Printer Craziness

Here's something to try with the ongoing difficulty in printing word docs, and pdf's of journal articles. Having encountered many that would only print 1-5, or 1-2 pages at a time. Walt and I found that by saving the word doc to the desktop and changing it to a pdf it allowed printing. This may not work every time, but can be another approach in the arsenal.

First Floor Printer

Hey Refers,

The printer on the first floor is currently out of order. Jerome is well aware of the situation and is working on fixing it. Somehow a piece of paper got jammed in it and he said he has never seen a jam like this before.

Signs have been posted around the first floor stating that the printer is out of order and that all patrons should go to either the second floor and use the printer at serials or in the TASC lab or go the fourth floor and use their printer. I will post updates on the printer situation, as soon as I receive any.

Thanks,
Shandi

Room A and computers

Hello Library Instruction folks,

I was in Room A today (1/24/12) and noticed that one of the computers is OUT OF ORDER. Just a heads up that this could be an issue with the larger classes as we are already short on computers. When professors request instruction I usually let them know about this issue in advance so know one is out in the cold and they are made aware.

For now though with the one computer OUT OF ORDER we have 22 student computers and the instructor computer for a total of 23 in that room.
for students needing a computer to take the quiz, I will turn off the overhead projector and allow one student to use my computer. It helps in a pinch.

Thanks,
Tracy

P.S. I do not know the status of the current OUT OF ORDER computer and have heard no more information about the issue except for the homemade sign on the monitor that I discovered today.

Domain names to see change starting Thursday - KPLC 7 News, Lake Charles, Louisiana

Domain names to see change starting Thursday - KPLC 7 News, Lake Charles, Louisiana


Saw this on news this morning and it could prove interesting for the future of information literacy as we now teach it and know it. Will be interesting to see how this develops.

Tracy

Retraction Watch Blog

I just find this blog fascinating and wanted to archive on the Reference blog. It might come in handy for a topic down the road....http://retractionwatch.wordpress.com/

Thanks for letting me share!

Tracy

Reference Headphones are bye, bye, bye

Hello. Just a heads up that the latest head phones at reference desk have been lost by a student. He came to retrieve his drivers license today (after forgetting it her all night) and when I asked him where the head phones were in exchange, he said that "yesterday was super stressful and he lost them" Kudos for honesty. I will try to remember to purchase a few sets of headphones for the semester. Just wanted to update everyone in case you were dying to know what happened to them. Happy spring 2012!


Tracy