Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Media-Convert
Monday, October 05, 2009
Scanner in the college
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Repairing Corrupt Word Files
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Facts about decades
Friday, February 13, 2009
PubMed Central and Medline
Thursday, February 12, 2009
MaximumPC magazine
Thursday, February 05, 2009
WHMIS Certificate Printing
Please note that they are not meant to be printed out. The quiz results go electronically to the Health and Safety Officer. She creates the certificates, signs them and sends them to the student's class. If they need them right away they can phone the Health and Safety Officer and then go and pick them up themselves.
Of course, if a student wants an unauthorized copy they can be printed. Highlight the course that has been completed, choose "print certificate", and change the paper orientation to lands
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Dodo Birds articles
Dodo Bird, Phoenix, or Urban Legend?
http://www.srmhp.org/0101/psychotherapy-equivalence.html
DODO BIRD VERDICT IS ALIVE AND WELL - MOSTLY
http://www.csun.edu/~gk45683/Lester_Luborsky.pdf
Friday, November 07, 2008
Office 2007 for Students
Click here to purchase. You MUST use your myDouglas email address (when you log in to myDouglas, that email address is at the top right of the Mail channel). When you complete the request, an email is sent to the myDouglas email address with a link so you can complete the purchase.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Second International m-Libraries Conference
Vancouver BC, Canada
"This conference aims to explore and share work carried out in libraries around the world to deliver services and resources to users 'on the move,' via a growing plethora of mobile and hand-held devices. The conference will bring together researchers, technical developers, managers and library practitioners to exchange experience and expertise and generate ideas for future developments."
Youth Vote assignment
Young citizens in the digital age
Youth in Canadian politics : participation and involvement
We have others that cover voter turnout but not specifically youth. E.g.
Get out the vote! : how to increase voter turnout
The Canadian federal election of 2006
We have books that cover the broader concept of political participation + youth. E.g.,
Challenging McWorld
SFU Library has more books on this topic than we do. E.g.
Youth to power : how today's young voters are building tomorrow's progressive majority
Young citizens : young people's involvement in politics and decision making
Monday, June 23, 2008
RefGrab-It
Here's a great way of organizing online papers in your Refworks account. The RefGrab-It tool quickly adds online websites to your Refworks account. No need to type the reference, just "grab it" by clicking on the button in your web browser.
Check out browser specific instructions here
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Software in computer labs; Open labs for students
Open computer labs at the College have changed rooms. New Westminster is now 6212 and Coquitlam is now A2030.
Amanda
Friday, June 06, 2008
2 New Wiki Projects.
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that Encyclopedia Britannica will now share authorship of its articles with the general public in a Wikipedia-like move to increase usage.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Goes -- Gasp! -- Wiki
Encyclopedia Britannica's announcement
(Photo from Flickr cogdogblog, "Obligatory WIki Photo")
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Printing problem at Coquitlam campus
Dave from CLS came to help a student this morning with this printing problem and got her to log off and log in again. She was then able to print. Dave said that CLS is aware of this printing problem and is trying to fix it. Something related to the server.
Anyway, if you encounter a student with this "Print Job Billing" problem, get the person to log off and log in again to see if it helps.
Sam
Wireless strength at Coquitlam campus
Patti Romanko
Telephone system switch June 2, 2008
The College has introduced VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) into the new buildings C&D as part of the David Lam expansion. To ensure a reliable, single point of contact for telephone/voice systems, services and support, all Douglas College Telephone/Voice systems and services will be transferred from the Facilities Services Department to the Centre for Educational & Information Technology (CEIT) as of June 2, 2008.
What will change?
- The Switchboard, including Lisa Martin’s position will move from its current 4800 location to Room 0600 in the CEIT area.
- Douglas College main telephone number remains the same: 604-527-5400
- The College’s main fax number remains the same: 604-527-5095. The fax machine will be relocated to the foyer of the 3100 CEIT area. You will continue to be advised when a fax comes in and where to pick it up from.
- All telephone/voice mail requirements, customer service, moves, additions & changes as well as cellular phone requests will be handled through the CEIT Help Desk at local 5330 or by email at "Help Desk". This includes all requests related to telephone/voice services for all Douglas College campuses as well as all Training Group locations.
- Facilities/Site services currently provided at the Switchboard not related to telephone or voice systems will remain with the Facilities Services Department. Please send your Building Service Worker (BSW) requests, room set up requirements, Heating/Ventilation as well as general site services requests to:
facilities_nw@douglas.bc.ca or call 5831 for New Westminster campus
facilities_dl@douglas.bc.ca or call 6262/6329 for David Lam campus
- If you require additional information or have any concerns or questions on these changes please contact Rob Linschoten, local 5250 in CEIT or Fernanda Santos, local 5798 in Facilities Services.
