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Patrick.

Hi all,
This was meant to be posted last week but for some reason didn’t show up on the blog. Given that there was another security incident last night, I thought I would try to post it again.
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There was a small incident last Friday where I had to call Campus Security to deal with a person with mental health issues who was being a bit disruptive. A refresher on safety training will take place in the near future, but the incident has prompted me to post a brief reminder to the blog, particularly for the GAAs who work alone in the evenings, regarding important numbers and tips. Please do not hesitate to make any comments or corrections.
1. Steve Peets (604) 680-9309 is often in the library to deal with security issues.
2. If Steve Peets is unavailable, call UBC Patrol/Campus Security at 2-2222 who will notify any security officer in the building or the vicinity. Alternatively you may call 911.
3. Safewalk: If you are leaving the building at night and do not feel comfortable walking alone, please call AMS Safewalk at 604-822-5355 or the Direct Line Phone on the 3rd floor of Koerner Library by the elevator. For more information, please visit http://www.ams.ubc.ca/safewalk
If, for any reason, you are on the desk and feel unsafe, do not hesitate to leave the desk and come into the office.
For additional Safety Tips, please consult the yellow handout in the blotter on the Reference Desk or the red folder labeled “Emergency Procedures”, which is located on the first shelf on the desk with the room bookings sheets, to the left of the locked cupboard.
Tara

I came across this random article while answering a reference question and found it an oddly compelling human interest story: Larry Walters, Lawn Chair Pilot

Systems has just installed a big batch.
We missed Exports by Commodity June 2007. It’s in my office if needed, on my bulletin board in a cd envelope.
Other bits and bobs: when you’re trying to get a title going, you may get some kind of error message. Just click again, this usually works.
Also, some of the icons in the folders are “missing”. To locate them click on “Start Here” and “Programs” and all icons will be displayed.
I hope this makes sense.
Patrick.

I don’t know if this is a large group assignment, but in case it is, a student came in looking for the “Bar Ilan” cd-rom. It’s actually called the Responsa Project, and the CD-ROM is in the room that is the backside of K266. It can only be used on one workstation (noted on the CD rom list) in that room.

As the librarian has misplaced the student’s contact information…an Econ. 336 student is researching mining in the 1890s for BC, using the BC Sessional Papers. He will be coming in to see me next week.
HOWEVER, on the odd chance I’m not available, there is a website that can help him:
Ministry of Energy…Publications. Annual reports, bulletins, etc.
Please ask him to contact me.
Patrick.

I had a question from one of the GAAs recently about the procedure for alerting someone of an error in the catalogue and I thought I would post this for the benefit of the other GAAs. If you notice an error in a catalogue record, you can email Susan Andrews (susan.andrews@ubc.ca) or forward it to one of the librarians if you are unsure as to how you should proceed. Thank you for your keen attention to these records!
Tara

I’ve put a book on 1-day course reserve that will help students looking for archaeological site reports in Mesoamerica – especially those who are doing Chichen Itza and finding that all the main site reports are signed out.
It’s called “The Carnegie Maya: The Carnegie Institution of Washington Maya Research Program, 1913–1957“, and it reprints “all the archaeological, ethnographic, linguistic, and historical investigations in the Maya region of southern Mexico and northern Central America between 1914 and 1957”.
It also includes a CD-ROM.
Check the detailed Table of Contents at http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip065/2005037446.html to see if the student is lucky enough to have the structure they are researching included in this volume. Scroll down to section 38 for Chichen Itza.

If a student comes in looking for digital census maps (geospatial data)–that they can analyze using ARCView software, they are available on the Data Services pages:
http://data.library.ubc.ca/java/jsp/database/production/search.jsp.
Anyone inquiring about this stuff probably knows how to use it. If not, refer to Mary or Paul.
Patrick.

A number of students have been by the desk in past weeks looking for archaeological site reports for two classes, ANTH 232 (Ancient Latin America) and ANTH 203 (Methods of Anthropological Archaeology).
Here are some tips. Subject headings for site reports take 3 forms:
Excavations (Archaeology) — [location]
for example: Excavations (Archaeology) — Peru
If you know the site name, use that:
Teotihuacán Site (San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico)

Or you can use the name of the people, followed by “Antiquities”:
Mayas – Antiquities.
Many records will have two or three of these headings:
-Excavations (Archaeology) – Mexico – San Juan Teotihuacán.
-Teotihuacán Site (San Juan Teotihuacán, Mexico)
-Mayas – Antiquities.
A great starting point is the “Oxford encyclopedia of Mesoamerican cultures : the civilizations of Mexico and Central America“, available online. Each entry has an annotated bibliography. If you look up an archaeological site, the bibliography will often tell you which is the key or definitive archaeological site report.