May 2011

Computers in the Library

31st May, 2011 ~ 1 comment

Could the library once again please do something about addressing patron's in regards to 'computer etiquette'? I remember last year there used to be a sign around BSL which stated something along the lines "If a computer is unattended for 15 minutes then you forfeit it".

Today, I was sitting on level three in between two computers which had been left idle for at least an hour. The persons both put post it's on the monitor saying "Computer in Use". After waiting for a reasonable amount of time, I moved the other persons belongings aside and went on to use one because I needed to type something up. The original user came back 30 minutes later and asked if I could 'temporarily' use the computer because she was here first, by then I said that it wasn't fair for other users who needed a PC and that the computer already had logged itself off. Afterwards she and her friend moved to the other computer next to it and started talking really loudly and saying "Gosh, I really hate library nerds", "They're such bullies" etc etc... which was incredibly childish.

All this would have never happened if more notice was brought to attention about proper sharing of computers in the library. Can the library at least look at replacing the outdated (2009?) message on the logon screen with something more relevant like the 15 minute rule? Or is such a rule something the library no longer has?

suggestion: send more reminder emails about overdue books.

31st May, 2011 ~ 2 comments

I have a suggestion for helping people to return books in time. Recently, I accidentally returned some books quite late. It was my fault, but I didn't intentionally return them late and I know that if I'd received more notifications that they were overdue I would have realised they were overdue and brought them back much earlier.

I had received a notification from the library a few days before it was due, but I was on holidays at the time and it got lost in the constant stream of emails. Then, as far as I know, I didn't receive any more emails about the book being overdue. The only reason I realised it was overdue was that I checked the mail one day, which hadn't been done for about a week (our fault), and found a letter saying that if the books weren't returned by a certain date I'd have to pay for them. After which I immediately returned the book. (I think part of the reason I'd forgotten about the books is that the loan periods these days are quite long -- or at least as a postgrad student -- so the due date can slip out of your mind. I know it's still ultimately your responsibility to get them back on time, but I'm just suggesting something to make it a bit easier to remember).

I think it'd be helpful, and most people would appreciate it, if they received emails about about overdue books on the due date, and once every few days after that point. That make it much harder to accidentally overlook due books and would help get books returned more promptly.

Regards,
James.

BSL Suggestion

30th May, 2011 ~ 3 comments

Taken from Ask A Librarian:

a suggestion, can we get hot water facilities in BSL? Even if its just a kettle. It would be so useful and used by many during the late study nights to make tea and coffee! (of course people would bring their own tea and coffee)

Library Logout

27th May, 2011 ~ 1 comment

So I've been working on something solidly for two hours and then I'm writing in my books for a while/addressing textbooks. Log out occurs. And I lose everything.

Why? (No recent document retrieval either).

Suggested Purchase

26th May, 2011 ~ 1 comment

Dear Sir,
I would like to recommend a book for the library. The book details are as follow:

Work-Integrated Learning in Engineering, Built Environment and Technology: Diversity of Practice in Practice

Author(s)/Editor(s): Patrick Keleher (Central Queensland University, Australia); Arun Patil (CQUniversity, Australia); R. E. Harreveld (Central Queensland University, Australia)

Copyright: 2011
Release Date: May, 2011
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-547-6
ISBN13: 978-1-60960-547-6
ISBN10: 1-60960-547-0
EISBN13: 978-1-60960-548-3

Cheers,

Saranya

Suggest to buy two Books that are not at the UQ Library

26th May, 2011 ~ 1 comment

I would like to suggest to the UQ Library buying the following two books:

1) Mapping Strategic Thought, by Anne Sigismund Huff (Editor) Wiley, Chichester, 1990

•Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd ( 26 September 1990)
•ISBN: 0471926329
•EAN: 9780471926320

2) Causal mapping for research in information technology, By V. K. Narayanan, Deborah J. Armstrong

•Hardcover: 386 pages
•Publisher: Idea Group Pub (February 18, 2005)
•Language: English
•ISBN-10: 1591403960
•ISBN-13: 978-1591403968

Thanks,

Maria

subscription to the journal "Small"

25th May, 2011 ~ 1 comment

Hi, I would like to request that UQ library purchase an online subscription to the journal "Small", which is published by Wiley (Online ISSN: 1613-6829)

Suggested Purchase

24th May, 2011 ~ 1 comment

I would like to recommend that the library (PS&E) purchase the following book which would be widely accessed by scientists at UQ.

Misra, Sushil K. (ed.)
Multifrequency Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
Theory and Applications

1. Edition - April 2011
169.- Euro
2011. XXXIV, 1022 Pages, Hardcover
415 Fig., 48 Tab.
- Monograph -
ISBN-10: 3-527-40779-0
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-40779-8 - Wiley-VCH, Berlin

http://www.wiley-vch.de/publish/en/books/forthcomingTitles/CH00/3-527-40...

Prof. Graeme Hanson
Centre for Advanced Imaging

New edition of a textbook

23rd May, 2011 ~ 1 comment

Hello,

There has recently been a new edition of "Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple" (Gladwin) published. This is quite a popular book with medical students, so it would be great to see the new edition on shelves!