Hi all,
I just did a tutorial for the UVIC Library website and found this great list of RefWorks export/import directions for a number of databases, complete with screen shots.
The RefWorks cite does, of course, have directions for this, but I found the screen shots much easier to follow and it may help when talking patrons through it during those fun RefWorks phone calls we get at the reference desk.
Tara

FYI
Service for the NFB database CineRoute has been discontinued and the CineRoute station (located in front of the journals/microforms desk) is available for general use for the time being. The station has access to all library resources and the open web though Tracey Douglas has not yet had the opportunity to look at it and ensure that it has been properly updated. A new version of CineRoute is expected sometime this spring, at which point it may be reconsidered for acquisition.
Please let me know if you have any additional questions about CineRoute or the former CineRoute station.
Thanks,
Tara.

The provincial government has decided to close the BC legislature library .
From Friday’s Vancouver Sun article:
“About half the 30 librarians will be sent to other jobs in government. As for the millions of precious, and in some cases priceless, materials in its dusty stacks, a treasure trove of Canadian history filled with the esoteric businesses of governments dating back before Confederation, will be sent to a warehouse. It’s also not clear the institution will ever come back to the legislature since the politicians, who are are short on space, have been eying the cavernous space for a warren of offices.”

Beginning March 13, 2007, Statistics Canada has started releasing preliminary data from the
2006 Census. At present basic population and dwelling counts are available for various geographies. Release dates for upcoming topics are posted. New developments will be posted on the Census of Canada page on the GovPubs web page.
PATRICK

Fun! Fun! Fun!

From the NZ Librarians listserve: It’s about time we had our own tv show.
The humble suburban library takes on a whole new meaning in the ABC TV’s new comedy-drama The Librarians, which starts production in Melbourne on March 5.
A co-production between ABC TV and Gristmill Pty Ltd, The Librarians is the brainchild of actors/writers Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope. Married in real life, Butler and Hope will also star in the production.
The six-part series centres on the trials and tribulations of Frances O’Brien, a devout Catholic and head librarian. Her life unravels when she is forced to employ her ex-best friend, Christine Grimwood – now a drug dealer – as the children’s librarian. Frances must do all she can to contain her menacing past and concentrate on the biggest event of the library calendar – Book Week.
The Librarians will also star Roz Hammond (The Micallef Programme, Welcher & Welcher), Bob Franklin (BoyTown, The Extra, The Craic), Kim Gyngell (The Comedy Company, Love and Other Catastrophes), Kate Kendall (Stingers), Heidi Arena (Thank God You’re Here, Blue Heelers), Stephen Ballantyne (Corpse Bride) and newcomers Josh Lawson (BoyTown, Blue Heelers) and Keith Brockett.
Butler and Hope joined forces in 2004 to write and produce 13 short films called Stories from the Golf for SBS. Butler, who will play the lead character Frances, has starred in feature films including BoyTown and Crackerjack, as well as numerous television series. Most recently she teamed with Mick Molloy on the Triple M’s successful ToughLove program.
“We are thrilled to be making The Librarians. With 25,000 books on set we have fabricated the perfect excuse to extend our summer reading, added to which, the children’s library is very handy for cheap childcare, ” said Robyn.
Hope, who will direct all six episodes, is a seasoned performer with feature films such as BoyTown and many television roles including Stupid Stupid Man, Crashburn and TheMicallef rogramme to his credit.
ABC TV’s Executive Producer for Drama Miranda Dear added: “It’s great to be working with such a dynamic comic team. With this series they bring their acute eye for social satire to bear on the world of the library in the most surprising ways. Borrowing a book may never seem as safe again.”
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For further information contact:
Kelly Davis
ABC TV PUBLICITY
Ph: 03 9524 2629
M:0413009545
E: davis.kelly@abc.net.au

Yet another addition to the container vs. content debate: http://tinyurl.com/2tqxye
From the article: a fascinating example of putting books to other uses…
“there was no outcry in 2003 when 2.5 million romance novels from the publisher Mills & Boon were buried to form the noise-reducing foundation of a motorway extension in Manchester, England.”

Hi all
Journals and books interfiling and move will be COMPLETE on Level One as of Friday! The call numbers on Level One will be A – end of PN. PQ will start on floor 4. This represents 2/3s of the collection being moved and interfiled. Lynne hopes the interfiling and book shifting will be finished (fingers crossed) by end of April.

Approximately 70 students in two sections of English 112 (Dr. Sarika Bose), will be working on an additional library assignment this term. Dr. Bose wanted them to visit different libraries on campus so we’ve tried to form questions that “force” them to find the items.
They are working in groups of 3-4 on one of the four themes (Alice, Beethoven, Van Gogh, Grail). They are given a copy of the Guide to UBC Libraries and a copy of Getting Started with MLA Style. I’ve placed copies of the assignment in the assignment binder at the desk and I’ll upload the files to the blog as well. The assignment is due on Friday, March 23.
Alice
Beethoven
Van Gogh
Grail

If you’re the sort of careful person who peruses the reshelving project clipboard for updates every day, skip this message.
If you’re more like me, read on. On the clipboard, under the map of Level 1, are two lists: