Hello fellow reference workers,
Barbie, Tracy, and I were able to request and download the same book on Ebsco Ebooks, simultaneously. The three of us performed a test earlier this morning and were very pleased with our new discovery. We believe that both faculty and students alike, will greatly benefit from this new discovery.
Thanks, Shandi
Friday, August 26, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011
QR Codes
Hello All...
It was my observation at Howdy Rowdy day on 8/17/11 that the majority of students have NO clue what a QR code is, though they may have seen them they still don't know what they are or how they work. While I think the QR code is a GREAT idea the message we have displayed on the paperwork at the reference desk just needs a bit more explanation. In a year or so QR codes might be more mainstream or passe but until then, I wanted to suggest something that I had seen on a coupon that was a great explanation to the masses on the use of QR codes. The coupon simply read like this " Use your smartphone SCAN THIS CODE & see the fall come to life"
My suggestion is to change up the current language on the ref desk QR code promoters so the message is more clear.
Thoughts?
Tracy
It was my observation at Howdy Rowdy day on 8/17/11 that the majority of students have NO clue what a QR code is, though they may have seen them they still don't know what they are or how they work. While I think the QR code is a GREAT idea the message we have displayed on the paperwork at the reference desk just needs a bit more explanation. In a year or so QR codes might be more mainstream or passe but until then, I wanted to suggest something that I had seen on a coupon that was a great explanation to the masses on the use of QR codes. The coupon simply read like this " Use your smartphone SCAN THIS CODE & see the fall come to life"
My suggestion is to change up the current language on the ref desk QR code promoters so the message is more clear.
Thoughts?
Tracy
Monday, August 22, 2011
Copier out of order
Hello. The large copier on first floor is out of order. Says that it has a paper jam and no paper jam is to be found. Multiple attempts to clear the jam have been made and to no avail. What should we do now? Call Patsi? Jan, Tracy, Craig, Shandi have all attempted to fix and it is still not working.
Any ideas?
Tracy
Any ideas?
Tracy
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Heads up...changes in catalog mean a change in reference...
Hi Gang,
If you are familiar with our feeble catalog, you'll know that we have lots and lots of location codes for our materials, 6 or 7 in reference alone. These multiple categories are going away, and the one that we will have will be called "Reference Books" or something.
We will still have a ready reference collection, and we will still have atlases on the atlas stand. In order to alleviate confusion when a student goes to the reference stacks to find a book that is actually in ready ref or on the atlas stand, Shandi will be making dummy books for all of those ready ref and atlas materials, and then she will file them in with the rest of the regular collection.
If this makes no sense to you, please come talk to me about it. I'm happy to explain.
Thanks!
Jessica
If you are familiar with our feeble catalog, you'll know that we have lots and lots of location codes for our materials, 6 or 7 in reference alone. These multiple categories are going away, and the one that we will have will be called "Reference Books" or something.
We will still have a ready reference collection, and we will still have atlases on the atlas stand. In order to alleviate confusion when a student goes to the reference stacks to find a book that is actually in ready ref or on the atlas stand, Shandi will be making dummy books for all of those ready ref and atlas materials, and then she will file them in with the rest of the regular collection.
If this makes no sense to you, please come talk to me about it. I'm happy to explain.
Thanks!
Jessica
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Printer Madness
Hello Refers,
Just starting to think about the printer issues as we gather steam for fall 2011. I remember in April the printer was out of service for five days and it was a big pain in the neck. Some reference desk powows and conversations amongst ourselves were that "wow....wouldn't it be cool if this happens again the student would have the option to send that job to the 2nd floor printer right away?" I know that this involved some additional logistics that I am not aware of ....but was that idea dead in the water? or can we revisit it?
The printer was out of service yesterday August 10. The printer today is now sending an ERROR message to "turn off and turn back on" with no positive results after that is done. Still relaying same message as of August 11 issue.
While on the ref desk from 11:30 to Noon, three students tried to print and could not and asked, "well can I just send the job to the second floor?" and I had to tell them no. If this is doable it would seem that this would be a great feature toward assisting our students this semester.
What do you all think? Can we inquire on behalf of our department this urgent need?
Tracy
Just starting to think about the printer issues as we gather steam for fall 2011. I remember in April the printer was out of service for five days and it was a big pain in the neck. Some reference desk powows and conversations amongst ourselves were that "wow....wouldn't it be cool if this happens again the student would have the option to send that job to the 2nd floor printer right away?" I know that this involved some additional logistics that I am not aware of ....but was that idea dead in the water? or can we revisit it?
The printer was out of service yesterday August 10. The printer today is now sending an ERROR message to "turn off and turn back on" with no positive results after that is done. Still relaying same message as of August 11 issue.
While on the ref desk from 11:30 to Noon, three students tried to print and could not and asked, "well can I just send the job to the second floor?" and I had to tell them no. If this is doable it would seem that this would be a great feature toward assisting our students this semester.
What do you all think? Can we inquire on behalf of our department this urgent need?
Tracy
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