Hourly parking changes

December 8, 2009

To: UCSC Community
Fr: Larry Pageler, Transportation and Parking Services Director
Re: Changes to hourly parking on January 4th

Two changes will occur for hourly parkers beginning Monday, January 4, 2010: all campus meters and paystations will require payment from 7:00 am to 8:30 pm (making them consistent with parking meters), and the paystations in the Performing Arts (PA) lot will begin operating for weekday daytime use. The eight meters currently in the PA lot will be removed, and 17 spaces will be designated for paystation parking.

The cost for all meter and paystation parking is $1.50 per hour. Meters accept nickels, dimes and quarters only; paystations accept nickels, dimes, quarters, $1 coins, $1 and $2 bills, Visa, and Mastercard. Paystations cannot provide change or refunds, but can accept early payments beginning at 5:30 am. After 4:30 pm weekdays, and all day on weekends, paystations allow a $3 flat rate for parking until 8:30 pm (in addition to smaller increments of time); the flat rate allows parking in the entire lot, not just in designated paystation spaces. Paystations can be found at the Core West Parking Structure, Hahn Student Services, East Field House, and the Performing Arts lot; all have a two-hour limit except for Hahn, which has a one-hour limit.

Because paystations offer multiple payment options, if any single payment method becomes inoperable, another method can be selected. In the event of malfunction, please call 459-4543 to report the problem. Parking is not allowed in pay stalls without payment, so if a paystation is malfunctioning please find another location to park; otherwise Parking Enforcement (Campus Police) may cite your vehicle.

McH Ref Desk hours: 12/9/09-3/18/10

Hours for December 9, 2009-January 4, 2010:
Wed, Dec. 9th: 10am-9pm

Thurs, Dec. 10th: 10am-5pm

Mon, Dec. 14th-Fri, Dec 18th: 1pm-5pm

Mon, Jan. 4, 2010: 10am-5pm

Hours for January 5-March 18, 2010 (Regular quarter hrs):
Monday-Thursday 10am-9pm

Friday 10am-5pm

Saturday Closed

Sunday 1pm-5pm

Reminder: Extended library hours until 12/8

Exceptions:
Wednesday November 11 CLOSED
Wednesday, November 25 10am - 5pm
Thursday, November 26 CLOSED
Friday, November 27 CLOSED
Tuesday, December 1 10am-2am*
Wednesday, December 2 10am-2am*
Thursday, December 3 10am-2am*
Friday, December 4 10am-10pm*
Saturday, December 5 11am-7pm*
Sunday, December 6 10am-2am*
Monday, December 7 10am-2am*
Tuesday, December 8 10am-2am*

* For Finals Week extended study hours, there will be limited services after normal Library hours.

http://library.ucsc.edu/hours

Economist Intelligence Unit Profiles and Reports database

There is an additional step once you get into this database to be able to have access to country profiles, reports, profiles, etc. Click on "Enterprise Client Access" in the lower left part of the screen. That is the only way you get to the data. I have added this note to the database description in Drupal.

LexisNexis interface changing

Just a reminder that the LexisNexis interface is changing this month. I just checked and it's not up yet, but this announcement makes it sound like it's coming very soon.

-Lucia

The newly enhanced LexisNexis® Academic

The latest version of LexisNexis Academic unveils enhancements – driven by student user testing – designed to make it even easier to use:
-	Redesigned Easy Search form is the default home page
-	Six widgets to help students conduct basic research tasks
-	Additional content added for an Environmental Studies search form
-	Navigation presents all options in a single menu
The result? Quicker access to the most commonly used content. To learn more about the changes to LexisNexis Academic, visit our wiki… now the source of a new LexisNexis Academic Help section.

Caring for the microfilm/fiche printers at McHenry

I'm working on a procedure for handling printer cartridges and paper needs in the Microfilm/fiche printers located near the McHenry Reference desk.

What I've done so far is this:

1. I've numbered and labeled the printers so that they are easy to identify (numbered 1-3). The numbers are big and right on top of the printer...easy to see and read.
2. I created a graphic showing the location of each of these printers. I will give a copy to the McH Circ desk and one to the Ref desk.

What I'm hoping is that this will make it easier for patrons to tell us (be it Ref or Access) which printer needs help and easier for folks at the Ref desk to notify Access of any problems.

Also, printer cartridges and paper for these printers are now located (and labeled) in Amy Chirman's old office. This will make it easier for Access staff to change cartridges and add paper.

The next step is for those of us in Access to fine-tune what we do once we're notified of a problem.

Please let me know if there are any problems with this or if you have questions and please let me know if I missed something...it's a work-in-progress.

Many thanks.

-- Molly

Google scanning in the McH Ref collection

Maric reports that the last bit of scanning of material from the McHenry Reference Collection will take place over the next few weeks. Here are the dates and call number ranges.

