LibBlog: Douglas College Library Weblog

Media-Convert is a free software that allows media file conversion without downloading software.

The scanner in the Media Development room (#3100) can be used by both students and faculty.

Repair My Word is a data recovery program for Microsoft Word documents. It is designed to recover text from damaged or corrupt Word files (....

These 2 links provide information about different decades starting in 1800. For 19th Century see http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/19thcentury....

To limit articles in medline to articles only available in PubMed Central, do a search and add PMC (articles in PubMed central have a ID num...

MaximumPC is an online computer magazine that is about PC hardware and software. It is published monthly and can be accessed for free.

Students are currently asking for help printing out their WHMIS certificates. Please note that they are not meant to be printed out. The qu...

Here is the link to 2 of the 3 articles on the Dodo Bird. The third article is on reserve. Dodo Bird, Phoenix, or Urban Legend? http://www.s...

"Microsoft is making the FULL version of Office 2007 available to students for $64!! Click here to purchase. You MUST use your myDougla...

23rd - 24th June 2009 at the University of British Columbia Vancouver BC, Canada "This conference aims to explore and share work carrie...

Here is a list of books compiled by Lise on youth vote: Young citizens in the digital age Youth in Canadian politics : participation and inv...

Here's a great way of organizing online papers in your Refworks account. The RefGrab-It tool quickly adds online websites to your Refwo...

Software installed in computer labs: http://www.douglas.bc.ca/ceit/installed-software.html Open computer labs at the College have changed ...

Here's a new wiki application: a new search engine called Wikia Search (Thanks to UBC Academic Search - Google Scholar Blog ). Like othe...

I've encountered a few students who had trouble with printing at DL. Haven't seen this problem yet at NW. The problem is when they t...

The strength of the wireless network at David Lam is, and always has been, weakest in the Library and in CEIT. The best place to connect is ...

The College has introduced VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) into the new buildings C&D as part of the David Lam expansion. To ensure ...

The Learning Centre is gearing up to serve your students for the summer term. Over the summer, we will continue to provide tutoring in two ...

If anyone is looking for the link to add our catalogue as a Facebook app you will now find it on our Library Catalogue page under "Usef...

Good news. Students who forget their Novell passwords are no longer given those annoying temporary passwords. They are now taken directly ...

There is a new pay print station in Room A2030 at DLam. Students in any of the DLam computer labs now have the option to print to this stat...

Monday, May 5 until Friday, May 9, 2008. Room 3272 at New Westminster from 10am - 4pm daily except Fridays 10am - 2pm. Room B1250 at David L...

Please note that the Library has always been the holder of the ISBN numbers for materials published by Douglas College. These are assigned t...

Re: installed classroom technology. The quick reference on this is at the following URL: http://localweb/Classroom_list/ctl_index.htm Both N...

The problem with Word displaying field codes in the header, footers and citations at the Pay Print Station has been fixed. It seems that Alt...

Problem: Student is able to log into EBSCO, but when she enters a search query, she does not receive any results. The search interface scree...

There have been several instances of students asking for help because "suddenly and unexpectedly" when they type in Word or Excel ...

To change the line spacing from double to single: With the HOME tab clicked, CHANGE STYLES will be in the upper right. Click on the drop dow...

When the Student Society at New Westminster campus is unavailable, the internet cafe across from the Spaghetti Factory by New West sky train...

The DVD and video booklets that were housed behind the NW circ desk have been moved onto shelving at the end of the video collection in the ...

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:...

Link to the recent Vancouver Police Department report on the mentally ill / mental health system in Vancouver: Lost In Transition Entire Rep...

Welcome to David Lee-Young, from the Career and Employment Preparation (CAEP) program. David will be with us in the Library at NW beginning ...

To pick up your voice mail from a phone that is not your own: Short Directions 5335 * button your local * button again your pass code p butt...

