New security for Library ADA workstations

Passwords for the Library's ADA stations are now administered by the Disability Resource Center. If a DRC student wants to gain access to the station, Angela Holleman is the DRC Technology Coordinator and can be reached at adhollem@ucsc.edu or at 9-3225.

A general description of resources available to library patrons with disabilities can be found here <http://library.ucsc.edu/services/patrons-with-disabilities>.


A guide to library database features that address the needs of patrons with disabilities is available here <http://library.ucsc.edu/adobe-and-library-databases-and-ada-accessibility>

If a faculty, staff or community patron requests access to the ADA station, please direct them to email help@ucsc.edu with "library" in the subject line to get access.

ADA station changes

From Omar:

Here is an update you on some security changes we are making to the
ADA stations at both library sites.

I have changed the password to the ADA stations and are no longer
issuing the password out to the service desks.

The login information for the ADA stations is obtained through the
DRC.  Library ITS is still providing computer support for this station.

If a DRC student wants to gain access to the station, Angela Holleman
is the DRC Technology Coordinator and can be reached at
adhollem@ucsc.edu or at 9-3225.

If a community patron requests access to the ADA station, please direct
them to email help@ucsc.edu with library in the subject line to get
access. 

Note:  The station is not for scanning and is only for adaptive
technology use.

New instructions for using OCA on IPad or IPhone

The OCA Shortcuts page now includes instructions for using OCA on an IPad or IPhone.  Here's the link: http://library.ucsc.edu/help/oca-shortcuts.

New flatbed scanner instructions (posted by the scanner)

Instructions for Using the Flatbed Scanner
(No charge to email or save to USB)

1. Unless already on, turn on switch 1 (at the back of the middle scanner), the right monitor, and the flatbed scanner on your left (switch 4)

2. Place document in upper right corner of scanner, face down

3. Click on the “Welcome to Scanwrite!” screen (right monitor)

4. Enter filename prefix (it will use this prefix for all of your files during a session)

5. Select source: Choose 4th option WIA-Epson Perfection V700/V750 (NOT the first Epson listed)

6. Click Select

7. Choose image type on the “What do you want to scan?” box

8. Click on adjust quality link and change resolution (DPI) from 100 to a minimum of 300; then choose picture type and click OK

9. Click Preview or Scan

10. Thumbnail image appears on the upper left of the monitor screen (click "Edit Scan" if needed)

11. Click on the thumbnail to select it (giving it a blue border)

12. Then choose from the following options:
Email (sends as PDF only), Print (10 cents per side, will go to print queue release stations to your right by the copiers like all other 2nd floor workstations), Send to USB (can choose file type JPEG, PNG, TIFF, PDF single pg, PDF multi-pg), or Edit

13. Follow prompts

14. Finish (this will remove your files)
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For help using the scanner for microfilm:

• Click on the “Welcome to Scanwrite!” screen
• Click on the yellow “Help Video” icon on the top right
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Patrons are instructed to ask at the Reference Desk or Circulation Desk for further assistance.

McH Scanner

The only publicly available scanner at McHenry is the new microforms scanner on the second floor. Do not refer students to the Media Center for scanning, the only scanner down there is attached to the adaptive station and is currently out of service.

Laura is working with Molly to create meaningful self-service instructions for using the scanner.

ArchiveGrid

Great publicly accessible online resource for locating archives nationwide (and searching for materials in them):

ArchiveGrid
http://www.archivegrid.org/

Library's mobile site

From Sue Perry:

We're happy to announce the mobile library website is live and ready for testing at http://m.library.ucsc.edu. We'll release the address to the public with a news item later this week.

Note this site is a limited version of the full library site, with a few menu options for tasks and information commonly sought by mobile users. We've tested it on several iPhones and Droids but we don't have access to the full plethora of mobile devices and operating systems out there, so please try it out and let us know what you think using the feedback link in the menu.