We're going to begin pulling reference materials this week. The first batch will be sent out next Wednesday 12/02/09, to be returned on 12/16 and reshelved before the break. The second batch will be sent on 12/09/09 and return on 01/13/2010, to be reshelved by 01/15. We hope to finish our pull from the reference collection between these two shipments, so the call numbers that will be gone will range from HA to Z (excepting HT168 to ML156.5, which has already been pulled).

Please let me know if you have any questions.

thanks, Frank

Antidote to the A4 printing error problem

Frank Gravier gets a gold star for discovering the antidote to the A4 tray error printing problem. When you encounter that error and there is no staff at the IT Help Desk, press 7 (for plain letter) and then enter (next to the number 4 and a left arrow), and the job will print out. It may not stop the A4 error from occurring but at least it doesn't hold up everyone else's print job.

"Linked full text" removed from EbscoHost

"Linked full text" as an option has been removed from EbscoHost. The reason being that it never worked.

It appeared as recently as last week, so it must have taken effect very recently.

Thanks to Tasha Keagan for following up on this. Please send any search anomalies (as she says) to ejournals@library.ucsc.edu; even is you have to wait it's totally worth it!

-Annette

Campus publications: general catalog, schedule of classes, The Navigator, academic calendar

I asked the Registrar's publication editor to outline the print and electronic publication pattern for the four major campus publications. FYI, the information is given below. As we untangle this, Janet will attempt to amend the Cruzcat records.

-Christine

UCSC General Catalog:
Beginning with the 2004-2005 year, the General Catalog went to a biennial printing schedule. One year the catalog is printed, the next year it is updated online, with updates less encompassing than revisions for the printed year's catalog. In addition to the current General Catalog, previous year's catalogs, both online updates and printed catalogs dating back to 2003-04, are available online at http://reg.ucsc.edu/catalog/index.html. The printing status of the General Catalog for the upcoming year, 2010-11, is uncertain. No decision has been announced yet that we are or are not printing it. The current General Catalog is online athttp://reg.ucsc.edu/catalog/index.html.

Quarterly Schedule of Classes:
The Schedule of Classes was printed each quarter up to and including fall 2009. As of winter quarter 2010, the Schedule of Classes is no longer printed, but is available online at http://reg.ucsc.edu/soc.htm. In addition to not printing it, the winter 2010 Schedule of Classes includes several changes from previous quarters. One is that informational text that was duplicated in the Schedule of Classes and either the Navigator or General Catalog has been removed from the Schedule of Classes (with a few exceptions that are specific to a particular quarter). Additionally, previous Schedules included complete class listings that included all courses, sections, dates and times, locations, instructors, and requirements. That is no longer included in the Schedule of Classes as of winter 2010 because the online class search mechanism in AIS (Academic Information Systems) has been modified and greatly improved (https://pisa.ucsc.edu/class_search/). The search parameters are limited to the
current and immediately preceding quarter, however, so this is likely to impact anyone looking back to find whether a particular course was offered. The current Schedule of Classes is online at http://reg.ucsc.edu/soc.htm.

The Navigator Undergraduate Handbook:
This is a little less clear. The last officially printed copy of the Navigator we have dates to 2002-03. Subsequent year's Navigator's are not archived online since they are to be used by incoming undergraduates and are updated annually. If, however, you are missing years subsequent to 2002-03, we can get you an online address to print copies to bring your collection up to date. The current Navigator is online at http://reg.ucsc.edu/navigator/index.html.

The Academic and Administrative Calendar:
The calendar was printed through the 2008-09 academic year, but was not printed this year (2009-10). Printable PDF versions of the current and previous year's calendars dating back to 2004-05 are available online at http://reg.ucsc.edu/calendar/index.html.

Schedule of Classes will no longer be printed

FYI...

Beginning Winter 2010, the Schedule of Classes will no longer be printed.

http://reg.ucsc.edu/soc.htmhttp://reg.ucsc.edu/soc.htm

New online form for Spec Coll NRLF items

Thanks to Sue Perry Special Collections now has an online form that patrons can use to request Spec Coll books and other materials stored at NRLF. The form can be found here: http://library.ucsc.edu/speccoll/special-collections-nrlf-request-form and is also linked from our Access to Collections page (http://library.ucsc.edu/speccoll/access-to-collections) .

Feedback on the form and instructions would be appreciated.

As always, patrons can contact me directly about requesting ASK AT SPECCOLL books without using the form.

-Luisa

Error code on Info Commons printer

If the IT Desk is not yet open and the printer says "Load MBF A4 Plain" it means that the print job has a setting asking for the bypass "A4" tray. The only way around this problem is to delete that print job, because it will not let any others through. It effectively stops printing for everyone networked to that printer. You can call 9-2486 if no one is staffing the IT help desk and they can delete the print job.

