Hi everyone
A few students in HKIN 103, Active Health, have come in looking for help with their assignment. This course is one of the mandatory life science HKIN courses. Charlotte Beck from Woodward did a session with the students on finding information. She showed them PubMed and other life science databases. If they come to Koerner looking for help, do feel free to recommend the librarians at Woodward Library if you are not comfortable with PubMed or the research topics.

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Hello
CISTI Orders will not be available for the near future. CISTI has moved to a secure server and this is causing problems with our proxy. Tom is working on the problem.
Please ask users to submit their requests using the interlibrary loan forms.
Thanks,
David

Hi all,
ENGL 320 students have been to the desk asking for audio readings of original Middle English texts. We have access to the Naxos Spoken Word Library which has Middle English readings of sections of the Canterbury Tales and maybe one or two other texts they are looking for. VPL also has a number of these recordings though mostly on cassette or LP.
Tara
Added note from Ellen: I just showed the Naxos spoken word library to two of the students, and they were really happy with this. It seems that all they are being asked to do for this part is listen to some spoken Middle English to see what it sounds like, so it doesn’t matter if it is the same as the written text they are looking for.

Early this week a distraught student came to the Ref desk with files created at home on Word 2007. She needed to print them but the new .docx file format was not recognized by our version of Word. She left before we found a solution but the site at http://www.zamzar.com offers free file conversions, sending the converted file as an attachment to the user’s email address.
Jeremy

See new red link on the gp home page /govpubs/
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.