Summer Emeriti library research class

Frank and Laura will be having a drop-in library research class for emeriti faculty and staff on Wednesday, August 25th from 2-3:30pm in the McHenry Library Classroom 2353 (2nd floor). They will give an overview of the library's current website and offer tips and strategies for successful online library research. There will be time throughout for questions. This is the second in a series of drop-in classes to support emeriti faculty and staff research needs. No need to sign-up.

Please this along to anyone you think may be interested.

For more information, please contact:
Laura McClanathan /
831-459-3096 / lauramcc@ucsc.edu

ERes notice to faculty

This message has gone out to Faculty and is the first of many communications to faculty instructors about the changes to eres.

To Whom It May Concern:

In order to support the campus’ goal of providing a consistent user experience for the entire campus learning community and eliminate costly duplicative services, the University Library’s Electronic Reserve service will be undergoing several changes over the 2010-2011 academic year.

Beginning Fall 2010, Electronic Reserves (ERes) will be offered through eCommons, UCSC's new Education Commons and Collaborative Learning Environment. Scanning and posting of documents will continue through the fall quarter. Additionally, the Reserves Department will be working closely with instructors to teach them how to directly manage their course materials and resources, in order to prepare for winter and spring service changes.

In Winter 2011, hard-copy material will continue to be scanned and posted in eCommons. The Reserves Department will no longer be posting material that is electronically delivered. The department will continue to work closely with instructors to ensure they have resources available to them to successfully manage their course materials in eCommons.

In Spring 2011, the Reserves Department will no longer post course material. Scanning of hard-copy material will continue, but all documents will be e-mailed to the instructor for posting once they have been scanned. The Reserves Department will offer eCommons referral support during this time.

If you have any comments, questions, or concerns about this transition, please do not hesitate to contact us. We will send more information as it becomes available.

Regards,

Victoria L. Nobles

List of UCSC Chancellors

Here is a complete list, and a site that lists more detailed information through 2004:

1. Dean E. McHenry (1961-1974)
2. Mark N. Christensen (1974-1976)
3. Angus Taylor (Acting) (1976-1977)
4. Robert L. Sinsheimer (1977-1987)
5. Robert Stevens (1987-1991)
6. Karl S. Pister (1991-1996)
7. M.R.C. Greenwood (1996-2004)
8. Martin Chemers (Acting) (2004-2005)
9. Denice Denton (2005-2006)
10. George Blumenthal (2006-present)

University of California Digital Archives: Santa Cruz Administrative Officers
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/general_history/campuses/ucsc/officers.html

CDLAlert: UC-eLinks does not appear in PubMed

UC-eLinks buttons are not currently displaying in the PubMed interface.
The National Library of Medicine is aware of the problem and is
currently investigating. Currently, there is no estimate for resolution.

Please share this information with your colleagues.

Public scanners available in both McHenry and S&E

Scanners for the public are once again available in both McHenry (Media Center) and Science & Engineering (Cowell Room).

Summer hours for "Library Information Technology Helpdesk"

Library ITS has provided us with the following information regarding summer support hours.

The "Library Information Technology Helpdesk" Summer hours are as follows:

McHenry - Noon to 8:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday.

S&E - 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
          9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, Friday

"In case of a vacant helpdesk or for assistance outside of normal hours, please call 459-2486 or email help@ucsc.edu. We will assist you as soon as possible during operating hours."

Gifts and donations

This is a review of how we handle gifts at both library buildings.

Maps and Special Collections accept and process gifts, and gift forms, themselves.

Paul Machlis is the gift coordinator for all other materials. What this means is that staff should refer all questions about possible donations to Paul; he will talk to the person and determine whether we accept the gift or, if not, what other options are available.

The exception is when a patron comes to a service desk with a gift in hand, usually just a few volumes. In this case:

1. You are welcome to accept their gift, which you will pass on to Paul.
2. Please offer them a "Letter of Gift" form to complete, which you will also pass on to Paul. The donor is not required to complete the Letter of Gift form, but must do so if they wish formal acknowledgment which comes from both the Library Office and Campus Gifts Administration.
3. If you do accept such a gift and the donor asks if we will definitely add the item to the collection or if not, can we return the item to them, the answer in both cases is "no." Items that are not needed in our collection are disposed of in various ways.

Access and Reference at both buildings will be replacing old forms with the new form (the McHenry Ref Desk keep them in a drawer beside the Vertical File drawer).

The information regarding codes at the bottom only concerns Paul, Special Collections, and Maps. When he receives a completed gift form, he will complete those sections.

If you have additional questions, they are probably answered at the page below. You are also welcome to contact Paul anytime regarding gifts and our gift policy (9-3540, machlis@ucsc.edu).

http://library.ucsc.edu/giving/donate-a-collection

Material type "Music CD" active in CRUZCAT

I have added a new material type (Music CD, code "h") that is now selectable in the webpac. You'll notice that the old COMPACT DISC drop-down menu is gone, as it never functioned properly. Note that the DVD drop-down menu is still there as it works. Currently, Music CD is the last selection on the Material Type drop down menu. If there are no objections, I'm going to leave it as is. If, however, there is a strong desire to reorganize the Material Type list, I will do so. Please let me know if you feel strongly one way or the other Thursday, July 8th.

David

--
David Meyer
CNS

Regional History June 28th-July 11th

Irene Reti will be on furlough and vacation from June 28th-July 11th.
Regional History will be closed during this time. Please contact Christine Bunting or staff in Special Collections if there is an emergency.