Mmodify the NORMAL style that Word 2007 uses by default when it starts up. Under the "Home" tab, close to the right side is the St...

Check out this recent article in the Chronicles of Higher Education Blogs Are Increasingly Venues for Scholarship, Librarians Are Told whic...

The HP Color LaserJet will allow colour transparencies to be printed at the pay print stations. Place the transparency glossy side down in t...

For David Lam Campus students who come on the West Coast Express, the connecting bus to the college is the C28, and it goes every 15 minutes...

Question: What equipment is in the classrooms in the new building at David Lam Campus? Answer: Available at: http://localweb/Classroom_list/...

If anyone has a computer at home that they are replacing, here is a way to keep the old one out of the landfill. See the Vancouver Computer ...

A colour laser printer is now available at the pay print stations at both campus libraries. The cost is fifty centers per page. Students wil...

New Amazon reading device Kindle (as in to kindle a fire / start a change etc). You can have multiple subscriptions to journals eg New York ...

If you save in MS Word 2007 there is an x on the extension: name.docx. To ensure compability of file formats you want to save as name.doc wi...

It is possible to create bibliography in Word 2007. See http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_office_word/archive/2007/10/22/final-paper-time.aspx...

In the event of extreme weather conditions, the College may need to cancel classes and close our campuses for safety reasons. On days with ...

I am pleased to let everyone know that Kathleen Elliot will begin as Media Library Technician on December 3. She will be working with Eleano...

Welcome to Rory McIlvenna who begins at the David Lam Library October 30. Rory will be taking the place of Silvana Vettorel who resigned her...

If a student is trying to print something that their instructor put in myDouglas and it seems to be a blank page when you open it, then you ...

Concept Mapping: How to Start Your Term Paper Research Tom Childs and I collaborated on a short video tutorial called Concept Mapping: How t...

http://dclibrary.pbwiki.com/ Click on the hyperlinked title to access info on Second Life. There is some general background information loca...

Here is how to set up double sided printing at each individual computer and printer to which it is connected. It will work at your office co...

MS Office 2007 tutorials: http://www.douglas.bc.ca/ceit/techtrain/tutorials.html Piotr Kisiel, Director Centre for Educational and Informati...

This link is handy if you get frustrated trying to find a command using Word, Excel or Power Point in Microsoft 2007. Going into these will ...

It can be that an Employee has both a student record (if taking courses) and an employee record each with the same Patron ID number. Refer t...

We are still experiencing some technical difficulties with the Blackboard (WebCT) application. We’ve taken many corrective steps to address ...

1. Business Source Complete http://www.douglas.bc.ca/library/Business_Source_Complete.html This database replaces ABI Inform which has been ...

Just a reminder that the password and user name for the Career cruising link from the library homepage is : douglas careers

NW:Jane Perry will be working - Monday - Thursday, 1.30 pm to 9.30 pm through to the end of October. (Jennifer Matthews is expected back at ...

I you find a word in our catalogue that is a typo or is misspelt, report it here: http://library.douglas.bc.ca/library/catfeedback.html

As part of the conversion from the Office 2003 to the Office 2007 suite, we will be installing a small Microsoft utility on all employee mac...

Worldcat.org now offers a new feature. You can set up a free account and create your own lists which you can keep private or share openly wi...

Go onto the library website and use the online booking form (which can be found under "Information for Faculty", and then under ...

Microsoft Office 2007 Suite will be installed in the labs at both campuses for the start of the 2007 Fall Semester. This is scheduled to sta...

Once requested material is officially "on order" it shows up in the online catalogue, with text in the holdings area of the OPAC d...

The Student Society hours listed on the website are incorrect for Co.quitlam campus. The hours will change every week and will be posted on ...

Mike Proud no longer works at the college (he has taken a job elsewhere) so if a student wants a Fast Trax sticker but appears to be ineli...

The off-campus access login to the Library databases has changed and students and employees now need to enter their student or employee ID n...

