Library hours for Fall 2010

Beginning Sept. 23rd, 2010, the hours of both the McHenry and Science & Engineering libraries will be as follows:

Sunday through Thursday - 8:00 a.m. to midnight.
Friday - 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Saturday - 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

New UCSC website

August 26, 2010

To: UCSC Community
Fr: Barry Shiller, AVC, Communications & Marketing
Re: Newly designed campus website

Late this evening, a newly designed campus web home page and related secondary pages, supported by a new content management system, are scheduled to go live. The structure and design of these pages reflect input from academic and staff personnel; students; alumni; and others.

This is part of an ongoing comprehensive web improvement program, commissioned in late 2008 by Chancellor Blumenthal and CPEVC Kliger. Co-led by University Relations and Information Technology Services, this initiative also involves the adoption and implementation of an enterprise-wide system for managing website content, the development of clear guidelines for UCSC web sites, and an updated definition of web services supported centrally by the campus.

These web enhancements are intended to aid efforts to promote UCSC's many strengths and distinctions; recruit students, faculty and staff; increase private financial support; and provide a clear, accessible information portal for faculty, staff, students, and others.

In early September, the Humanities Division, two of its departments, and Porter College sites are scheduled to transition to the new design and architecture within the campus Web Content Management System (WCMS). Other partners in the pilot phase of this project will transition their sites in coming months.

More information about this comprehensive effort is available at: http://www.ucsc.edu/redesign/

Your input is valued. Please share any comments via the Feedback link that will appear at the bottom of each revamped web page.

Many people have worked tirelessly on this intensive, complex project. On behalf of Vice Chancellors (and project co-sponsors) Donna Murphy and Mary Doyle, please join me in expressing appreciation to all who have contributed — and in celebrating this first visible milestone.

New telephone numbers at Santa Cruz Public Library

The Santa Cruz Public Library has implemented a new telephone system and, as a result, their phone numbers have changed. The new Telephone Reference number is (831) 427-7713.  The complete telephone directory for the Santa Cruz Public Library system can be found here:

http://www.santacruzpl.org/contact/phonelist/

Largest businesses in Santa Cruz

A recent article on health care costs for small businesses in the Santa Cruz Sentinel included this list of the largest businesses in the city.


UC Santa Cruz: 7,507
County of Santa Cruz: 2,463
City of Santa Cruz: 985
Plantronics: 474
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk: 347
Costco: 236
Santa Cruz Biotechnology: 216
Threshold Enterprises: 213
Community Bridges: 212
New Teacher Center: 211
Crow’s Nest: 190
Safeway Stores: 186
Harmony Foods: 165
Whole Foods Market: 160
United Parcel Service: 150
Bell Sports: 127*
Ideal Bar & Grill: 120
Beckmanns Old World Bakery: 113
Staff of Life: 105
California Certified Organic Farmers: 100
* Bell Sports has moved to Scotts Valley

The full article can be found here: Small businesses wrestling with health care mandate - Santa Cruz Sentinel

New "apps" available on McHenry Library iPads

The following were recently added. A full list of the applications available on the library's iPads can be found here: http://library.ucsc.edu/ipads.


Blausen Human Atlas HD (http://blausen.com/iphone)
The Elements by Theodore Gray (http://periodictable.com/ipad/preview/index.html)
Star Walk (http://appshopper.com/education/star‐walk‐for‐ipadinteractive‐astronomy‐guide)
Brushes (http://gizmodo.com/5458319/ipads‐brushes‐app‐like‐paint‐butwith‐multitouch)
Numbers (http://www.apple.com/ipad/features/numbers.html)
Pages (http://www.apple.com/ipad/features/pages.html)
Keynote (http://www.apple.com/ipad/features/keynote.html)
iAnnotate PDF (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iannotate-pdf/id363998953?mt=8)
NatGeo World Atlas HD (http://www.ipad‐applicationreviews.com/2010/05/ipad‐app‐review‐world‐atlas‐hd/)
WolframAlpha (http://products.wolframalpha.com/ipad/)
World Factbook (http://www.macworld.com/appguide/app.html?id=460221&expand=false)
Da Vinci HD (http://appshopper.com/education/da‐vinci‐hd)
Van Gogh HD (http://www.frappster.com/2010/05/15/van‐gogh‐hd‐byoverdamped/)
Pulse News Reader (http://www.zdnet.com/blog/apple/my‐favorite‐newipad‐app‐pulse‐news‐reader/7163) 

New IT Desk hours for McHenry

Omar let us know that they have a new student assistant who will be trained and on the desk, starting Thursday, August 12th. There is a new schedule also, for Summer Session II: Monday-Thursday, 12:45pm-7:45pm. So today (Tuesday) and tomorrow (Wednesday), there will be no public service coverage.

Call 9-2486 if you need IT Help beyond what we know how to do, or put in a ticket .

New format for My ILL Requests

Hi everyone,

There is a new look to "My ILL Requests" when patrons log in. If they don't click on the small "Show everything" box in the upper left-hand side of the screen, at the top of their list, then they will not see items that have not yet been shipped. So if you are helping anyone in the Ask A Librarian RT or at the desk, keep that in mind if they say none of their requests are displaying (or things are missing) and they've logged in correctly.

Thanks, Laura