Questions from weekend shift

Just a sampling of the kinds of questions we got at the desk this busy Sunday:

-need study room or space to practice Spanish
-need to find a court case and history; it was a Supreme Court case and needed to find out if it went through state court system (used Westlaw)
-how do I check out a book?
-need to find biographical info about anthropologist Michelle Habell-Pallan (her CV was online)
-what is "Request at ILL" and how do I get it?
-what is NRLF?
-the books I want are checked out, what can I do?
-just starting research on the topic of human sacrifice and offerings (used Cruzcat subject headings)
-how do I print?
-I need a pen
-need a book about prefixes and suffixes
-UC-eLinks not working (we owned the book)
-can I take Ref books to another floor?
-can't find call number RC
-need books and articles about Australian aboriginal dreams (used subject headings in Cruzcat and Ebsco)
-book checked out until December?
-where are the elevators?
-where are the HB call numbers?
-I don't understand how the moving stacks work
-I need Latin-English, Greek-English, legal, and medical dictionaries
-couldn't find book (it was on Reserve)
-having difficulty using UC-eLinks
-book is checked out, need by tomorrow (we found it at SCPL)
-where are the newspapers?
-need to do research on the history of American Sign Language
-about 5 more questions on not finding call numbers (they were looking in Ref Stacks)

Where to get change update

The Back Perch at the ARCenter is gone. According to Dining Services, the McHenry Library coffee cart is supposed to be staffed 10am-2pm, Monday-Friday.

McHenry Library change machine is gone

The McHenry Library change machine located on the second floor, near the copy machines, is gone. The costs associated with the change machine were excessive.

Thanks,
Sarah

Head of Access Services
University of California, Santa Cruz
(831) 459-3878

Other possible options for change:

-Library cafe (if you buy something you can get change)
-Hahn cashier (Window Hours: 9 am to 4 pm Monday-Friday)
-Bookstore
-Ask other students or staff

Stay tuned for an update "cash on campus" post....

Anthro 1 assignment

Anthro 1 book assignment

I wanted to alert you that students from Anthro 1 may come in looking for books located at S&E and McH respectively. The point of the assignment is to use the book as a jumping off point to explore broader themes, but they do have to be familar with the book. The instructor is encouraging students to look for these books in our libraries, local libraries and bookstores. The written assignment is due Nov. 24th, and students are looking for these items now.

As you may have guessed, most of these books are already checked out. I don't have a good solution for helping students, other than ILL. I'll see if I can catch the student I helped (and who sped off) for a copy of the assignment.

Here's a sample of some of the titles:

The old way : a story of the first people / Elizabeth Marshall Thomas McH Stacks DT1558.S38 T46 2006

Female fertility and the body fat connection / Rose E. Frisch S&E Stacks RG136 .F755 2002

Your inner fish : a journey into the 3.5-billion-year history of the human body / Neil Shubin S&E Reading QM26 .S58 2008

Thanks,

Lucia

XpressIt! in bookstore plaza will be moving 12/11/09

At the end of Fall 2009, XpressIt! next to the bookstore will be moving in with Print Services at the Baskin Engineering location. They will be open at their current location until 12/10/09 from 7:30am-6pm. They will re-open on 12/15/09 in their new location in the basement of Baskin Engineering B66. They will be offering new services such as a new online ordering system.

For more info: http://printing.ucsc.edu/xpressit

History 10 - primary source questions

We are getting more questions from History 10 students needing primary sources. Their assignment is to find a letter that is ideally from the time period of a historical event (ex. the Missouri Compromise), or at least not after 1877, and then write 5-7 pages about it's historical significance. I had luck with a Thomas Jefferson letter (on Library of Congress site) about the Missouri Compromise. Consult Kerry's class guide for more sources:

http://library.ucsc.edu/course-guides/history-10a-united-states-history-to-1877

Ref Desk hours during the upcoming holiday intersession

The Ref Desk hours, at both libraries, during the intersession are as follows:

December 14th - December 18th: 1-5pm

Monday, January 4, 2010: 10-5pm

Regular quarter hours resume on Tuesday, January 5th.

Online guides for Writing and Core classes

As we get used to our new website, it might be helpful to highlight a couple of ways to introduce Writing and Core students to research (thanks to Debbie and Annette):

Getting Started (linked on our home page)
-takes students step-by-step through constructing a research paper
http://library.ucsc.edu/content/constructing-your-research-paper

Writing subject guide (linked on home page under "Subjects" and "Course Materials & ERes")
-outlines research process steps with links
http://library.ucsc.edu/course-guides/writing

Class and assignment-specific guides

There are many class guides for this quarter. Take a look at either of these links when helping patrons at the desk:

Find research materials by subject
http://library.ucsc.edu/find-research-materials-by-subject

and

Course Materials & ERes
http://library.ucsc.edu/services/find-materials-for-courses

Serials review lists & letter out to faculty today

The serials review lists (titles proposed for
cancellation) and a letter to faculty announcing the
availability of the lists, have gone out to faculty.
If you get questions about where the lists are, they are available
here:http://library.ucsc.edu.oca.ucsc.edu/collections/budget-reduction-process
- Toward the bottom of the page there are links to each
division, click on those to see the title lists.
Faculty may submit comments through the survey/feedback
form on the page.

