Hi all – as of Friday Nov 10th, the book move reached call number BF458.

As of Friday November 3rd, the books and journals have been interfiled to B127.C65.

Interfiling of books and journals on Floor One of Koerner started on Friday October 27th. Interfiling to call number AM7 was completed. Kerry called it a ‘cautious start’ with minimal staff involved to test the process. The process will start to speed up this week. Maps showing the locations of journals in swing space and weekly status of book move are at the Ref Desk and Journals/Microforms desk.

From Kerry: By the end of Friday Oct 20 we were at JX 1901. We’ve almost reached the end of the swing space and it should be full within a day or two. We hope to begin the real move sometime this week.

As of Monday October 16th, journals to F5500 have been moved to the swing space.

The GAAs, along with Kimberley and Ellen, had a review session on Thursday to go over any questions or concerns regarding journals and microforms. We thought it would be useful to post the main points of the discussion here for anyone who didn’t make it, and also with the idea that other Koerner staff might like to throw in a suggestion or make a comment.
First up, we discussed the need for GAAs to be trained on using the microform scanners. Some of us working at
night have been asked to help with the scanners, and we’re not always comfortable turning people away, particulary if it’s not very busy on the desk. This may change as we get further into the term and discover how busy it can get! We talked about the pros and cons of providing this service (scanning being complicated and time-consuming). We left it that Kimberley would raise the question with Margaret and Dorothy.
Next, we talked in brief about the microlog collection. These are the microfiche produced by the Canadian Research Index, and contain research, reports, etc from all levels of government. Thankfully, they are ALL individually catalogued. Ellen made the point that many of these same reports are available online, from 1999 to present. She suggested searching the catalogue for the title of a report, then using Google to locate it online in a PDF. Patrons usually LOVE this.
We then briefly looked at locating dissertations and theses. A good starting point is of course the Quick Start Guide off the branch homepage (Theses and Dissertations- FAQs). All UBC dissertations (but NOT theses) from 1997 are indexed in Proquest Dissertations and Theses- Full text. This is perhaps the best place to start looking. Canadian theses and dissertations from 1998-2002 are also available from the Theses Canada Portal. Most UBC theses and dissertations are in the library catalogue, and available in microfiche in their respective branch library. Print versions (pre-1991) are housed in both Rare Books and Special Collections, and their respective branch librrary.
Next we turned to some specific questions regarding ejournals/journals, with Ellen re-capping what we talked about in training. Most of us are finding the information maintained by Serials Solution to be current and helpful; we looked at a couple of specifice instances where there were glitches, particularly with E-link. One important note: the information page for an ejournal also contains a link to the print holdings, something that is sometimes confusing to users, and we looked at examples of where there were two or three links to print holdings. Best to check these as they specify a particular format (ie, micoform) or location. Also, be aware of the useful subject search from the ejournals page; users can now browse ejournals by subject area.
There have been some requests for “RG10” materials. These are government publications from the department of Indian and Northern Affairs. Some of this material is is tricky to find, and Ellen encouraged us to refer these questions to Mary or Patrick.
Lastly, Ellen reminded us of the Ulrich’s link on the ejournal’s page- useful for verifying whether that particular journal is peer-reviewed or not. This is a good tip to pass on to students.
That’s all we had time for. Bring your questions to the next session, scheduled for next Thursday October 19th, 12:15 to 1:15.

The journals up to BF 431 have been moved to swing space as of October 10th. Interfiling hasn’t started yet.

The process of interfiling books and journals has begun! The journals in the As are being moved to compact shelving ‘swing space’ to make room for the interfiling process to start. There is signage by the bound journals area as well as a large sign pointing to the journal swing space. I will try to post updates on the blog regularly, plus to the website on the Koerner branch page.

Some students have been asking about colour copiers in the library. We do have a new XEROX machine in the copy room that makes colour copies at 40 cents each.

On floor one, some of the lights are out; staff in sorting have contacted Richard, Plant Ops, etc. It should be fixed soon.