Dropped wireless connections on laptops

For the past week+ CNS has been seeing laptops with dropped cruznet wireless connections. Here are directions for what to do depending on whether it is a University owned or personally owned device.

If the device is a checkout laptop or iPad, try rebooting the device (making sure they have saved their files to external media)
if that does not solve it put in an ITR ticket and mark the machine out of order.

If the device is a patron owned machine, please have them open up an ITR ticket by emailing help@ucsc.edu or calling 459-4357
it would be good if they could include their CruzID and their computer's MAC address. (how to get MAC, http://www.tvcc.cc/ISS/Find-MAC-Address.cfm)

So far this behavior has been seen at both McHenry and at S&E. The networking people really need tickets for this issue to be able to troubleshoot and resolve it.

Thanks,
Frank

Trial of Filmmakers Library Online

Check it out. Let me know if you like it.
Martha

Filmmakers Library Online: <http://flon.alexanderstreet.com>

<http://daiv.alexanderstreet.com/>


http://flon.alexanderstreet.com

Your access is activated effective today and will expire on June 13, 2011.

Expert searching in Next-Generation Melvyl / WorldCat Local

Gnashing your teeth over the limited search capabilities of N-G Melvyl? Regain some of that 'legacy' Melvyl searching by using OCLC's list of index codes.

These codes will work from the simple search box on our Find Books page (http://library.ucsc.edu/find/find-books) and in Melvyl's simple search (http://ucsc.worldcat.org/search), though not in Melvyl's advanced search (http://ucsc.worldcat.org/advancedsearch), as the fields are already pre-determined there.

Problem with PsycARTICLES database

This information came from a CDL Alert: CSA PsycArticles is experiencing server problems.

Patrons are encountering this message:
When users attempt to access articles online (either by linking from UC-eLinks or by searching the database directly), PDF or HTML interface links to display the full text results in error messages (e.g., Unable to access requested file, /csa/live/ft/psycarticles-set-c/BUL/70/bul_70_4_213.pdf).

CDL reports:
We just received the following information from ProQuest/CSA Technical Support:

A problem developed with the content and the result is the difficulty you're seeing now. We are working on reloading the content into the database to resolve the situation, but the process is not expected to be completed until Monay, April 11th. I apologize for any inconvenience this will cause in the meantime.

Writing 2: Vietnam Conflict-era magazines

Students in Dan Scripture's Writing 2 course on the Vietnam Conflict era need to look at contemporary advertisements in magazines from a year of their choice during that period (1965 to 1975).

The following list of the general-interest titles (along with their call numbers, locations, and relevant years held) the library holds either in print, or to which (in one case) there is full-content access on-line, may prove useful.

General-Interest, Vietnam Conflict-era Magazine Holdings at UCSC Library

Title	Years held	Call number	Location
The Atlantic	1965– June 1971	AP2 A8	4th floor, McHenry
The Atlantic Monthly	July 1971–75
Ebony	1965–75	AP2 E165	4th floor, McHenry
Esquire	1965–69	AP2 E84	4th floor, McHenry
Harper’s Magazine	1965–75	AP2 H3	4th floor, McHenry
Life	1965– April 1972	AP2 L547	4th floor, McHenry
Look	1965–71	AP2 L79	4th floor, McHenry
The New Yorker	1965–75	Full content accessible on-line: http://library.ucsc.edu/campusaccess/ejournal/new-yorker
Playboy	1965–75	AP2 P55	Protected Reserves, McHenry Circulation Desk
The Saturday Evening Post	1965–69	AP2 S2	4th floor, McHenry
Saturday Review	1965–January 1973	AP2 S27	4th floor, McHenry
Time	1965–75	AP2 T37	4th floor, McHenry
Vanity Fair	1965–75	AP2 V3	4th floor, McHenry
U.S. News & World Report	1965–75	JK1 U65	3rd floor, McHenry
Vogue	1965–75	TT500 V7	Lower level, Science & Engineering

Law books in the Ref collection

The designation REF LAW has been removed from Cruzcat, it is no longer a separate location.

