Catalogue Service Disruption May 30 - June 6

Notice of Service Disruption: UVic Libraries Catalogue
Tuesday, May 30 – Tuesday, June 6, 2006

The Main UVic Libraries Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) will be out of service from Tuesday, May 30 – Tuesday, June 6, 2006. The system will undergo an extensive upgrade during this time.

We have put a Main Back-up Catalogue in place temporarily. Only simple searching is available. Please note that this catalogue does not show whether or not items are checked out. For Law materials, you can also search the Priestly Back-Up Catalogue.

All library materials will continue to circulate normally. All resources on the Gateway will be available, except the Main catalogue, the Law catalogue and the Reserve system.

The UBC (www.library.ubc.ca) or SFU (www.lib.sfu.ca) online catalogues may be searched for call numbers for books and journals. The call numbers used at UVic will be similar to those used at UBC and SFU.

Once the call number has been determined, patrons can search in the UVic stacks to determine if the item is held in the Library.

Media call numbers can be searched through the Electronic Library Network.

Help is available at the Loan Desks, the McPherson Reference Desk (telephone 721-8274) and the Priestly Law Library Reference Desk (telephone 472-5023).

We apologize for any inconvenience this service disruption may cause UVic Libraries’ patrons. We look forward to providing improved service and functionality in our online catalogue.

Winner of the UVic Libraries Website Survey 2006

The UVic Libraries Web Redesign Team sends the following:

UVic Libraries conducted an online survey of its website in February 2006. Thanks to the 700 UVic faculty, staff and students who responded. Your answers are helping us build a better website for you.

The winner of the $50 UVic bookstore gift certificate is Yovita Anggajaya, who has just completed her Bachelor of Commerce degree, specializing in International Business. During her time at UVic , Yovita used the Libraries website very frequently and was “pretty satisfied” with it. Yovita will be looking for work here or in Singapore. We wish her all the best.

Here is a summary of what you told us about our website and what we are planning to do about it.