The feedback form is referenced several times on the page
but here is the link:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=W_2b4gtNSaxnj9_2bJsDfypi5A_3d_3d

If you have any questions, please let me know and I'll do
my best to answer them.

Thanks very much,

Kerry

Anthro 1 assignment

Students from Anthro 1 may come in looking for books located at S&E and McH respectively. The point of the assignment is to use the book as a jumping off point to explore broader themes, but they do have to be familar with the book. The instructor is encouraging students to look for these books in our libraries, local libraries and bookstores. The written assignment is due Nov. 24th, and students are looking for these items now.

As you may have guessed, most of these books are already checked out. I don't have a good solution for helping students, other than ILL. I'll see if I can catch the student I helped (and who sped off) for a copy of the assignment.

Here's a sample of some of the titles:

The old way : a story of the first people / Elizabeth Marshall Thomas McH Stacks DT1558.S38 T46 2006

Female fertility and the body fat connection / Rose E. Frisch S&E Stacks RG136 .F755 2002

Your inner fish : a journey into the 3.5-billion-year history of the human body / Neil Shubin S&E Reading QM26 .S58 2008

Thanks,

Lucia

New Visitor Guides

There are new campus Visitor Guides from Admissions at the Ref Desk, on the shelf under the UCSC catalog and schedule of classes. It has a large, easy-to-read campus map, that includes up-to-date construction areas and new buildings.

San Francisco City Directories - now online - free

Subject: [calix] San Francisco City Directories - Now online - free

San Francisco City Directories are now online - free - Here are the direct links:

San Francisco City Directories

1881. http://www.archive.org/details/langleyssanfranc1881sanfrich

1898. http://www.archive.org/details/crockerlangleysa1898sanfrich

1901. http://www.archive.org/details/crockerlangleysa1901sanfrich

1904. http://www.archive.org/details/crockerlangleysa1904sanfrich

1907. http://www.archive.org/details/crockerlangleysa1907sanfrich

1908. http://www.archive.org/details/sanfranciscocali1908polk

1909. http://www.archive.org/details/crockerlangleysa1909sanfrich

1911. http://www.archive.org/details/crockerlangleysa1911sanfrich

1912. http://www.archive.org/details/crockerlangleysa1912sanfrich

1913. http://www.archive.org/details/crockerlangleysa1913sanfrich

1914. http://www.archive.org/details/crockerlangleysa1914sanfrich

1915. http://www.archive.org/details/sanfranciscocali1915polk

1916. http://www.archive.org/details/crockerlangleysa1916sanfrich

1918. http://www.archive.org/details/crockerlangleysa1918sanfrich

1920. http://www.archive.org/details/sanfranciscocali1920polk

1921. http://www.archive.org/details/sanfranciscocali1921polk

1923. http://www.archive.org/details/crockerlangleysa1923rlporich
1924. http://www.archive.org/details/crockerlangleysa1924rlporich

1925. http://www.archive.org/details/crockerlangleysa1925rlporich

1927. http://www.archive.org/details/crockerlangleysa1927rlporich

Word documents on public computers

A patron came to the desk before the IT desk was staffed and said her Word 2007 document wouldn't open on PC #7. I called ITS and
Frank said that the PC's do have a concerter pac installed and should automatically open Word 2007 docs. If they don't, have the patron try another PC and report that one by submitting a ticket to ITS. And that's what I did and it worked fine on another PC. So in case this happens to you on a morning watch, that's what to do.

Psych 3 class info and online guide

Hi All,

Last week I gave a talk at Cam Leapers Psyc3 class. There is a class guide at:

http://library.ucsc.edu/course-guides/psychology-3-research-methods

The guide is meant to walk students through their assignment, which requires that they find only 1 study to replicate

Cam really prefers that they use encyclopedias or textbooks to get a citation for a study. I linked students to citation linker forms, which is the most direct place to find out if we own something or to request it.

Students, however, may also try to use Psycinfo to find a paper that is about a study. If they go this route they must ONLY use peer-reviewed articles.
Hope this is useful.

