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August 2010

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29th August, 2010 ~ 1 answer

The state of the female toilets in the law library (level 4) can be described as nothing short of abysmal. This is not a recent occurrence. Since the start of the year the state of these toilets has been inexcusable during peak library times - ie. during peak assessment periods. Regularly the female sanitary bins are left overflowing. At the end of last semester this was dealt with by simply placing black garbage bac

26th August, 2010 ~ 1 answer

Hi. Just noticed an error in your catalogue - Diamond, Jared (2005) title is 'Collapse: How Societies choose to fail or SUCCEED' (not survive). Thanks

23rd August, 2010 ~ 1 answer

Please buy a copy of "Life of a poet: Rainer Maria Rilke" by Ralph Freedman. ISBN 0810115433 Evanston, Ill., Northwestern University Press, 1996.

20th August, 2010 ~ 1 answer

I am trying to study in the law library and there is a guy who brings his toddler in and let them make noise and explore. He is not studying or doing anything in relation to Uni, what can be done about this, as this is very disruptive.

20th August, 2010 ~ 1 answer

Put the catalogue back as the default option when you come to the library's homepage. I came to the library's website to look at the catalogue, not search the all the available internet resources. I always use google scholar when I want to do basically what "summon" does.

14th August, 2010 ~ 1 answer

Dear Sir/Madam, I graduated from UQ business school last Dec and now working full timely in a real estate comapany as a assistant accountant. The one thing I feel so glad is I can still borrow books from libarary for a whole year after my graduation, and I think this service save me lots of time and energy to search books in other places, especially for those accounting books. After my graduation, I started pre

13th August, 2010 ~ 1 answer

Could the library please, please, please consider buying a second scanner for the University? Perhaps placing it in PSE library or Biological Sciences? There needs to be one that is a closer walk and one to go to when the one in the SS&H library breaks down or comes under periods of heavy use. It will be the best $200 the library ever spent!

13th August, 2010 ~ 1 answer

Noise is becoming a real issue in the Fryer Library. Noise coming from group rooms is easily heard throughout the space and people sharing desks often talk between themselves. I feel the librarians should be more proactive in managing noise levels and that more signs are need to inform people about the rules.

10th August, 2010 ~ 1 answer

Dear UQ Library Thank you for maintaining the best EndNote support site on the planet. Our Medical Librarians requested that we add your Medical Terms List 2009 to our public SOE rather than require our users to download the file from your site individually as in the past. I have done this making suitable acknowledgement on our EndNote LibGuide. I hope this is acceptable to you. If not, please advise your pr

10th August, 2010 ~ 1 answer

Could somebody police the silence in the library =--this is exam time