T.P.Leonard
Director, Facilities Services
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Learning Centre Summer 2008
Our hours for on-campus tutoring are posted on the front door of each Learning Centre (NW - Room 2209; DL - Room A1040). On-campus tutoring has some of the following features:
•The focus is skill development in reading, writing, math, basic computer, and study skills.
•The tutoring is provided by weekly appointment rather than by drop-in.
Students who prefer something approaching a drop-in service should use the online service instead (see below).
•We also provide tutoring in course content when we have tutors able to tutor in a given course. Feel free to phone us to find out if we have tutors with background in any given area.
Our online tutoring service has the following features:
•It is mainly geared toward helping students with their writing skills.
oHowever, if students would like other kinds of help online, they should come and talk to us and we can see what we can set up.
•Unlike the on-campus tutoring, online tutoring also provides service in the evenings and on weekends.
•Students can access our on-line tutoring through the Douglas College website (from the home page, the student services page, or the Learning Centre page), or they can use the following web address: www.douglascollege.ca/onlinetutor.
We also have self-help resources, which students can find in the on-campus Centres and online.
If you have questions, suggestions or comments about the Learning Centre, please give us a call:
Faculty
Joyce Cameron loc. 5646
Cecil Klassen loc. 6183
Julia Robinson loc. 5646
New West Services Coordinator
Moneca Faircrest loc. 5705
David Lam Services Coordinator
Kim Longmuir loc. 6165
On-line Services Coordinator
Brigette McConkey loc. 6266
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Facebook app for Library catalogue
Debra Flewelling
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Student Novell passwords
Patti Romanko
Pay printing outside Library at Coquitlam campus
Donna Stimson
Friday, May 02, 2008
Student ID cards Summer 2008
Room 3272 at New Westminster from 10am - 4pm daily except Fridays 10am - 2pm.
Room B1250 at David Lam Campus f8:30am - 4pm daily except Fridays 8:30am - 2pm.
Students looking for cards after 4pm should phone our help desk at 604-527-5330. Our help desk with either take the call and get the name, student number and contact information or the student should leave a message with all that information. We will contact the student to set up a time for producing their Student ID Card.
If you are asked to put a new semester decal on a card, make sure that it is current and not old and worn looking. Any students with old and worn cards should be directed to get a new card from the production areas.
Contact Nina Spreeuw (5662) or Kerry Wong (5332).
604.527.5662 spreeuwn@douglas.bc.ca
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Assigning ISBN numbers
These are assigned to us by the National Library and Archives Canada.
If you get any queries about obtaining an ISBN or having CIP completed for a work please direct the person to me.
Carole Compton-Smith
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
AV technology installed in classrooms
http://localweb/Classroom_list/ctl_index.htm
Both NWC and DLC are illustrated at the above link.
e-classroom means the room is equipped with: LCD projector, Computer, VHS/DVD combo player.
laptop ready room means that there's a projector only. In other words the user brings their own laptop.
Tom Childs
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Field codes showing on Pay Print Station docs
Amanda
Friday, April 04, 2008
Ebsco problems from home and Vista Windows
Student is able to log into EBSCO, but when she enters a search query, she does not receive any results. The search interface screen reappears withoutany search terms entered and no results listed. She does not receive the message - 0 results. It is like the database is not "receiving" the search query. She is able to search Proquest and JSTOR - so this is specifically related to the EBSCO databases.
Solution:
Use Firefox as a browser, not Internet Explorer. The bottom line is that it is a problem with IE and the Vista operating system on Ebsco. Not everyone with Vista will experience this problem.
Download Firefox:
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Word and Excel: Switching between languages
It turns out there is a keyboard shortcut of ALT+SHIFT that switches between keyboard layouts. If that shortcut gets activated then the text would immediately switch to something else.
Pressing ALT+SHIFT again will move you through the list of different layouts, of which there are probably a number from 7 to 10 installed. Eventually you'll get back to "English (Canada)" which is the default.
Another way to quickly switch back to what you want is to left-click on the blue EN icon (found in the bottom right area of the task bar at the bottom of the screen) and choose the language you want.