Thanks,
Annette

Students accessing their home directory in Info Commons

Periodically a student will ask for help accessing their home directory, which is UCSC server storage space provided to all students, faculty, and staff. Here's how to get to one's personal directory from the PC and MAc stations in the Info Commons:

From Macs:
-go to Fetch (from the dock or finder)
-in the Host Name text box, type: unix.ic.ucsc.edu
-in the User Name text box, type your email login (without @ucsc.edu)
-select SFTP from Connect using the drop-down menu
-type in your password in the Password text box
-select Connect

From PCs:
-go to the Secure Shell page
-select the Secure File Transfer Client icon
-select Quick Connect
-in the Host Name text box, type: unix.ic.ucsc.edu
-in the User Name text box, type your email login (without @ucsc.edu)
-at the prompt, type your password
-select OK

Meeting Room Schedule link

There is now a link to "Mtg Rms/2353" on the toolbar of each Firefox browser on the Ref Desk computers. Please leave the Incident Form as the last link on the toolbar on the right so it's easy to access if we need it.

Saving docs on public computers: save often and wisely

There is not much more frustrating when a student comes up after a power outage and has lost their paper because they were only saving it to the desktop. So to help them avoid this, we've added some signage in the Info Commons to help them know how to save safely. And it's a good reminder for us to tell them. I conferred with Fish about this so here's the scoop:

Safest ways to save:
-Flash drive / memory stick
-CD
-Google docs
-Email to yourself

Unsafe:
-Desktop only
-Documents folder only

If they've only saved to the desktop or docs folder and the power suddenly goes out or flickers strongly enough, they will lose their paper and there is no way to recover it.

Alexander Street scheduled maintenance, Saturday, 10/17, 6:00 pm - 12 am

14 October 2009

Alexander Street will be doing scheduled maintenance across all collections on Saturday, October 17^th from 6:00 PM TO 12:00 AM PDT.  Please be aware that you may see sporadic interruptions of up to one hour across all Alexander Street online collections on this date. In the event that downtime is prolonged for any reason, alerts will be posted to each affected collection.  Please share this information with yourcolleagues.

Contact:

Alexander Street Press
3212 Duke Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
USA
http://alexanderstreet.com

Jayne Dickson

CDL Information Services

California Digital Library

University of California

510.987.0550

jayne.dickson@ucop.edu

Newspapers on reserve for American Studies 188

Please direct students in American Studies 188 to the circulation desk at S&E if they inquire about the selection of national and California newspapers from September 11, 2009 set aside for their class. We are lending them for 2 hours, like most other reserve items. I have added a note to this effect to the reserves list in Cruzcat.

--Nicole

New ILL manual forms

Hi all,

There was a time when community patrons without library accounts needed to complete a paper request form for items held at NRLF. No more! We now have online forms, which don't authenticate using library barcodes, so all those patrons who can't use Request can use these forms.

The forms are linked from the ILL pages (on the right hand side, under "Related Links"), and they live here:

books: http://library.ucsc.edu/services/borrowing/ill-manual-book-request-form
articles: http://library.ucsc.edu/services/borrowing/ill-manual-article-request-form

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Sarah

New Hours for Library/Computing Commons Help Desk

Second Floor Computing Commons Help Desk McHenry Library

Staffed Hours:
Mon-Thu 1-9
Fri 10-5
Sunday 1-5
During these hours there will be a student on the desk, however, they do regular rounds to check on public computers throughout the day, if not present follow "contacting the help desk" procedure.

Contacting the Help Desk:
To contact the desk during the staffed hours when there is no student present or during un-staffed hours please call
459-2486 and leave a message. If there is an issue during off hours it will be addressed as soon as possible by library IT staff or by student workers.

You can also email help@ucsc.edu for issues, although if the ticket is submitted by a non-library staff it will take longer to filter to us. (hint: put "library public computing" in subject line)

Do not be alarmed if it takes 8-10 rings to get to the message, it is actually dialing our staff phone lines as well

What they do:
The Public computing help desk is there to assist with printing and computer use issues as well as best effort help for other library electronic resources such as MS office and library licensed publications.

Copying:
For card issues send the patron to the circulation desk where they can fill out a refund request.
For copier issues such as jams and toner see the Library Public Computing Help Desk.

Thanks,
Library IT

--

Frank Dang
University Library
ITS Technical Support Lead
(831) 459-1540

Welcome Week Open House

Our beloved students are returning and we are preparing to welcome them. Here is what we will be up to for welcome week:

Monday, September 21:
12-3pm McHenry Library Open House (in the Media Center)
12-3pm S&E Library Information table

Tuesday, September 22:
11:00a, 12:00p, 1:00p McHenry Library tours
11:00a, 12:00p, 1:00p S&E Library tours

Wednesday, September 23:
11:00a, 12:00p, 1:00p McHenry Library tours
11:00a, 12:00p, 1:00p S&E Library tours

QuestionPoint difficulties

Just a note to let you know that the QuestionPoint service has been crashing frequently over the last week or two. Obviously QP is working hard to fix this but reports are now coming in that librarians and patrons are becoming increasingly frustrated by the ongoing problems. Should you hear from a frustrated patron please assure them that the problem is being addressed and that there are alternative ways of contacting us listed on our Ask-A-Librarian page <http://library.ucsc.edu/info/askalibrarian.html>.

