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Self-registration now available for all new library cards
October 21st, 2009 by Phoebe AyersIn addition to the student self registration service implemented last year, UC Davis faculty and staff can now activate their library privileges online.
You can register from work or home. Log in at http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/register using your Kerberos ID and password. Your employee ID card will be activated for library privileges within one working day. Your ID card is your library card, and the barcode number (starting with 2117..) is your library card number.
As always, staff at the circulation desks are available to assist with any problems you may encounter in the registration process.
PSE Library moving into Shields by 2011
October 21st, 2009 by Karen AndrewsThis is an important update on the future of the UC Davis Physical Sciences & Engineering Library.
To meet its budget reduction goals, the UCD Library will downsize from 4 to 3 locations. By July 1, 2011, the Physical Sciences & Engineering Library collections, staff, and services will be integrated into the Shields Library, primarily on the 3rd floor. You may view the full UC Davis Office of Research, Management and Planning recommendations for the General Library.
To make space for the move, much of the biological and agricultural sciences collection, currently on 3rd floor of Shields Library, will be relocated and integrated into the Carlson Health Sciences Library building to form a health, life sciences, and agriculture collection. This redistribution of science collections will optimize the amount of unique print library materials that can be kept on campus.
We are developing criteria for what will stay on campus and what will go to the NRLF (Northern Regional Library Facility, the UC Libraries storage building in Richmond.) NRLF staff provide rapid web delivery of journal articles, while books and journal volumes are delivered to campus in 2 days. In the fall, we will share the criteria for storing items and seek broad input.
This outcome is a difficult one for all of us, and we will work with you to continue providing the best possible configuration of collections and services that you have come to expect from the PSE Library staff.
Comments may be sent to Karen Andrews at: klandrews@ucdavis.edu. I welcome your comments.
New Reserves course material policy
July 9th, 2009 by Karen AndrewsBeginning august 3, 2009, the Shields Library reserves unit staff will accept course materials on Monday – Friday between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm. This is being done to maximize staffing efficiencies.
Instructors are encouraged to make use of Smartsite for internet-based titles.
To ensure that course reserves titles are available to students by the first day of classes, reserves lists must be received by the shields library reserves staff by the last Friday of:
• August for fall quarter
• November for winter quarter
• February for spring quarter
• May for summer session
Reserves lists received after the deadline may take up to two weeks to process due to peak workload constraints at the beginning of the quarter and the delays involved in retrieving loaned material.
Your feedback needed
July 7th, 2009 by Phoebe AyersThe General Library is soliciting comments from the campus community about library collections and services in a section called “inside the library”. There is also a new blog where you can leave comments about these broad areas, or about the library in general. We want to know what users of the library think!
Summer classes for staff
July 2nd, 2009 by Phoebe AyersDid you know that as U.C. Davis staff you have access to the books, journals, databases and other electronic resources available through the University Library? Discover how to use our print materials and electronic resources, and get access from your home or office. Learn how to search our catalog and databases (a sample database will be demonstrated). For more information contact Sandra Vella at savella@lib.ucdavis.edu. Registration is required: you can register here.
Schedule:
- Thu Jul 23 10:00am-11:00am Library Instruction Lab (Shields Library)
- Wed Aug 5 10:00am-11:00am Library Instruction Lab (Shields Library)
- Mon Aug 10 10:00am-11:00am Library Instruction Lab (Shields Library)
Endnote For Engineering MSOs and Staff
June 23rd, 2009 by Cory CraigEndnote is bibliographic management software that allows you to store, manage, and format citations.
Endnote is available free to current UC Davis students, faculty and staff. To download the program, logon to MyUCDavis (click on Resources >> Software >> Endnote).
For workshops, guides, and tutorials, see: Endnote @ UC Davis
See here for course materials for the Endnote for MSO’s and Staff class.
Citation guides and paper help
May 29th, 2009 by Phoebe AyersWriting a paper? Need to know how to cite your sources properly? The library has a webpage with a list of citation guides for different disciplines that are in-print in the library and online.
The librarians can help you cite sources properly, as well: just email us with your questions or come in and visit the PSE library reference desk. The librarians are also available for research consultations (great for final projects or papers, or for ongoing research); just stop by or email your subject librarian to set up an appointment.
New Faculty and Researcher renewal rules
May 19th, 2009 by Phoebe AyersThe Shields Library and the Physical Sciences and Engineering Library are pleased to announce that effective immediately, faculty and research borrowers no longer need to bring in Shields and PSE books at the end of the year to re-check them out. It is now possible to renew these books on the web, by phone or in person. Books can be renewed twice, allowing faculty and research borrowers to keep the material for as long as three years (unless recalled for another borrower) without bringing them back to the library. (Books with holds on them can’t be renewed). Especially for researchers with lots of volumes checked out, this will be a great time-saver.
Faculty with proxy borrowers have some special instructions. Please check the renewal reminder emailed by the library on May 4 for instructions. If you have any questions, please call the library (Shields 752-1203; Physical Sciences & Engineering 752‑5507).