Heads up: Students have been coming to the desk looking for an article in their course reading list. The citation says it is in the journal “Population Development and Review”; this journal does not exist. Try “Population AND Development Review” and you’ll have more luck.
The citation is:
Rosenfeld, Michael J. (2006). Young Adulthood as a Factor in Social Change in the United States. Population and Development Review, (32)1: 27–51.

From Paul LeSack:
Hi everyone,
Yvonne from Systems was here and she and I attempted to duplicate the problems found by students. While we did eventually manage to do so, we could only do so sporadically. The problems may be confined to a specific version of a workstation, or they may be caused by vista itself. As they say, more data are needed.
If the problem occurs again, we should endeavour to get the following information 1. The address of the workstation 2. A screenshot of the problem 3. A screenshot of the Java error log (or, better, a complete copy/paste)
Number 1. is straightforward.
Number 2 requires that a) the workstation has not crashed, plus the following
a) Press CTRL-PrtSc
b) Open up Windows Paint
c) Paste from clipboard
d) Save the image
e) e-mail as an attachment to Systems or, failing that, me.
Number 3 is more problematic
a) When problem occurs, right click on the coffee cup in the task bar (Java)
b) Select Console
c) Select all the text in the console box and e-mail to Systems
If the computer freezes at any point, a quick photograph with a cell-phone digital camera would probably work too.
Also, you can feel free to call me to perform these steps if I am around.
Paul

Hi all,
An instructor from English informed me that he will be taking his class of approximately 20 students through the Reference section sometime today. They won’t need any library assistance that I know of but I thought I would give you all the heads up in case you are wondering why there is so much traffic in there today.
Tara

Hi all,
I’ll be doing a introductory session on MetaLib next Wednesday 1-2pm for patrons (staff are welcome, too). Please recommend this session to anyone whom you feel might benefit. A second session is scheduled for Fri Oct 5, 9:30- 10:30 am.
Here’s the link to the calendar entry, and here’s the blurb:
UBC Library subscribes to hundreds of online resources to support research across the disciplines at UBC. Are you tired of searching each of your favorite databases one-by-one? Have you ever wished you could search multiple databases at the same time? Now you can!
Introducing MetaLib, a new search tool that enables you to search multiple databases simultaneously. In this session, we’ll give you an overview of MetaLib and show you how you can use it so search across a set of pre-defined databases in a broad area like Newspapers, select databases from a specific specific subject area such as Biology, History, Art, Psychology, or create your own set of databases to search.

Beginning at midnight last night, the New York Times suspended all charges for parts of the NYT online. “In addition to opening the entire site to all readers, The Times will also make available its archives from 1987 to the present without charge, as well as those from 1851 to 1922, which are in the public domain. There will be charges for some material from the period 1923 to 1986, and some will be free.”
Full story from the Times

A few students have been coming to the desk indicating that their print jobs from web-ct were delayed (by about 10 minutes or more) or not showing up at all at the print station. A good work-around for this problem is to show students how to save files from web-ct to their work station so that they can print from the desktop or from “my documents.” The print jobs showed up immediately when we printed directly from the work station.
When saving the documents from web-ct, it’s important to make sure you are not just saving empty HTML files. Be sure to check the file type as you’re saving to be certain that it is a Word, .pdf, or other file type that will actually display the information or document that the student wants to print.
– Shannon

The link to the Writer’s Centre on the APA Quick Start Guide PDF is a dead link. It’s at the bottom of the first page of the PDF under the heading “Sample Formats”.
~ brie

I am teaching a class of 160 first-year HKin students today. Their assignment requires them to find reliable sources to support their debate topics (eg: Be it resolved that winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing. Or Be it resolved that fighting in hockey should be banned.) There is a course website I set up on the HKin subject page a few years back that you can refer them to, as well as the major indexes on the HKIN subject page. I showed them OneSearch – leading to GoogleScholar and the books in the collection – in the class. You can also remind them of the three drop-in sessions I have scheduled (search HKin 161 in the Instruction Centre for dates) if they need more help. Thanks, Ellen

LPC Storage Requests are now made through the IKBLC Circulation Desk. (I believe it takes up to three business days for requests to be processed.)

AMS guides/day books are located on the 2nd Floor between the two elevators.