Food for Fines extended to December 4th!

Shailoo Bedi, Access & Branch Services, sends the following message:

UVic Libraries will be launching our second annual “Food for Fines” campaign this year from November 19th to December 4th. This campaign is just one example of the ways that the UVic Libraries can give back to the community.

We will be accepting non-perishable food items at the following locations: Curriculum Lab, Main Loan Desk and Music, Audio and Media Services.

Just like last year, for each item donated, $2 will be waived from the library user’s fines, up to a maximum of $20. There will also be processes in place for users to make monetary donations to the Mustard Seed if they wish to do so.

All of the food collected from the campaign will be donated to the Mustard Seed and UVSS food banks. We will report back on the total number of items donated in December.

Library users who do not have fines accumulated are encouraged to donate; however, we will not issue “credit” towards future library fines.

Please contact either myself (721-8226, Shailoo@uvic.ca), Scott Downing (721-8225, sdowning@uvic.ca), or Emily Wagner (472-4533, kwagner@uvic.ca) if you have any questions about the Food for Fines campaign.

Thanks in advance for your anticipated support in this campaign!

Shailoo

UVic Computer Help Desk in the McPherson Library!

David Street, UVic Computer Help Desk, and Wendie McHenry, Assistant University Librarian, send the following message:

McPherson Library and UVic Computer Help Desk are happy to announce that a satellite of the main Computer Help Desk will be situated in the McPherson Library as of Monday, December 3rd. This marks the beginning of the new Learning Commons, for more information on the Learning Commons please click here.

The desk is located on the main floor of the McPherson Library just past the Reference Desk. The desk will be staffed from 9 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday until December 21, 2007 and staffing will resume again on January 2, 2008.

The UVic Computer Help Desk will deal with problems related to:

1. Blackboard
2. E-mail (UVic accounts)
3. Setting up wireless
4. Netlink IDs

The Libraries Information Commons Assistants (ICAs) will continue to look after printing within the library. The Computer Help Desk will not be involved with library-related printing. In addition, the ICAs often help students with wireless questions and they will continue to do this – the Computer Help Desk will also help out with these kinds of questions.

For more information regarding the UVic Computer Help Desk, please click here or email helpdesk@uvic.ca.

For more information regarding the Learning Commons, please contact Joanne Henning (jhenning@uvic.ca).

Upgrade to Academic Search Premier (Ebscohost) database

Kathryn Paul, Reference & Collections Services, sends the following message:

UVic Libraries has upgraded its Academic Search Elite (Ebscohost) subscription to Academic Search Premier. This upgrade gives library users full text access to an additional 2100 journal titles, which more tha n doubles the number available with Academic Search Elite. Academic Search Premier also provides deeper backfile full text (PDF) coverage for certain titles (back to 1975 instead of 1985).

Description and details:
Academic Search Premier is a multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,500 journals, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for all 8,144 journals in the collection. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study including: computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies, and many more.

Academic Search Premier is found on the Libraries Gateway under Frequently Used Databases, Databases A-Z, as well as Databases by Subject.

Kathryn Paul
Information Services and Web Redesign Librarian
University of Victoria Libraries
McPherson Library
Victoria, BC, V8W 3H5
tel:(250) 721-6085 fax(250) 721-8235

Food for Fines 2007

Shailoo Bedi, Access & Branch Services, sends the following message:

UVic Libraries will be launching our second annual “Food for Fines” campaign this year from November 19th to November 30th. This campaign is just one example of the ways that the UVic Libraries can give back to the community.

We will be accepting non-perishable food items at the following locations: Curriculum Lab, Main Loan Desk and Music, Audio and Media Services.

Just like last year, for each item donated, $2 will be waived from the library user’s fines, up to a maximum of $20. There will also be processes in place for users to make monetary donations to the Mustard Seed if they wish to do so.

All of the food collected from the campaign will be donated to the Mustard Seed and UVSS food banks. We will report back on the total number of items donated in December.

Library users who do not have fines accumulated are encouraged to donate; however, we will not issue “credit” towards future library fines.

Please contact either myself (721-8226, Shailoo@uvic.ca), Scott Downing (721-8225, sdowning@uvic.ca), or Emily Wagner (472-4533, kwagner@uvic.ca) if you have any questions about the Food for Fines campaign.

Thanks in advance for your anticipated support in this campaign!

Shailoo