Kathy Peters
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Line spacing in Word 2007
With the HOME tab clicked, CHANGE STYLES will be in the upper right. Click on the drop down and choose STYLE SET, then WORD 2003.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Faxing, scanning, CD burning for students at New West
As well as internet access, they do faxes, cd burning and scanning which may be helpful to students, particularly on weekends and evenings.
They are open 10-10 during week and noon to 10 on weekends.
I have taped their card inside the photocopy drawer under phone at the NW circ counter, if any student wants to phone for more info.
Jennifer
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
NW video booklets relocated
The location codes of these items has changed to lln and labeling has been placed on the booklets as well as the videos/dvds reflecting their new location.
A sign reading "Materials to Accompany DVDs and Videos" has been placed above the booklets.
Cathy Grant
Removing page # from first page in Word 2007
A student needs to remove the page number from the first page of their document in Word 2007:
Go to Page Layout
Look for the Page Setup Tab: at the top of the screen
Click the small blue arrow to launch the Page Setup Dialogue Box
Click the Layout Tab
Under Headers and Footers > Click different first page > then OK
Note - If the Different first page check box is already selected, do not clear it. Instead, delete the page number in the First Page Header or First Page Footer area.
Friday, February 08, 2008
Vancouver Police Dept. report on mentally ill
Entire Report
http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/police/Whatsnew/lost_in_transition.pdf
Executive Summary
http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/police/Whatsnew/transition.htm
Carolyn Soltau
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
New faces in the libraries
New on-call contract librarians:
Olga Kalachinskaya
Baharak Yousefi
Nicole Martin
Carole
Picking up voice mail from another phone
Long directions
-dial 5335 (from off campus 604-527-5335)
- press the * to interrupt the "welcome to Jane Doe" message
- you will be prompted to enter your own local
- press * to interrupt the "please leave a message"
- you will be prompted for your pass code
- now you can press p to play your messages.
Friday, February 01, 2008
Word 2007 Double spacing problem
Under the "Home" tab, close to the right side is the Styles section. If you click on the little icon at the lower right of the styles area you'll get a list of styles showing up on the right hand side. Run your cursor over Normal, click the right mouse button, select Modify from the popup menu, and select the line spacing you want for the Normal format (by default its 1.15 with 10pt space after) using the Format button at the bottom of the dialog window. The trick to making the change to Normal style work for all subsequent documents is to make sure the option "New documents based on this template" (just above the format button) is selected before you exit the dialog window - otherwise the option "Only in this document" is selected by default.
Kathy Peters
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Blogs Are Increasingly Venues for Scholarship
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Colour transparencies at student pay printer
Amanda
Thursday, December 20, 2007
David Lam Campus bus connection
Classroom equipment
Answer: Available at: http://localweb/Classroom_list/ctl_index.htm (note, this is on the "localweb" and is not available off campus for security reasons)
To navigate here the long way, start at the Douglas College page > Employees > CEIT > Services for Employees - in menu: Classroom Support > Classroom Technology List > organized by campus, click on room number (includes tutorials on how to use some of the equipment)
Katherine Miller
Friday, November 23, 2007
Computer Recycling
http://www.vcls.ca/
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Colour Printing Available for Students
Amanda
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Amazon Kindle
Here is a short video clip on Amazon which you may find interesting.
Permalink for this content
http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m2S5YCKCJJ64W8:m1KUZNR4TVZSMM
Gretchen
Saving Word 2007 files as Word 2003
To ensure compability of file formats you want to save as name.doc without the x at the end.
Click on the ball, then Word Options at the bottom right and select Save from the left sidebar. Here you can request Save Files in This Format: Word 97-2003...
Amanda
Friday, November 16, 2007
Bibliography creation in Word 2007
Christian Guillou
WEATHER ALERT/CAMPUS CLOSURE INFORMATION
On days with heavy snow, or other extreme weather conditions, the best way to find out if classes have been cancelled is to check www.douglascollege.ca, or call the information line at 604-527-5452.
You may also listen to radio stations such as: CBC 690AM, CKWX 1130AM, CKNW 980 AM.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Kathleen Elliot joins the Library
Carole
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
New employee: Rory McIlvenna
Rory will be at the New West campus on Oct 31.
Carole
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Printing attachments from myDouglas
Jennifer
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
New Tutorial Online
Tom Childs and I collaborated on a short video tutorial called Concept Mapping: How to Start Your Term Paper Research which is now available on the Douglas College Library website . Thanks to Amanda Michelsen for navigating the technical hurdles to make this happen!
This tutorial can also be viewed via YouTube
The content for this video is based on Langara College Library's print handout, Mind Mapping and Word Work written by Judy Growe and shared through the Creative Commons Share Alike licence. This new, modified tutorial has been shared with the library community through our participation in ALPS LINK.
