IT Help Desk schedule 9/27-10/8

The interim IT Help Desk schedule (while they are hiring) is posted at the desk in the same spot as the Ref Desk printed schedule. You'll find the schedules in an organizer on top of the righthand file cabinet (as well as the library phone list, campus phone book, last printed general catalog, etc.).

The coverage until October 8th at McHenry is as follows:

Monday 12pm-4pm, 7pm-midnight
Tuesday 3pm-midnight
Wednesday 12pm-midnight
Thursday 3pm-10pm
Friday 4pm-8pm

So the times we are on the desk and they are not are:

Monday 4-5pm
Tuesday 1-3pm
Thursday 1-3pm
Friday 1-4pm

Call 9-2486 for questions during those times. Sometimes the S&E student can help too.

No bikes in the library

Please do not let people bring their bikes into the library, even though it may be for a brief period of time.

The campus-wide bicycle parking policy is here: 

http://taps.ucsc.edu/bicycleparking.html

It says that people need to park their bikes in bike racks and nowhere else.

Writing tutoring for students

Learning Support Services in the ARCenter building offers writing tutoring for UCSC students (not the general public):

http://www2.ucsc.edu/lss/tutorial_services.shtml

New link for ProQuest Digital Library for Alumni and Friends

New link for ProQuest Alumni and Friends Digital Library:

http://search.proquest.com/barcode?accountid=32964&groupid=75657

More information:
http://library.ucsc.edu/giving/proquest-digital-library

2012-2013 General Catalog

The UCSC General Catalog is no longer printed. We have the 2010-2012 (through Spring 2012) at the desk, and previous catalogs in the Ref Desk stacks to the right of the desk as you face it (call# LD781.S5 U56a). You can access the current catalog here:

http://registrar.ucsc.edu/catalog/

It has linked PDFs for each department.

Calculators on Reserve

Scientific calculators are on Reserve at both libraries and have a 4-hour checkout time.
At McHenry, they are located in a little box at the beginning of the Reserves shelves, and the barcode is on the back.

-Laura

campus fax service

In addition to the Copy Center's ongoing service (listed on their site under "Fliers, Forms, and Other Copy Jobs"), the Baytree Bookstore now offers its own facsimile service at the following rates (as of 6th March 2012):

To domestic numbers
$2 for the first page
$1 per additional page

To numbers outside the US
$3 for the first page
$2 per additional page
50¢ per minute transmittal time

(updated LM 11/30/12)

Santa Cruz newspaper indexing

While McHenry holds indices for various area newspapers from 1856-1956—and the Santa Cruz Public Library additionally has a 1957-8 volume—there are obviously many gaps in indexing not covered by bound volumes, the Sentinel's Web site, or SCPL's Newspaper Clipping File.

None other than Stan Stevens suggests contacting the Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County (publishers of the existing indices) for those years not obviously indexed, as they continue their work of indexing local newspapers.

Copying, printing, and confusion...

There seems to be much confusion about the new staggered copying pricing and codes and signage... so here are a few reminders and some things I didn't know:

-the copiers now do double-sided copying (they didn't before) -- it's referred to as "sidedness" on the signage
-the copiers on 3rd and 4th (only) now do color copying (they didn't before) and it's 25 cents (for everyone)
-the only time a card is now needed is for printing for those who don't have or want to use a CruzID gold account (still need a $1 bill)
-all copying requires logging in to the machines; students use CruzID Gold, all others put cash into the copier kiosk and obtain a login
-the PIN that the signage refers to is the last 4 digits of a student/staff/faculty university ID #
-CruzID Gold account copying is 8 cents per page
-non-CruzID Gold copying (aka guest) is 15 cents per page
-students who don't want to charge their account for whatever reason can use the guest kiosk for copying but they will pay 7 cents more per copy than the student rate of 8 cents

And we do have another flatbed scanner in McHenry on the 2nd floor near the IT/Ref Desk. It's in a computer cubicle near the color printer.
It's not as good for images, but fine for text.

Hope this helps!

Best,
Laura

New group study room system and policies

There is a new group study room reservation system, and it is listed in the same place on the library website.

Here is a link to the new policies page: http://library.ucsc.edu/study-room-policies

Main differences:
-Rooms may be reserved for up to 4 hours at a time.

-Limit of 4-hours maximum per day of reservation time across all rooms. This time may be split.

-Can reserve up to 2 weeks in advance
-15-minute grace period for reservations. If the room is not being used by an eligible group (at least two people) at the end of the grace period, the reservation is forfeited.
-No back-to-back reservations but groups may stay beyond their reserved time if there is no subsequent reservation and there is no other group waiting for a room to open.