some time to come to bear.  So for now, all staff and service units across campus are looking at ways to scale up and support this highly engaged cohort.  For us here in the Library, it means looking at:

• Space utilisation and seeing how/where we can increase study spaces comfortably and safely
• The user experiences of our physical spaces and digital platforms & access tools (more details to come on this, as key UX work from Purple Shirt takes final shape) – noting the keystone role our MLM Replacement Project has here!
• Joining up with other teams and service units, to ensure the student experience is as positive as possible (I’m aware of recent examples of library staff stepping in to provide support for students when wider systems are wobbling or falling over – ngā mihi nui for this!)

Easter is now just around the corner, and a very well-deserved break for all.  Also, clocks go back an hour this weekend, so we all gain some extra precious time to do extra precious things with.  Enjoy!

Kat

Kia ora koutou

Lexis Nexis have udpated their single sign on certificate at 2pm today.  We are meant to be set up to update the details automatically but alas that doesn’t seem to have worked and I am getting an error message after signing in to ADFS login.

I have put a ticket in for Digital Services to refresh the  ADFS set up.

Ngā mihi,

Romy (on behalf of Library Systems)

Kia ora,
There are a lot of questions about this assignment at present.
Thanks for your help!

You can find information to assist students on the Business Subject Guide. Look under the Subject Major tab, and go to Marketing.

The tips are in the centre column, and there are referencing examples at the end of the column: I haven’t removed the middle box as there are other marketing assignments on at present.

Students need to adapt these guidelines depending on their wine type and country.

Please note the earlier access instructions for Passport:
New users must complete Euromonitor account registration upon first accessing the database (the account created will be tied to their Open Athens sign in and logged in to automatically next time they access the database). Terms and conditions need to be opened, not just have the box ticked 🙂

As always, any questions can come to me or Kathryn.

Ngā mihi

Kim

The morning tea to farewell Margaret Adam will now be in room 210 in PJH on Friday 31 March 10am. Change of venue from staffroom.

If you wish to sign the card and contribute to a gift, it is located in the LAC workroom under the whiteboard.

Jenny

Elsevier will talk through the (CAUL) open access agreement, and explain the author journey.

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpf-GtrT4vH9OfWsXOYOWSnR5Gdk33DZbO

See the full list of journals (all publishers) eligible for APC waivers to UC authors in 2023 here.

Kia ora koutou

In the process of fixing the other issue with some staff incurring fines on overdue renewed items we discovered there was also an issue with the fine blocks for borrowers that were eligible for fines.  This issue would stop waivers or complete payments for fines (which would normally resolve the fine block and move it into history blocks).

We’ve fixed the underlying issue in the new catalogue now and made the decision to remove/delete the 6 fines that were affected to avoid issues down the line when they came to pay or have fines waived.  Bit of a bonus for the affected borrowers but posting this in case any of them query the sudden disappearance of their fines (there will not be a trace of the fine in history blocks for staff to see).  The biggest fine we “disappeared” was $2 so shouldn’t break our bank.

Ngā mihi,

Romy (on behalf of Library Systems)