REF Libs - Chat Reference

Thanks to everyone for participating in the reference chat. I have been getting questions. How about you guys?

I did notice that occassionally we're not shutting down pidgin when there is noone at the desk. I found this conversation when I logged on this morning. The potential here is that students may stop trying to use the service if they get no response when the bubble is green in the meebo chat box.

So if you don't know when there will be someone at the desk next, just sign off.

Thanks!

New Books

Just updated the New Book shelf, take a look.

Library Staff Meeting

We met today for a brief staff meeting. Shuk, Dana, Diana, Cris and Francisco were in attendance.

Shuk confirmed that there will be no winter intersession. We will need to make a plan for the projects that will happen during that time. ie: shelf reading and inventory.

Shuk mentioned that I had been on GavTv 10/14/09. Click here if you want to see it. http://blip.tv/file/2726386 Shuk wants to take advantage of this to maybe do outreach. We have been asked to do some Ask a Librarian spots, JoAnne's book reviews and maybe some topics put together by Don.

Cris reported that our student worker, Nicole, has been working through the reported missing lists. So far 10 books have been found/recovered! Yeah Nicole.

Shuk updated us on the library budget situation for the current year. You can contact Shuk or me for more details if you need to.

Shuk asked for ideas for online outreach opportunities as well as other types of opportunities. Maybe add informational links about alternative sources for books such as Worldcat and GoogleBooks.

We adjourned about 2:15pm.

ILL Reminders

We are now fully into the fall semester and the ILL requests are starting to come in. Especially requests from Dr. Oler's students. I thought we might want to brush up on the basics. All ILL requests should come through the reference desk and be signed off on by a librarian.

The ILL form pdf file is on the Reference user desktop as well as having been distributed by email earlier.

1. The student should fill out the top of the form, read the conditions and sign.
2. The article (including an ISSN for the journal) or book citation information should be printed out from EbscoHost or wherever it came from. This will cut down on errors and will streamline the ILL process.
3. Once the form is completed, the citation is attached, and a librarian has signed off the form should go to Rachel's desk.

Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions. We do have the basics of ILL spelled out for students here http://www.gavilan.edu/library/ill_gavilan.html

Reference Request slips

The Reference request slips have been updated and are now located at the circulation and reference desks. I archived the previous year's slips in the drawer to the left of the circulation computer.

Dana