Wednesday, February 25, 2004
If I am not mistaken, former Leddy Library co-op student Shuzhen Zhao is now a cataloguer at Brandon University.
Tuesday, February 17, 2004
A warning!
The Scholars Portal service is being evaluated over the next year and a major aspect of the evaluation is a web-based survey of a random sample of users of the service. Several times throughout the year, based on randomly selected two-hour time periods once a month, users will be asked to answer five short questions through a web form before they can access electronic journals from Scholar's Portal.
The survey will provide anonymous data on both in-library and remote usage of these resources which will help us determine why patrons are using electronic resources (for funded or non-funded research, for curricula preparation, for coursework, etc) and to track the differences between in-house and web usage, comparing the location of the user and their status (graduate student, undergraduate student, faculty, etc.) with the purpose of that use. Most of the Ontario University libraries are participating in this survey.
The first round of this survey is going to happen between now and the end of February. When the survey begins, it can be expected that some users may be annoyed by the questions. Please encourage them to participate
But if you think the irate library user in question will not be receptive to this line of thought, you can let them know that the survey lasts no more than two hours and that they can access Scholar's Portal survey-free after the 2 hour period.
I can try to answer any questions that you may have about this project.
The Scholars Portal service is being evaluated over the next year and a major aspect of the evaluation is a web-based survey of a random sample of users of the service. Several times throughout the year, based on randomly selected two-hour time periods once a month, users will be asked to answer five short questions through a web form before they can access electronic journals from Scholar's Portal.
The survey will provide anonymous data on both in-library and remote usage of these resources which will help us determine why patrons are using electronic resources (for funded or non-funded research, for curricula preparation, for coursework, etc) and to track the differences between in-house and web usage, comparing the location of the user and their status (graduate student, undergraduate student, faculty, etc.) with the purpose of that use. Most of the Ontario University libraries are participating in this survey.
The first round of this survey is going to happen between now and the end of February. When the survey begins, it can be expected that some users may be annoyed by the questions. Please encourage them to participate
But if you think the irate library user in question will not be receptive to this line of thought, you can let them know that the survey lasts no more than two hours and that they can access Scholar's Portal survey-free after the 2 hour period.
I can try to answer any questions that you may have about this project.
Thursday, February 12, 2004
I've added the Canadian Human Rights Reporter (CHRR Online) to the Business Administration subject page.
Wednesday, February 11, 2004
I've added to the the Canadian Criminal Law Library (Criminal Code & fulltext cases) (that the Law Library recently acquired to the Sociology Subject page.
I'm trying to link directly into the database - please let me know if the link ceases to work.
I'm trying to link directly into the database - please let me know if the link ceases to work.
Tuesday, February 10, 2004
Sad news for Friends of EDRS (E*Subscribe and ERIC):
"EDRS is scheduled to close September 20, 2004. Following is an update on EDRS product and service availability:
E*Subscribe services will end September 30, 2004
ERIC Microfiche production will end July 30, 2004
ERIC on-demand document delivery services will cease July 30, 2004
EDRS will refund the remaining balance of accounts if customers have prepaid for EDRS products and services beyond these dates"
"EDRS is scheduled to close September 20, 2004. Following is an update on EDRS product and service availability:
EDRS will refund the remaining balance of accounts if customers have prepaid for EDRS products and services beyond these dates"
Two new products on trial: Sports Discus via EBSCOhost and Canada Info Desk.
Friday, February 06, 2004
It looks like WilsonWeb is back. Yea!
On this familiar note, I've just had a student rumble about E*subscribe timing out on their searches. I tried accesses ESub through ERIC (from on campus) and also had time-out problems.
On this familiar note, I've just had a student rumble about E*subscribe timing out on their searches. I tried accesses ESub through ERIC (from on campus) and also had time-out problems.
