Comments Off on Irwin Public Computers Replaced

By Scott Pfitzinger, August 6, 2009 11:30 am

Today many of the public-access (“lab”) computers were replaced with newer models. Not brand new, but a couple years newer than the ones that were here. The I.R. people will be back tomorrow to finish replacing the ones they didn’t do today (IL119, etc.). Over the next week or so I’ll be verifying that they have the necessary programs, printers, and configurations.

Scott

Comments Off on LibGuides Updates

By Scott Pfitzinger, July 31, 2009 9:18 am

Reminder: You can receive automatic email updates from LibGuides whenever:

1. A new Guide is published
2. A Guide with a certain tag or tags is published
3. A specific librarian publishes a new Guide

Just go the main LibGuides home page and look on the right below
the chat widget.

Scott

Comments Off on Consultation Appointments from the Information Commons

By Scott Pfitzinger, July 22, 2009 11:10 am

As a review for those who are at the Librarians Meeting yesterday, and as an explanation for those who were not able to attend, here is a description of the procedure that the Information Commons Assistants will be using to contact you.

During the normal work day, when the IC Asst. gets a question in your subject area for which they are not comfortable or capable of providing an answer, they will use IM or phone to contact you. This will hopefully get the student’s question answered as efficiently as possible.

If it is during the evening (or during the day but you are unavailable), the IC Asst. will create a Consultation Appointment in Outlook, inviting you and the student to attend. The location will be your office and the time will be one that is free on your calendar. No more than TWO Consultation appointments will be given you on any one day. These appointments will be “chaired” by “Information Commons.” If the time/day does not work for you, you can “Propose a New Time” instead of “Accepting” the invitation. The students will be told to check their email before showing up at your office, so the appointment time can be confirmed.

The student will leave the Information Commons with your business card in hand, with the appointment time written on the back. If they have any questions or need to change the time/day, they will have your contact information to facilitate that.

Comments Off on Interlibrary Loan System Undergoing Maintenance

By Scott Pfitzinger, July 21, 2009 2:02 pm

Due to routine upgrades, our interlibrary loan system will be unavailable on Monday, July 27 and Tuesday, July 28. Normal service should resume on Wednesday, July 29. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Comments Off on More about Managing Email

By Scott Pfitzinger, July 21, 2009 1:31 pm

The friendly folks in I.R. have just put on their website a
collection of “Worksmart Guides” from Microsoft that can help you be more
productive with your email, taking advantage of tips and tricks (and just
learning more) to get the most out of your email. Right now there are only 4
documents and 3 of them are about Outlook.

Check them out: http://www.butler.edu/ir/?pg=7853

Scott