Map Room Closed 9/7-9/21

The Map Room at S & E will be closed for 2 weeks after Labor Day (9/7), reopening on Sept. 22nd.

Patrons may return maps & aerials at the Sci Lib Circulation Desk.

Discontinuation of the print UCSC staff and faculty directory

From ITS:

The UCSC Faculty and Staff print directory is being discontinued due to budget reductions. The 2009-10 edition will be the last published print directory. It will be distributed at the end of November 2009.

Please note, that effective today, ITS has added a new search feature to the faculty and staff online directory. You may now search by department, administrative office, or division. Give it a try: http://www2.ucsc.edu/its/cgi-bin/ucscdirectory?type=Advanced%20Search

Ref collection scanning

As part of the library's mass digitization projects scanning of the McHenry Reference collection will be starting this week. Between now and the beginning of fall quarter shipments will begin to be sent out for scanning. Every effort is being made to ensure as little material as possible is out while classes are in session. Signs indicating where material has been pulled will be posted in the Ref Stacks and Cruzcat records will be updated accordingly. Coordination of the logistics of the pull, scan and record maintenance is being done by Maric Kramer. Amy and I will be working with Maric to select optimal times for pulling, keeping reference and collection planning folks informed and addressing any location or catalog record problems that may come up.

A page has been set up on the wiki <http://ucsclibrary.pbworks.com/Mass+Digitization+Project+-+McHenry+Reference+Collection > with more information. Updates will be posted there. Please let me or Amy know if you have any questions or concerns.

Thanks, Frank

Map Room closed this week

Just a reminder that the Map Room is closed this week (August 10-14).

Media Center scanner

New directions for how to adjust the dpi on the Media Center scanner have been posted next to the scanner. It is now possible for patrons to select from that scanner's range of available dpi for any scan. Media Center Desk staff are being shown how to adjust the dpi so that they can assist patrons as needed.

If you have any further questions about this please contact Frank Dang.

Proctoring exams

UCSC doesn't provide exam proctoring services but the Santa Cruz Public Library does, only at specific branches. For details: http://www.santacruzpl.org/services/5/

More info from SCPL colleague:
"Cabrillo also proctors exams and can be arranged between Mondays and Friday
8am-4pm. You can reach the Proctoring Center by phone at 479-6269 or by
email at trgodfre@cabrillo.edu. Students must contact the proctor a minimum
of 7 working days prior to the exam. I give folks this option since they
still offer it for free to the community. We charge $40 for academic exams
at the Santa Cruz Public Libraries."

QuestionPoint update

Hello QP Chatters,

At yesterday's QP virtual users' group, Carol Bonnefil spoke about the technical problems we've been experiencing during June and July. QP wants all chatters to report such problems, including crashes, slow downs, error messages, etc. at the time they are happening, using the Support and Feedback link at the top of the QuestionPoint login page.

I just wanted to point out that we should all report problems DIRECTLY TO QP and not to your QP service manager at your library. The more immediate the report, the better QP can do its trouble shooting.

thanks,
Lynn

Lynn Jones
Co-chair UC Digital Reference Common Interest Group
Reference and Instruction Librarian

Local reel-to-reel media conversion

Q:
Hello, I was wondering if there was a reel-to-reel audio player available for student use in the library. I have an old recording from the late 1950s or early 1960s that I'd like to see if the recording is still audible, and if so, I'd like to digitize it so that I could have a permanent, functional copy of it.

A:
I contacted our library Media Center and we do not have that kind of
machine or service available. A web search came up with this one local resource:

Dejavu Video Services: Media Conversion and Duplication
Located in The Old Sash Mill, 303 Potrero Street, Santa Cruz
http://www.dejavuvideoservices.com/audiotocd.html

Ref Desk hours: July 24th-September 23rd

The hours for the Ref Desk will remain 1pm-5pm for the rest of the summer (through September 23rd). Regular quarter hours resume on September 24th.

UCB campus library closures

Just in case you haven't already heard, all libraries reporting to the University Librarian will be closed on Saturdays which the exception of the Moffitt Library and the Gardner Stacks. While Doe will be closed, users can get into the stacks through Moffitt.

Access to Moffitt is still retricted, so users must show UC ID to enter. Here's the official announcement:

Libraries close Saturdays

Due to campus budget reductions, libraries at UC Berkeley that are part of The University Library will be closed on Saturdays from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010. See below for exceptions.

