I do not beleve a single table on the first floor has all ethernet jacks
working. The most one will find is 3. Just a heads up.
From: Tavarris
Jimmy Ghaphery, head of Library InformationSystems, replies..
Tavarris,
Thanks for the heads up! We will correct these problems as soon as possible. Also, we are working on putting more network plugs in other locations of the library.
The only copy of Jack Kerouac's On the Road is missing. Any chance that can be added to the 'books to buy' list?
From: Jessica
Kevin Farley, Collection Librarian for the Humanities, replies...
Thank you for letting us know that you were unable to find Jack Kerouac's On the Road (the library's copy is missing). A replacement order for this title will be submitted before the end of the fall, 2005 semester -- but please note that library orders take longer than orders from individual customers. This title should be available, however, early in the spring, 2006 semester. Keep checking the library's catalog, and when you see that the order has been submitted, you will also be able to place a hold on this title so that you will be notified once it has arrived into the collection.
If you have additional questions, please contact me in the Collection Management Office of Cabell Library, at 828-1112, or by email at kdfarley@vcu.edu.
The form for faculty to place items on reserve is only available as a
PDF. Why not make it type-enabled? This would make it easier for faculty
to include all the necessary information, be more legible, and allow us
to deliver it to the library via email.
Nell Chenault, Access Librarian and Head, Media and Reserve Services , replies..
Improvement of the course reserve forms is one of our goals for 2005/2006. This issue was shared by your fellow faculty during our Course Reserves Faculty Focus Group last Spring.
The reserves team plans to move from pdf request forms to electronic forms. We hope to incorporate many features to ease filling out and submittal including populating the faculty contact information from just the faculty VCU eID and pulling bibliographic information from the VCU Libraries catalogs. Course renewal for a subsequent semester could be submitted electronically with minimal input by the faculty member.
In the interim, we will move one step closer to our goal by implementing your suggestion. Our current pdf forms will be modied to be "type enabled" with electronic submittal. Look for the new forms soon.
That big poster sized HP printer that is in the TML - when will it be operational? I have a class in which we have several groups that are required to do posters. This would be a great help!
From: David
Jodi Koste, Head of Resources & Operations at Tompkins-McCaw Library, replies...
The large format printer in the Instructional Media Workshop at Tompkins-McCaw Library will be available in the near future. We are in the last phase of testing, preparing documentation, and establishing fees for printing. Watch the VCU Libraries web site for an announcement about this new service.