Katherine Miller
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Second Life wiki
Click on the hyperlinked title to access info on Second Life. There is some general background information located here, and the beginning of a list of some educational spots of interest.
Please feel free to contribute to this wiki, the password is doug.
Katherine Miller
Librarian Douglas College Library
Friday, October 05, 2007
Double Sided Printing
1. Start button, lower left.
2. Settings Printers and faxes.
3. Right click on icon of the printer which you want to set for double sided printing, choose Properties Device Settings.
4. Scroll down and under "Installable Options" look for Duplex Unit (for 2-sided printing): Not Installed.
5. Click on Not Installed, and change the drop down to Installed.
6. At the bottom, click on Apply, then close.
7. When printing a document, the user must choose either Properties or Preferences, and under either Layout or Finishing, choose to do two sided printing of that specific document.
MS Office 2007 tutorials
http://www.douglas.bc.ca/ceit/techtrain/tutorials.html
Piotr Kisiel, Director
Centre for Educational and Information Technology
Friday, September 28, 2007
Getting familiar with Microsoft 2007
Going into these will lead you to the 2003 to 2007 command reference guides which are interactive pages allowing you to compare the two.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100744321033.aspx?pid=CH100487431033
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HA101491511033.aspx?pid=CH100648241033
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA101490761033.aspx?pid=CH100668131033
Have a go.
Friday, September 14, 2007
Patrons unable to access library record or databases off campus and are getting the message "Sorry, your code is not unique."
Thanks,
Gretchen
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Blackboard problems
We recognize that this is only a temporary fix and want you to know that the software vendor (Blackboard) is actively working on a permanent solution as many other higher education institutions are currently affected by the same problem.
A similar announcement for students will follow in myDouglas.
If you have any questions about this outage, please feel free to contact the Help Desk at extension 5330.
New Databases
This database replaces ABI Inform which has been cancelled. Business Source Complete is an enormous database with full text articles, market research and industry reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses (detailed information about a company's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats).
2. CBCA Complete http://www.douglas.bc.ca/library/period_cbca.html
Before this upgrade we subscribed to CBCA Reference and CBCA Business. Now with CBCA Complete we have gained CBCA Current Affairs (which includes newswire stories) and CBCA Education. CBCA Complete also links to full text in Canadian Newsstand.
3. Child Development and Adolescent Studies http://www.douglas.bc.ca/library/period_cdas.html
Contains citations and linked full text, with indexing back to 1927 of all of the issues of Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography. Currently updated with indexing of journals, technical reports, books, book chapters, theses and dissertations.
4. IIPA Full Text: International Index to Performing Arts
http://www.douglas.bc.ca/library/IIPA_Full_Text__International_Index_to_Performing_Arts.html
A performing arts journal database of 242 indexed titles and 84 full text titles covering dance, film, drama, television, the arts and entertainment industry, stagecraft, magic, musical theatre and performance art.
5. JSTOR http://www.douglas.bc.ca/library/period_jstor.html
We have added the JSTOR Arts & Sciences III, IV, and Complement collections to our previous Arts & Sciences I and II collections. Note that as a result we now have the complete JSTOR Music collection of 32 titles.
6. Project Muse http://www.douglas.bc.ca/library/period_muse.html
Full text of over 300 journals from 60 scholarly publishers, including University of Toronto. Humanities, arts and social sciences journals back to 1993.
7. ScienceDirect College Edition http://www.douglas.bc.ca/library/period_sciencedirect.html
We have added the Physical Sciences Journals collection to our previous Health and Life Sciences and Social and Behavioral Sciences collections. Indexing and full text back to 2001.
8. SocINDEX with Full Text http://www.douglas.bc.ca/library/period_socfulltext.html
A sociology research database that contains the full text of 397 'core' coverage journals dating back to 1908, and 150 'priority' coverage journals. Also includes the full text for more than 720 books and monographs and 6,743 conference papers.
9. SPORTDiscus with Full Text http://www.douglas.bc.ca/library/period_discus.html
We have upgraded to the full text version of SPORTDiscus. SPORTDiscus with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for sports and sports medicine journals, providing full text for 380 journals. Of those, 238 are not found with full text in Academic Search Premier, Health Source or Biomedical Reference Collection. Full-text coverage dating back to 1985.
