Laptops and iPads update

McHenry laptops are now stored are now stored in the same way as the S&E laptops: each bag contains a laptop and charger of the same number, and can be found in the green cabinet behind the Circ Desk.  The new bags only zip across the top.  We will no longer recharge laptops, but they do come with a charger (that has its own barcode and is checked out also).   iPads are also in the same green cabinet, and will be charged (you'll see a powerstrip next to them inside the cabinet).

Tally of Education/Math/HAVC/classrooms directions 9/28-10/9

We have been asked to keep a tally of directions we give to Education, Mathematics, HAVC, and related classrooms from Friday, September 28th through Tuesday, October 9th to assess the effectiveness of new signage. I have placed the tally sheet on a clipboard that will be stowed under the desk on the right-hand side. I will give the stat sheet to Sarah after the 9th. Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Laura

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.