Libraries affected

• Doe Library building
• Anthropology
• Art History/Classics
• Bancroft
• Biosciences and Natural Resources
• Business/Economics
• Chemistry
• Earth Sciences/Map
• East Asian
• Education/Psychology
• Engineering
• Environmental Design
• Math/Statistics
• Music
• Optometry
• Physics/Astronomy
• Public Health
• Social Welfare

Exceptions
Open on Saturdays for UC ID holders only:

• Moffitt Library - 668 reader seats
• Gardner (Main) Stacks - 400 reader seats

To help meet the increased demand on these facilities from UC Berkeley students and faculty, day passes will not be issued for Saturday access. They are still available to qualified researchers for use on other days; for details, see Privileges and Access Information.

Check the Library web site for a listing of campus libraries and their hours. The "Calendar" links give the current month's hours for each library.

Ref Law book on Reserve

Hi All,

Instructor Coonerty has requested that International Law Frameworks (KZ 3110.B42 2001) be placed on Reserve for Legal Studies 173. The item is a McH Ref Law book, so I wanted to let you know that students may come around asking for it over the next several weeks. Mr. Coonerty will let his students know the book will be available on the 2nd floor of the library, not at the main circulation desk.

Thank you,

Amy

Array of New Digital Resources from CDL, 2009

As part of its collaborative mission and if one-time funds are available, CDL acquires digital rights in perpetuity to important scholarly resources. CDL was able to purchase perpetual rights to eight new resources with end-of-year funds in June 2009.

The resources purchased by CDL were all top priorities requested by UC bibliographer groups, particularly African Studies, Califa, English and American Literature, GILS, News, and Performing Arts. Because such decisions must be made within a short period of time, preference is generally given to resources that can be accommodated under an existing license or whose licensing terms are expected to be straightforward. All UC campuses will have access to the new resources at no additional cost in FY 2009/2010.

Following is a brief summary of the new consortial acquisitions.

CDL Acquisitions in FY 2008/2009

Archivision Digital Research Library – 28,000 images of art, architecture, gardens, parks and historic or contemporary sites from all over the world. The Visual Resources group has requested Archivision as their #1 priority for a number of years. Archivision is hosted on the ARTStor platform and is now available to all UC users.

LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection Part A (1824-1979) -- Public policy starts and ends with Congressional committee hearings. In these hearings, Congressional committees assess, amend, approve or kill legislation, as well as oversee the implementation and effectiveness of previously enacted legislation falling under their jurisdiction. The LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection forms an unparalleled documentary record of events and public policy issues faced by America, as well as the objectives and actions of Congress in dealing with these events and issues. In addition to responding to long-standing selector recommendations, this acquisition will also facilitate shared collection management initiatives for government documents.

San Francisco Chronicle , 1865-1922 (ProQuest) – Founded by two brothers in 1865 when the West was still wild, the San Francisco Chronicle covers the completion of the transcontinental railroad, the Klondike gold rush, the S.F. earthquake and fire of 1906, America's entry into World War I, and the many events that shaped the San Francisco Bay region. The Historic S.F. Chronicle can be cross searched with the Historical Los Angeles Times (an earlier CDL purchase) for complete historical coverage of the State of California.

African Writers Series (ProQuest) -- The Heinemann's African Writers Series includes seminal works from the canon of African literature of the 20th century: influential stories, drama, poetry, author biographies and literary works from notable authors such as Nelson Mandela and Nadine Gordimer.

The next four resources were purchased from Alexander Street Press, an independent publisher of highly acclaimed and unique digital collections.

Latin American Women Writers – A collection of over 100,000 pages of literature by Latin American women from the colonial period in the 17th century forward to the present. Latin America and its literary culture encompass twenty diverse countries, each with its unique voice and struggle for independence after the end of colonization. The collection includes memoirs, essays and literature in the original language of the writers.

North American Theatre Online – More than 40,000 pages of critical, in-copyright reference works about authors, plays, theatres, productions, production companies, casts and related information covering the world of theatre from colonial times to the present. This reference collection includes upgrades to CDL's previously purchased Black Drama (Vol. 2 upgrade) and Twentieth Century North American Drama as well as a new resource, North American Indian Drama.

Theatre in Video – Theatre in Video contains over 250 of the world's most important 20th century plays together with over 100 video documentaries, including the BBC Shakespeare Series, delivered in streaming video. When using Theatre in Video together with North American Theatre Online, students will be able to find the complete performance of a play in streaming video, its full text, production background, reference materials and related ephemera.

Women and Social Movements in the United States: 1600 to 2000 -- CDL originally purchased this award-winning collection in 2005 and we are now upgrading to the Scholar's Edition, featuring 75,000 additional pages of scholarly material about women's activism in public life since 1963.