10. QuickLaw
http://www.douglas.bc.ca/library/period_quicklaw.htmlThe Library now offers college wide access to QuickLaw, available to all students and employees, without the previous limitation to only Criminology students and faculty. Quicklaw is an online research service for Canadian legal information including both legislation and law reports.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Career Cruising password
douglas
careers
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
New Library Employees Fall 2007
Debbie Smith will begin as our Saturday staff person at NW on Sept. 8.
Katherine Miller is a contract librarianswith us for the year through to August 31 2008.
Celia Brinkerhoff will begin as a contract librarian next week.
As well as Robin Ripley opting to spend more time with her art work and not work at the Library, Valerie Patrick, contract librarian, will begin to lessen her hours at Douglas over the next month or so since she has taken a full-time position with the Vancouver Island Regional Library based in Nanaimo.
And, we will miss Sandra as she begins her appointment with the DCFA. Her position there is 7/8 'ths of her job so she will not be working in the library again until the new year.
Thanks to everyone who has helped to get these changes in place.
Carole
OPAC errors - how to report
http://library.douglas.bc.ca/library/catfeedback.html
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Office 2003 to Office 2007 for employees
With this utility you will now have a way to open documents created in Office 2007 using your current 2003 environment. The utility will self-install the next time you reboot/power-on your Windows 2000 or XP computer.
As mentioned in our newsletter, the long-term plan is to convert all employees over to the 2007 suite but that will take some time. The newsletter also has a link to Microsoft in case you want to install the utility on your home computer.
Please note: If you are sharing Access files, do not upgrade them to the 2007 version. The provided utility will not be able to make them readable for 2003 users. All other Office 2007 applications will now be useable in 2003.
In the event that you need the utility and find it is not present or working correctly, contact the Help Desk by email or call 5330.
Douglas College Help Desk
Centre for Educational and Information Technology (CEIT)
Thursday, June 21, 2007
World Cat lists
http://www.oclc.org/emailcontent/articles/worldcat/updatesoffers.htm
Gretchen
Instructor inquiries re classes when Lisa is unavailable
Or, if they're a little old-fashioned (and you can tell), suggest they email me or phone me at 5198.
Lisa Sim
Instructional Services Technicia 604-527-5198
e-mail: elf_nw@douglas.bc.ca
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
MS Office 2007 in the College
With MS Office 2007 comes a new document format and file extension that affects current MS Office 2003 applications used in the College such as MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint. A converter is available that allows MS Office 2003 applications to read MS Office 2007 documents. The converter is being evaluated at this time. CEIT is planning for an automated roll-out of the converter before installation of MS Office 2007 in the labs and in advance of the software being made available for home use in the Bookstore.
Re-allocated PCs (coming out of the labs to replace aging PCs) will be re-imaged and will continue to have as a default MS Office 2003.
Roll-out to admin/support staff will occur on as requested basis and in subsequent PC re-allocations. E-classrooms will continue to operate with MS Office 2003 with the converter installed to read MS Office 2007 documents. E-classrooms will receive MS Office 2007 in the Winter 2008 term.
Documentation material that highlights the differences and new features of the various applications will be prepared over the coming weeks and be available on the CEIT web site via the Douglas College Web site at (http://www.douglascollege.ca/)
Additional MS Office 2007 information bulletins will be distributed via GroupWise and myDouglas.
If you have questions about the roll-out of MS Office 2007 in preparation for the Fall term, please feel free to contact the HelpDesk at 604.527.5330 or helpdesk@douglas.bc.ca
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
On Order Items Notification
Patrons/Staff can't put a hold on material that is "on order", in part because we don't know when or even if it will ever arrive. Filling out a rush request form for material that is "on order" is really just a manual way of trying to put a hold on it, and unfortunally doesn't work because Tech Services can't rush something that hasn't arrived yet and we have no good way to keep track of these requests while waiting for what might be weeks or months for something to arrive.
So, please don't fill out a rush request form for material that is "on order". In VERY RARE circumstances we might be able to expidite an order to get it in a bit quicker, if it is available, but it would have to be a pretty exceptional circumstance for us to be able to rush an order, and generally we have to pay a fee to do this.
There is something you can suggest to patrons who would like to get the "on order" material when it arrives. Our Innovative library system supports something called "preferred searches with notification of new arrival" which patrons/staff can set up under their account. You can set up a search for a specific title that is currently "on order" and when it has been catalogued by Tech Services you'll receive an email that tells you its now available. The Innovative system checks the preferred searches every Monday morning at 4am and sends out any notification emails at that time.
To learn more about this notification service, see our web page http://douglascollege.ca/library/current.html#Catalogue under the section titled "Setting up a Current Awareness Service for the Library Catalogue".
