You may have noticed on the Butler Libraries website that we now have a link called “Ask A Librarian.” This is an expansion on a function that we’ve had for quite a while.
If you have a reference or research question, you may now contact a
reference librarian quickly and easily by using this page. Methods
include telephone, email, and Instant Messenger. We are using
exclusively AOL Instant Messenger for our chat service at this time. If
you want to set up an AIM account, you don’t need to use AOL; you just
need to download the AIM client and create a screen name. Visit http://aim.com to get started.
Our screen name is “Butler RefLib” and you are encouraged to add us to
your Buddy List, so you can easily contact us whenever you have a
reference or research question.
Librarians:
At the behest of Lewis, the Reference Dept. has recently conducted some
intensive collection development–including location transfers and a
few cancellations.
Related to this is Scott’s usage study of all reference books.
The eventual goal for these endeavors is to create a collection of
essential reference titles, thus freeing up shelf space. This, in
turn, may lead to more overall space which will allow us to add
additional workstations and study space.
So, we please ask that you DO NOT re-shelve any reference books. Someone in Reference will do this after having scanned them into the tracking database.
In addition, many titles are now in Technical Services waiting to
be processed. However, there are other projects ahead of ours so it may
be a month or so before Technical Services is able to process these changes.
In the meantime, if you are looking for a reference book and it’s not
on the shelf, there’s a good chance it’s on a cart in Technical
Services (despite what the catalog says). So, you may have to call upstairs or physically walk up there
and check for yourself.
If you have any questions please ask someone in Reference.
-B
The Career SRG has been updated to include the majority of career books in the library collection. You can access it here:
http://www.butler.edu/library/research/srg/career.html
Please pay particular attention to the locations. Many of the titles
are now in the general collection which means students can now check
them out.
Brad
Librarians –
Despite the delay in implementing our new Content Management System, Friday August 12 is still the deadline for all changes/editions to the Subject
Resource Guides (print and online).
Please get all changes/editions, etc., to me by August 12 in your preferred
format (i.e., print, electronic).
Thanks!
Brad
For those of you who haven’t heard yet, the move of the library
website to the new Content Management System has been delayed. Due to
circumstances beyond our control, we will be waiting until January 2006
to release the new design of the library website, which will use the
Content Management System that all of the Butler websites will be
moving to.
For this fall, we will be merely making some minor adjustments to
the existing website and adding links to the blog (DawgBlog) and the
wiki (Butler_WikiRef). Your “normal ways” of getting to things on the
website will not be changing.
Thank you for your patience and your feedback.
Scott
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