Starting today 12/3/07 and ending the evening of 14/3/07, Library IT will be making changes to the programming behind the current ‘online request form’ for CL Warehouse and Theses. For these 3 days, this system will not work very well, but Central Library staff will continue to receive and process the requests.
On Thursday 15/3/07, if all has gone according to plan, the new process for the collection of items in Storage will be in place and the new ‘Storage request form’ will be in use. This form will cover the collection of all items held in the Warehouse and Law Basement for Law, EL, PSL as well as Central. Theses held in the Special Collections Room will be requestable through Horizon.
Once the new system is in place, borrowers will be able to choose pickup location for their request.
On Thursday, library staff will be asked to make themselves familiar with new web pages covering this system of Storage Requests. Branch Lending specialists have received training in the new processes and can share with you if you have questions.
Password print station
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.
Entering messages in blogs
When you are posting to counterculture, avoid using long strings of text without spaces eg rows of exclamation marks, stars, long urls. Long strings of text without spaces will result in the search box dropping out of sight – requiring scrolling.
If you use an URL, embed it in the text, using the correct URL icon.
Netter’s anatomy
Communication Disorders students are asking for Netter’s anatomy. The correct title is Atlas of human anatomy, shelved in the Reference Collection at QM 25 .N474 1997
There is an earlier edition on the shelves which is currently out on loan. If the reference copy is consistently missing let me know as we might have to put it on Restricted Loan.
Intermittent problems network access
A problem with one of the authentication servers in ICTS means that there are intermittent problems with the network, including access to the internet and blackboard. This may take an hour or more to fix.
We will put a message on Camelot news when it is resolved
Library IT
Finding the Card Co-ordinator
The Card Co-ordinator advises that he will be in the Shelley Common Room (USCA) to the end of this week but unavailable on Friday 9th March as he is moving his equipment back to Room 109 Science Lecture Block.
He will be able to make external borrower cards from Monday 12th March in Room 109.
Mgmt 101 text book
If students are looking for the 2006 edition of “Management : an Asia-Pacific perspective” it is now called “Management” 2nd edition Asia Pacific Edition 2006 and is edited by J.T. Campling. The bib
no is #1036090.
Mgmt220 ppt slides
I’ve emailed James Oxnam about mgmt220 ppt slides which are clogging up the printer queue.
Reset PIN tip
A brief reminder that an important part of resetting a borrower’s library PIN number – is telling them what the new PIN number is! Very easy for them to remember, just a repeat of their barcode.
This also applies to ULANZ/CTA borrowers whose barcodes may not be ‘translated’ on their cards. If in doubt look in the barcode field of their borrower record (Edit borrower).
Stationery at the Help Desk
Just a reminder that you should not be providing any stationery such as scissors, pens, erasers, sellotape etc to students. The scissors have gone missing already. A stapler is provided by the PCs and the Copy Centre has a guillotine. There are drawing pins in the drawers for poster – hand them out separately rather than giving the students the whole box.