If you have any questions about this, feel free to email me.
Kathleen (Kathy) Peters
Operations Supervisor - Technical Services
Douglas College Library - New Westminster Campus
(604) 527 - 5260
petersk@douglas.bc.ca
Friday, May 25, 2007
Coquitlam Student Society hours
The hours will change every week and will be posted on the door at the Student Soceity office, which is temporarily located in Room A1270 down the North side hallway.
They will be open Monday - Thursday 8:30 - 3:00 pm at a minimum, and will be closed every Friday.
They continue to have a FAX machine for students to use. Note that colour copying is only available at the NW Student Society office.
Donna
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Fast Trax disputes
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Off-campus access login to the Library databases. Also Library Accounts.
As a result, we are now able to block access to the databases from off campus when a student record has expired, but this does not include Patron 2 & 3 (employees).
If you receive any calls from students who can't access the databases, please first make sure they are using their Student number rather than their barcode. If that is not the problem than ask them to log on to "My Library Account" and look at the date underneath their name. If they are not attending school this semester than their record will show the expired date and you can explain that due to licensing restrictions on the databases only current students have access.
We have changed the way patrons log on to their library record, place holds, and access the databases from off campus. They now enter their student/employee number(Patron ID field in Milcirc.) rather than their barcode number.
Deb Flewelling
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Fax Service, Colour Photocopies and Transparencies Available to Students at New Westminster Campus
A fax service is free to members (our students) if it is for local calls - long distance will be $0.75 per page.
Vivian Ng
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
E-STAT searching
1. Use the Search CANSIM or Search Census functions for keyword searches:
For CANSIM: http://estat.statcan.ca/cgi-win/CNSMCGI.EXE?CANSIMFILE=EStat\English\CII_1_E.htm and
For Census: http://estat.statcan.ca/cgi-win/CNSMCGI.EXE?ESTATFILE=EStat\English\E-Main.htm
2. Use the CANSIM Table Directory. This directory lists all tables, alphabetically by subject and then numerically. It includes current and terminated tables. A link to the Directory can be found at the bottom of the CANSIM search screen (scroll down) or through the User Guides link on the E-STAT sidebar.
3. Search using The Daily. Click on The Daily link on the statcan.ca sidebar. If there are CANSIM tables relating to your search topic, they will be listed near the end of The Daily articles. DO NOT click on these links — clicking on links in The Daily will take you to the commercial ($) version of CANSIM. Copy down the table numbers and go through E-STAT to access CANSIM.
Marion Smith, Education Consultant, Statistics Canada
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Douglas College Fact Book
Dianne
Pay Print at NW
Amanda
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Textbook Buyback options
1. Through the Douglas College bookstores. See http://library.douglas.bc.ca/services/bookstore/books/usedbooks.html The dates this semester are Monday, April 16 - Friday, April 20 9:00 am - 4:00 pm.
2.Through ABE Books online, see
http://www.abebooks.com/docs/Textbooks/buyback.shtml
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Community borrower renewal
Gretchen
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Douglas College Employee Publications
On Thursday, February 22 at 12.30 pm Susan McCaslin, long time English instructor at the College will read from her works in the Library Lobby.
Additionally, Tom Whalley, Scholarly Activity Co-ordinator, and the Library are pleased to announce the launch of a new web access to works by Douglas College employees. See the attached information page on how to access and submit scholarly works and other media to this site.
http://www.douglas.bc.ca/library/Douglas_College_Employee_Publications.html
Carole Compton-Smith
Director, Learning Resources
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Alumni Borrowers
The Alumni Officer will be attending every graduation offering graduates the opportunity to have their Alumni Identification cards made. Past graduates may also call the Alumni office at 6171 to make an appointment to have a card made. The Alumni page on the College website will be updated soon, once it is you can refer graduates to the information there.
The Alumni cards are their library cards and must be presented to register and borrow with us. They look exactly like students cards but clearly say "ALUMNI". The cards do not expire, but their patron record will still need to be updated at the end of each semester. Alumni have the same privileges as Reciprocal Borrowers (5 items at a time, AV Software only used in the library, intercampus transfer of available material only).
For a more detailed explanation of services, please the new PType 8 guidelines, attached. I'll send a photocopy of a sample Alumni card around to the circulation staff at both campuses.
Feel free to ask Cathy or I if you have any questions.
Donna
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Wireless at Coquitlam
The Vernier log-in screen should have come up, but didn't. This means the wireless signal was too low to initiate the wireless connection.