Forms on internal site

Some forms on internal.library.ucsc.edu may continue to produce errors on submission. Most staff forms have been migrated to Drupal or elsewhere. The software request form, for example, has been superseded by itrequest (help@ucsc.edu). If you do receive an error when trying to use a form on internal.library, please send a ticket to help@ucsc.edu. We will help you find a newer version of the form or meet your need in another way.

Bryn Kanar
UCSC Library
Web Developer

Summer dining on campus

Here is the link to the Summer Dining Services page. It includes links to the cafes, restaurants, and coffee carts as well. The dining halls do accept credit/debit cards.

http://housing.ucsc.edu/dining/summer-dining.html

Bon appetit!

Mass Digitization (Google) Project Moved to S&E

On Wednesday, June 16, the last full load of books was shipped from McHenry to be digitized at the Google scan center. These materials will return to the shelves in the first weeks of July. The Mass Digitization Project is now moving to the Science and Engineering Library, where because of the smaller number of eligible materials, it is expected that scanning operations will conclude by the end of fall quarter.

The first shipment of materials to be digitized from the Science & Engineering Library will depart on June 30. Shipments will occur weekly, on Wednesday mornings, and materials will be off the shelves for approximately three weeks. For a few days at the beginning of this period, materials may be off the shelf before their status has been updated in CruzCat (to v:OUT4SCANNING). Likewise, at the end of the three weeks, the status of an item may be updated to reflect that it has returned to the library, but the item itself is waiting to be re-shelved. For this reason, yellow signs will be affixed to areas of the shelves which have been pulled to alert patrons. If you are assisting a patron who is seeking a book that you have reason to believe may be somewhere in the digitization process, please call or email me (ext. 2-7392, mjkramer@ucsc.edu) with identifying information for that book. I will be happy to let you know whether/where the book is in the process, and will arrange to have it brought up to the hold shelf when it returns to the library.

While the process itself can be inconvenient, I hope that the digitization of library materials will ultimately benefit our patrons. Nearly three million books have been scanned from the UC system, and many of those items which are in the public domain are already available for viewing through the HathiTrust or Google Books. CDL is working to make scanned books easily accessible through Next-Generation Melvyl.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the Mass Digitization Project, please contact me at any time.

Maric

McHenry's new iPads

McHenry Library has acquired five 16GB WiFi Apple iPads.

These iPads may be checked out by UCSC students, faculty and staff as four-hour reserve items at the McHenry Library Access Desk.

More info: http://library.ucsc.edu/ipads

CNS desk schedule 6/14-18

CNS students will be manning the desks from 9-5 at S&E and 12-8pm at McH from 6/14-6/28. I will have the remainder of the summer schedule published in the next few days.

Thanks,

Omar

Map Room hours this summer

Regular summer hours for Maps will be Tuesday-Thursday, 1pm-5pm.

These are the days that the Map Room at Science & Engineering will be closed this summer:

July 5th (holiday)-July 9th

August 2nd-6th

August 23rd-27th (open by appointment only**: 459-2364)

August 30th-September 3rd (open by appointment only**: 459-2364)

September 6th (holiday)-September 10th

September 13th-17th

**Appointments must be made 24 hours in advance.


For more info: http://library.ucsc.edu/maps

Randall's Religious Studies subject guide

Here is a permanent link which may be of help. If any links are broken, there are still references that you can look up in Cruzcat:

http://members.cruzio.com/~krstudstill/religious_studies_research_guide3.htm

McH CNS student out 3-4 today

The CNS student is being pulled for a project today (Friday June 4th) from 3-4pm. He should be back by 4:15, per Elizabeth. Call the CNS number at 9-2486 if you need computing support during this time.

Thanks,

Lucia

Time Inc. titles no longer in LexisNexis

From: Ellen Meltzer
Date: June 3, 2010 11:48:12 AM PDT
Subject: Immediate Change: Time, Inc. Titles Removed from LexisNexis Academic

To: Users Council (for information and distribution)
CDC (for information and distribution) via Chuck Eckman

LexisNexis has informed us that Time Inc. has decided to withdraw its publications from all LexisNexis services, effective immediately. Previously, LexisNexis Academic was restricted to rolling coverage of the most recent 2 years for the titles shown below. As of June 1, 2010, these titles were removed entirely. The source directory in the LexisNexis Academic product has been automatically updated. (These titles are also available through EBSCOhost’s Academic Search Complete). LexisNexis Academic has been deleted from campus A-Z lists.

The affected titles are:
People
Fortune
Time
Entertainment Weekly
Sports Illustrated
In Style
Money
Business 2.0
Field & Stream
Time Inc. – Last 2 Years
Time Publications

Kerry's business resources guide

Many thanks to Jess for successfully moving Kerry's invaluable Business Resources guide into Drupal. You can access it here:

http://library.ucsc.edu/help/howto/business-resources

or from the list of "How to" guides.

2009 UCOP salary data

As previously mentioned in the email sent from the UC Office of the President, the payroll data for the calendar year of 2009 is housed in McHenry library. The data disc, which contains one large PDF, is now available for viewing. The call number for the disc is UCSC.1056. The disc has a two-hour checkout limit. You can access this material by bringing the call number to the main circulation desk. Non-affiliated library users may also access this material by providing a photo ID and contact information needed for a manual checkout. Other UC-related material can be found in CRUZCAT:

http://cruzcat.ucsc.edu/search~S5?/pUCSC/pucsc/1%2C1%2C1%2CB/frameset&FF=pucsc&1%2C1%2C/indexsort=-

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to contact Victoria Nobles, 9-5060.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel also has an easily searchable page online:

http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_15162421?source=most_viewed