Now that the law books in the McH Ref collection are arranged in call number order in the Ref stacks, it's no longer necessary to have a separate location for them. The records have been updated in Cruzcat, and Preservation is working to relabel volumes in the Ref stacks.

UCSC employee payroll data

There has been recent interest in employee payroll data for UC and UCSC.  As a reminder, this information is available on disc and kept in Reserves at McHenry.  To locate the call number, search for "UCSC" as the course name on the Course Reserves search page.  Items are listed alphabetically. The relevant title is "UC Employee Payroll Data Disc." Discs are available for 2005 - 2009.  The call number for the most recent data, 2009, is UCSC.1056.

Online versions of both system-wide and UCSC data are also available from the Sacramento Bee and the Santa Cruz Sentinel.

System-wide - Sacramento Bee
UCSC - Santa Cruz Sentinel

Coca cola taste tests

Some students from a psych class at Cabrillo college have come in looking for articles about taste test experiments involving colas (coke and pepsi). PsycInfo had a number of articles, including experiments from 1948.

They are working in groups of 4, and there are 6 or 7 groups. Their paper is due Wednesday.

In PsycInfo use the descriptor "Taste Perception" and KW cola to find 18 relevant scholarly articles. They need to pick the best five for the assignment.

Laura also discovered 14 articles in ASC using SU cola and SU evaluation

Language dictionaries

Hi Deskers,

Here is s quick reference list for language dictionaries and their call number sections in the Ref Stacks:

Arabic PJ6640
Chinese PL1455
English PE1628
French PC2640
Gaelic PB1591
German PF3640
Greek PA445
Hebrew PJ483
Hindi PK1936
Italian PC1640
Japanese PL679
Korean PL936
Latin PA2365
Persian PK6379
Portuguese PC5333
Russian PG2640
Spanish PC4640
Swahili PL8703

Hope this is helpful.

Best,

Laura

BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill resource

In case people are still getting questions about the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, I wanted to let you know that we recently received the official report to the president: Deep Water: The Gulf Oil Disaster and the Future of Offshore Drilling (http://cruzcat.ucsc.edu/record=b3539867~S5) and the accompanying recommendations (http://cruzcat.ucsc.edu/record=b3539868~S5).

I also wanted to share this Deepwater subject guide created by the Gov Docs librarian at MSU: http://guides.library.msstate.edu/content.php?pid=136282&sid=1167503

And a reminder about the bibliography link that Cynthia sent out back in May:
http://www.southalabama.edu/univlib/govdocs/gd/oilspill2010.html

--Jess

Cruznet issues

If you have a patron who cannot connect to Cruznet wireless (no page will load, they cannot get an IP address) and/or they are getting logged off repeatedly please put in a ticket.

-Include the person's name and their MAC address. Here is a website on how to find the mac address of common operating systems, http://www.wikihow.com/Find-the-MAC-Address-of-Your-Computer, and Apple iOS devices http://osxdaily.com/2010/08/05/find-iphone-mac-address/.
-The CNS help desk can also put in the ticket and has information on how to get the MAC address.

Thanks,
Frank Dang

Student survey publicity

You may notice small thin strips attached to our public stations on the 2nd floor at McH publicizing a student survey. The survey is sponsored by UCSC office of Institutional Research and is part of a statewide survey of students regarding class and lecture size. The survey closes on Feb 10th, at which time these strips will be removed.

The strips say: "Get heard. Take the class and lecture availability student survey @ www.uc-class.org. For a chance to win Nite Owl cookies"

Thanks,

Lucia

Math placement exam study guide questions

If students come to the McHenry Ref Desk asking for the math placement exam study guide, you can refer to this page on the Undergraduate Affairs site to explain what we have. Neither library has exactly that for this test, but S&E does have a textbook and an elementary algebra outline with some practice problems. McHenry has a set of videos put together by a UCSC professor that reviews pre-calculus. What seems to help them most is the bottom link for the practice exam.