The wireless signal can be checked by touching the wireless icon on the bottom of the screen. If it says "too low" then get Systems to check the wireless capacity.
If the Vernier box does not appear, you can also try going to "Start" then "Programs" then "Novell common". Click on "Novell Login" and try to login to the wireless that way.
Theresa Kenkel
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Printing Internet Explorer
Amanda
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Equipment training for students and faculty
Patrons may request one-on-one or small group training from the Library when they book the equipment. Sometimes, we do drop in training as well depending on staff availability. We don't generally offer equipment training between 12 to 2 pm from Mon to Fri because it is a busy time. However, staff can use their judgement to provide training as necessary if it isn't busy during this period.
Sam Cheng
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
AV Equipment Loans
Camcorders may be borrowed for up to five days. Any student request for longer than five days - please discuss with a supervisor. The loan period for camcorders may be up to 1 week depending on the needs of the student.
Carole and Sam
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Computer Assistance Availability
CEIT HelpDesk (phone 5330 and email helpdesk@douglas.bc.ca):
Monday to Friday 8:00AM to 8:00PM
CEIT Counter Services and Student ID cards:
DLC (B1250): Monday to Friday, 8:30AM to 4:30PM
NWC (6218): Monday to Friday, 8:00AM to 8:00PM
NWC (3100): Monday to Friday, 8:30AM to 4:30PM
CEIT Field Technician support:
DLC: Monday to Thursday, 8:00AM to 10:00PM;
Friday, 8:00AM to 6:00PM
NWC: Monday to Friday, 8:00AM to 10:00PM;
Saturday, 8:00AM to 4:00PM
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
New library employees
COQUITLAM
Jennifer Matthews begins tomorrow as the replacement for Silvana (who will be away for about a year) at DL. Jennifer's Saturday position at DL will be covered by Michelle Chao. Michelle's original Saturday position will be covered by Kinson Lo. He will also work some evenings at DL while Marilyn is still on leave.
NEW WESTMINSTER
Lisa Sim will begin tomorrow as the replacement for Jannine's position as Instructional Assistant. Ann Kuo will begin on Thursday as the evening position replacing Jennifer. Ann will work Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evening. Robin Ripley will now work on Tuesday evenings.
Rachele Oriente and Jamie Anderson are our two new contract librarians.
Gretchen Goertz will take over from Sam as our Borrower Services Librarian in 2007 while Sam is on maternity leave. Gretchen will maintain her Technical Services responsibilities but will not be involved in reference or instruction for the year. That being said Gretchen will work one day a week at Coquitlam and will do a short reference shift while there. She will also continue to teach Frank Leonard's history class. However, the plan is that essentially her time will be spent on TS and Circ.
Carole
Friday, October 27, 2006
Portable A: drives for student use
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
MS Office in NW ELF
Amanda
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Online renewal of books - problems
t appears that we have this problem at the express catalogue stations. If a student reports this happening in the library, please find out what station they are using and if it is the express stations then direct them to the public computers. If they are at home then let them know to accept cookies. Typically it is under the Privacy tab and then advanced button. If it isn't possible to change the browser setting on the express stations using kiosk mode then we'll have to put a sign at the stations letting students know they can't renew their material there.
Let me know if there are any questions.
Debra
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Alumni Borrowers
Thanks Carole
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Generic Login (Novell)
Christian Guillou
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
PowerPoint printing for students
Patti
Students have been trying to print a powerpoint presentation that fills the entire screen when opened and does not allow access to File>>Print. If they download the file and save it to the desktop, it is then possible to print it.
Dianne
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Grimm's Tales
There's a volume of Grimm's stories on Reserve ... but this title is not listed.
I discovered that the story has an alternate title: The Shoes that were Danced to Death - this story is in the book.
Susan Ashcroft
Pay Print Stations
Christian Guillou
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Student ID Card hours
David Lam Campus, Room B1250
Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
New Westminster Campus
Client & Learning Services, Room 3100
Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
CEIT, Room 6218
Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, September 14, 2006
FastTrax Information Sheet
* Students must be enrolled full-time to be eligible (9 or more credits). They must show up in Banner in form SFAREGQ under term 200630. There are two exceptions to this rule:
· If the student is found under term 200618 they are allowed a sticker regardless of how many credits they have.
· If the student is part of one of the Partnership Agreement programs (e.g. UCFV BA in Psychology). To determine this look in the duotang labeled “Partnership Agreement Programs” to locate their name.
* The sticker is free and is good for one academic year (from Sept - August).
