There is now a NEW printer in Reference. It’s a large industrial model that sits on the floor like the one in the Science Library. It holds 4,000 sheets at one time and the toner lasts about twice as long. It’s quieter than the other ones and faster (about 55 pages per minute one side), duplexes just fine and DOESN’T JAM! (At least, that’s the word on the street. I’ve already seen it printing a ton and no problems.)
Our smaller printers are made for office use, not the heavy use they receive here from all the students, so the industrial printer is a better solution all around.
They’re still testing the drivers to make sure we’ve got the best service possible, so for now the office computers and student laptops will print to the same smaller one as they’ve been doing for a few days now. All the lab computers, though, are going to the big new one. So far, all seems good.
There is a
new LibGuide in our system that is called Librarian Resources.
I’ve taken
the “Librarian Links” from our website and added pages with links to online
journals, blogs, RSS feeds, and other professional development tools that all library staff may find useful. You can
find this on the main LibGuides page: http://libguides.butler.edu
or else use
the direct link: http://libguides.butler.edu/librarians
I was helping a faculty member access and print a NetLibrary title the other day and wanted to share these tips:
- There is a one user limit in viewing titles in NetLibrary. While you no longer have to create an account to access the title, only one person at a time can view the title.
- You can only print one page at a time for any title, this is the case for both PDF and non-PDF titles. Also, NetLibrary discourages excessive printing, more in the range of a few pages to a chapter – not the whole book.
- Older titles in NetLibrary are often not in PDF format, and when they are accessed from the catalog (as opposed to the NetLibrary site directly), the titles open up without the accompanying web browser options for printing. Dan has a ticket in with PALNI to see if this can be resolved. It is not an issue for NetLibrary titles in PDF format. For the time being, the way around this is to cut and paste the URL from the catalog into an open web browser or access the title directly from the NetLibrary site.
- Finally, when printing off an older NetLibrary title (not in PDF format), to remove the table of contents frame, place your cursor on the green vertical line between the table of contents and the book page. Drag (with your cursor) the content page over the table of contents. This way, when you print each screen, you will not print the table of contents frame.
Many of you may be familiar with these aspects of the product, but I thought that I would share.
-Sally
We have an update for the printers in Reference. A test is being run this week to see if different drivers will solve the many problems we’ve been having. To that end, the LEFT printer is now on a new print queue, IL_120_K2. The right one is still on IL_120_K. All of the student-access computers have already been switched to print to IL_120_K2 as their default, which also has the new drivers. Office computers and the Reference Desk (and the PC with the scanner) will print to the right one as will people with laptops that already have IL_120_K installed.
Nobody needs to change a thing. This is strictly informational.
After a week or so, they’ll be evaluating whether the new drivers have solved our problem and if so, setting both printers to use the new drivers on just one queue again.
There you go.
Scott
It’s a fact – Irwin Library is a popular place in the evenings for group study, and we welcome this. However, if you are looking for more individualized, quite study spaces, check out the study carrels on the west side of the Irwin Library basement. Or, inquire at one of the Service Desks and staff can direct you to areas of the Library that are more conducive to quiet study. We are a small space with multiple needs, accommodating both group study and quiet study, so please be courteous of the study needs of others around you.
Thanks!
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