Lastly, the remainder of CDL end-of-year funds have been used to extend the SCOPUS pilot through the end of December 2010. This will allow the CDC Scopus evaluation task force as well as individual UC libraries and research departments more time to complete their evaluation and analysis of this tool.

Graphing demographic data

This is an interesting website for graphing demographic data. Limited datasets available but you can load your own data.

http://stats.oecd.org/oecdfactbook/

-Greg

New Gov data and stats site

Take a look at the newly launched government data and statistics site. Looks like a very professional, 2.0 type of site full of demographic, scientific, and geographic data. http://www.data.gov/

-Lucia

New APA website

I have not yet ordered the 6th edition of the Publication Manual but wanted to alert you to this new website.
Karen

Begin forwarded message:

Colleagues:

On June 30th the APA launched a new website for APA Style. Many staff members have been devoted to building this fully redesigned site, which was designed in accordance with the new APA website and has been timed to be launched with the sixth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

The expanded web presence is key to this edition of the Publication Manual. It will offer users a number of resources to help them learn APA Style, including free tutorials, sample papers, FAQs, online courses with CE credit, an APA Style blog, and background information on all aspects of scientific writing. Please check it out at www.apastyle.org, where you can

-Look up additional supplemental material keyed to the book.
-Test your knowledge of APA Style with a free tutorial on style basics
-Learn about the changes in the sixth edition with a free tutorial reviewing key revisions
-Sign up for an online course to enrich and enhance your understanding of APA Style
-Read the APA Style blog and share your comments on writing and referencing
-Consult frequently asked questions to sharpen your understanding of APA Style
-Examine additional resources on such topics ethics, statistics, and writing
-Familiarize yourself with submission standards for APA books and journals

Librarians hard at work!

Library fees and fines increase on July 1st

Effective July 1, 2009, library fees and fines will change.

-Overdue charge for regular items: $9 per item
-Overdue charge for reserves items: $5 first hour or partial hour; $2 for each hour thereafter; $75 maximum
-Billing/processing charge for items over 45 days past due: $20 per item

For more details and information:

http://library.ucsc.edu/services/billing

Summer dining on campus

Here's a link to Dining Services page for eating on campus during the summer. There is a link at the bottom to a one-page PDF listing all of the open dining halls and coffeeshops.

http://housing.ucsc.edu/dining/dining-halls.html

Bon appetit!

Summer stat sheets

To conserve paper, and since we have reduced hours, Laura has created half-sheet size stat sheets for the summer. The new ones are on the clipboard, and more are in the vertical file drawer under a pink label "Statistic Sheets."

Problems with EBSCO on Library Commons Macs

Firefox users may see a "proxy error" message when searching EBSCO databases (e.g. Academic Search Complete, Historical Abstracts, etc) on Macs with 10.5 in the Library Commons. Usually they can get past this by reloading the page. If that's annoying they may want to use Safari for their EBSCO searching. See Fish's note below for more detail as well as news of a fix forthcoming.

Hi,

Apparently there was an issue yesterday with an EBSCO database search on one of the info commons iMacs. This is a known issue that effects certain databases. There is something buggy with firefox running on 10.5 machines. we have tried many things to work out what the problem is without success.

If you do get a browser error on firefox when doing a search you can hit reload on the page and the search usually loads fine, otherwise Safari should be used.

I am building a brand new image from scratch due to some other network related bugs - working with an apple engineer it was determined that there may have been some corrupt files on these machines. I am hopeful that the bugs and annoying quirks will be resolved once the new image is rolled out.

--
Andrew 'Fish' Phipps

Print card dispenser and bills accepted

There is a white sign now posted on the print card dispenser that says "This machine ONLY accepts ONE DOLLAR BILLS". It's not clear if this was posted by Copier Services. The machine used to allow five and ten-dollar bills to be used as long as they weren't "new". Now, only one-dollar bills are accepted. So a patron today had purchased a card already, but only had and needed to add a five-dollar bill to it. So she had to use the change machine to break the $5 bill into 20 quarters, and then using the copy machine tower, drop the quarters one by one to add the $5 value to her card. Needless to say, this was very frustrating for her. So I just wanted to clarify for those who didn't realize it, that if someone wants to add anything other than a one-dollar bill, that is what they'll have to do (or break a larger bill somehow).

Library hours update for summer

Library hours for the rest of the summer (June 22nd-September 23rd) have been updated. For McHenry Library hours are Monday-Friday 12pm-8pm, and S & E Library hours are Monday-Friday 9am-5pm. Both libraries will be closed on weekends during the summer.

This info is available on the desk under the glass, and in the flyers kiosk.

(Revised post 6/24/09 LM)

Ref Desk hours pilot

Our hours at the Ref Desk for June 12th-July 24th will be Monday-Friday 1pm-5pm. Stay tunes for updates for hours after July 24th.