* It is only useable with a Monthly Bus Pass.
* It allows the student to purchase a 1- zone monthly bus pass ($69) and travel through 2 or 3 zones with the Fast Trax sticker attached to their student card.
* It does not offer any discount if traveling within 1 zone.
* There is no concession fare for post-secondary students like they had in high school. They are now considered adults.
Cathy Grant
Friday, September 08, 2006
No employee printing from student network
Michelle, CEIT
Thursday, September 07, 2006
Ask Me desk NW Library
The only exception to the schedule next week will be on Wednesday from 2:00pm to 3:00pm. No one will be scheduled during that time due to the All Staff Meeting.
Cathy Grant
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
New Reserve Procedures Fall 2006
New reserve request forms and a "Reserve Guidelines for Instructors" handout are available at the circulation desk and will soon be available on-line as well. There are four separate reserve request forms: photocopy, book/cd, AV, and electronic.
During the Fall semester please refer faculty inquiring about putting items on reserve to Helen or Nargis. If they are not available Cathy or myself can speak to them. If no one is available please give them the appropriate forms and a copy of Reserve Guidelines for Instructors. Do not accept old reserve forms from previous semesters.
If you have any questions please see Cathy, Donna, Nargis or Helen.
Thanks, Donna
Student Printing
Employees who are using one of the public computers, when printing, will be asked to enter an access code. Apparently you can enter anything and it should work. There is no printing limit for employees using a public computer. Regarding the pay station, it should be ready next week.
Because the limit is going to start on Sept. 5th, we haven't been able to test the new system in the library. Hopefully everything will be working perfectly on the first day of classes. Our experience with printing at the beginning of the semester has often been negative to say the least. Let's hope that the new system will work fine. CEIT has a page with info about printing (http://www.douglas.bc.ca/ceit/students/comp_accounts/print_faq.html). The page is also linked on our home page under, What's new - Important printing information! If students want more information or have complaints, they can contact the help desk.
Christian Guillou
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Registrar Call Centre information
Dave Dalcanale
ISA Supervisor
Douglas College Registrars Office
604-527-5652
email: dalcanaled@douglas.bc.ca
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Circulating MS Office CDs for Employees
Available software includes:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional (operating system) - $20.00
Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003, including: - $20.00
- Word 2003- PowerPoint 2003- Excel 2003- Access 2003- Publisher 2003- Outlook 2003
Employees who purchase this software are required to fill out a form indicating who they are and what they have purchased. I've placed a copy of this form at the Reserves counter where the lone circulating MS Office CD for Macintosh is housed.
Amanda
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Floppy drives
Alternatives are USB drives or CD.
With CD, use Roxio as the disc-burning application as it is more flexible than the Microsoft version, especially for re-writable discs.
Computers still equipped with floppies for conversion to other media can be found in most employee workrooms, as well as the MousePads, room B1250 at DLC, 3142 at NWC.
Rob Linschoten
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Fitness Centre Access
Employee Access: Within operating hours employees can either sign-in on a drop-in basis by filling in the binder at the check-in counter or pay a $5 deposit on an Access Card for the semester at the Activities Office, Room #1317.
NW Operating Hours:
Spring Schedule* for May 1 - June 30, 2006
Monday - Thursday: 8:30am to 6:00pm, Friday: 8:30am to 4:30pm
Saturday, Sunday, & Holidays: CLOSED
Summer Schedule* for July 4 - September 1, 2006
Monday - Friday: 8:30am to 4:30pm, Saturday, Sunday, & Holidays: CLOSED
* Closed on Mondays, May 22, July 3, August 7.
NOTE: For employees wanting to use the Weight Room at the Pinetree Community Centre across from the David Lam Campus, they can purchase an Activities Card for $5 at the Pinetree Community Centre Kiosk which is valid for one year from date of purchase. For hours of operation, click on the following link: http://www.douglas.bc.ca/csrw/fitness.htm
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Community Borrower Policy Changes
2. Effective on May 1, 2006: max number of items that can be signed out by community borrowers is reduced from 10 to 5. This is in response to the increase in demand of our collection by our students and faculty. CBs who obtain a card ON or AFTER May 1 are entitled to borrow up to 5 items max.
CBs who obtain a card BEFORE May 1 are still entitled to borrow up to 10 items until their cards expire. A note of this will be placed in their records.
3. Also starting on May 1, videos and DVDs are restricted to in-library use only for community and reciprocal borrowers.
Thanks to your attention to these changes in our loan policies. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Sam