NW Student Union has a colour photocopier at a cost of $0.35 per page. Service is available to 4:00 p.m. Also transparencies at $0.50 per...

Three best ways to search E-STAT: 1. Use the Search CANSIM or Search Census functions for keyword searches: For CANSIM: http://estat.statca...

We've had a number of questions about College and library statistics this semester and many of them could be answered with the College F...

At the New Westminster campus often one or both of the pay print station computers is off or the print program shut down. It's hard to f...

If students ask about how they can get money back for their textbooks, there are several options available; 1. Through the Douglas College b...

The # of renewals for a Community Borrower is 8, (for 2 week material and 1 week material). Renewals are 2 days before due date. In the C...

The Library Lobby at New Westminster will have a special display of books both those published by Douglas College Authors, and other books t...

We have a new category of borrowers--Douglas College Alumni. Alumni are defined as those having graduated from a program of any length, or h...

At Coquitlam the wireless was not working at full strength. 2 of the 3 pods were not working so people were having difficulty logging in to...

Often when printing from Internet Explorer the web page will be cut off on the right hand side. To get as much content on one page as possib...

The library will no longer require training from students when they borrow camcorders. But getting training from CLS or from the Library is ...

We will no longer require "training" cards from students when they wish to book or borrow audio visual equipmen.t However, getting...

CEIT Fall 2006 Hours CEIT HelpDesk (phone 5330 and email helpdesk@douglas.bc.ca ): Monday to Friday 8:00AM to 8:00PM CEIT Counter Services...

Welcome to our new library staff. COQUITLAM Jennifer Matthews begins tomorrow as the replacement for Silvana (who will be away for about a...

There is a removable diskette drive at the Information desk at both NW and David Lam for students who need to open their diskettes from a co...

As of October 24, 2006, MS Office 2003 is on the NW ELF machines: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Publisher, Project and FrontPage. The Dav...

Students have sometimes reported problems renewing their library material online, either in the library or at home. They sign on to their ac...

At the moment we do not have an "alumni borrower type." If you have any queries please explain that we are working with the Alumn...

In order to compel students to use their Novell accounts instead of the generic login, we are going to take off the sign with the generic lo...

The easiest way to save is to right-click on the link to the presentation in MyDouglas, then save. Patti Students have been trying to print ...

There are some students who have to read some Grimm's stories, one of which is called The Twelve Dancing Princesses. There's a volum...

The pay print stations at both campus libraries are now working. Students who have used their 300 pages and want to print more, can buy a co...

CEIT:CLS production hours for student id cards for the balance of the Fall 2006 semester are: David Lam Campus, Room B1250 Monday to Friday,...

FAST TRAX INFORMATION * Students must be enrolled full-time to be eligible (9 or more credits). They must show up in Banner in form SFAREGQ ...

Employees cannot use their employee account to print from student pc's. Employees need to print from their employee workstation, which c...

The Ask Me desk NW Library upstairs will be staffed starting Sept. 11 from 11:00am to 3:00pm each day. I will post the schedule at the circu...

Reserve procedures have been updated to ensure that items being placed on reserve adhere to the new copyright laws. New reserve request form...

On Tuesday, Sept. 5th, the first day of classes, CEIT will start instituting the limit of 300 pages per student per Semester. Students, when...

Beginning July 13, 2006 at 10am the Registrars Office will be changing the Helpline and CE format to that of more of a call center format, r...

The library now only circulates Microsoft Office 2004 for the Macintosh and the rest of the CDs have been removed from Reserves. However, th...

The new computers currently being installed in labs and offices do not come with floppy drives. Alternatives are USB drives or CD. With CD, ...

Beginning May 1st, 2006, employee access to the Fitness Centre, Room #1315 at New Westminster will be free. Employee Access: Within opera...

1. Effective immediately: a public library card is no longer required for applying for a community borrower's card. Instead, a photo ID ...