Sci/Eng Library Reference Staff Blog tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2011:/sciref/refblog//5641 2010-04-29T17:33:03Z Movable Type 4.31-en ISO Standards Inventory tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2010:/sciref/refblog//5641.232795 2010-04-29T17:17:13Z 2010-04-29T17:33:03Z Last summer I worked with student workers Kadie and Lysa to complete an inventory of all ISO Standards. These standards are organized by standard number (as opposed to the standard melee in MnCat) and integrate all ISO Standards (including those... Jon Jeffryes Last summer I worked with student workers Kadie and Lysa to complete an inventory of all ISO Standards. These standards are organized by standard number (as opposed to the standard melee in MnCat) and integrate all ISO Standards (including those in the general stacks and all the individual standards collected in the ISO Handbooks).

You can access the Excel spreadsheet inventory via Netfiles at https://netfiles.umn.edu/xythoswfs/webui/_xy-14743615_1.

Or you can find it at PSE Shared>>By Owner>>Jon>>ISODatabase--4_2010

We're working on a process to make sure it keeps up-to-date and maybe make it more searchable in the future...but for now it may make searching for ISO Standards a little easier.

If we don't own a standard and it's needed for student, faculty or staff research, please let me know--I'm happy to order it for our collection. If you get the patrons email address we can notify them when it arrives.

]]> Missing Books tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2010:/sciref/refblog//5641.222718 2010-03-04T16:43:12Z 2010-03-04T16:48:16Z I was just emailing with Mary B. down in circulation about a book that went missing. She had some good tips for getting a missing book reported and tying it to a particular patron--so the patron can be notified if... Jon Jeffryes I was just emailing with Mary B. down in circulation about a book that went missing. She had some good tips for getting a missing book reported and tying it to a particular patron--so the patron can be notified if the book is found.

This may be refresher to some...but it was useful for me to revisit, so I thought I'd share.

1. Have the user make a "Get It" request (even if they've looked and not found the book)....that way a search will automatically be made. If the book isn't found it will be marked as missing. This way the book is tied to the patron and the patron can be notified if the book is found.

2. Have the patron fill out a blue "missing book" form. The circ folks will place a hold on the book for the patron so they're notified if the book is found.

]]> IT Printing On First Floor tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2009:/sciref/refblog//5641.175045 2009-04-06T15:31:49Z 2009-04-06T15:34:52Z I just had a patron wondering if there was anywhere in Walter Library that IT students could print for free...I knew there weren't any locations on the second floor, so I directed student down to the big lab on floor... Jon Jeffryes I just had a patron wondering if there was anywhere in Walter Library that IT students could print for free...I knew there weren't any locations on the second floor, so I directed student down to the big lab on floor one.

He returned to say that he was able to print for free in the portion of that lab that is reserved for IT students.

Talking with the circulation staff member I was told another patron had recently come up asking the same question. I figured that since I didn't know, others might not as well.

Just FYI.

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