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."