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I'm very excited that we'll be using the Zoho application to collect our reference statistics beginning this weekend. Again, I've created bookmarklet shortcuts on the browsers at the desk, however if you're remoting here is the direct link to the application. (The sign in information is at the desk and in the email I sent out).

Simply sign in and select the day, date, time, patron location, and question type for each question that comes in, and that's it! (You can also click around the reports on the left sidebar to see the questions which have come in already. And to get back to the stats form just select the top link: "Daily Reference Stats"). If you have any questions at all or want a quick run-through just come see me and I'd be happy to walk you through it.

Labels: reference, statistics

Since that's where they always end up anyway, we've moved the staplers, 3 hole punches, and scissors to the table next to the NINJa printer.

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I encountered a book in CLIO that was listed as due date "indefinite." I learned from Michael that that means the book is checked out to Interlibrary Loan. Now I know, and so do you!

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ALA | Library Card Sign-up Month

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The photocopier on the 2nd floor and the one "working" photocopier on the 1st floor are not currently recognizing cards. Printing Services has a call into the copy reader company. The person hadn't heard any other reports of card reader malfunction around the campus, so it might just be a coincidence.

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Please remember not to leave anything on the reference desk computer desk top. Everyone, including the student workers can/should have access to a shared drive.

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Today the new library printer was showing that there was a paper jam and said "1. Open the door of the duplexer and 2. Remove the paper." I opened the duplexer, but there was no paper in there. I closed the duplexer door and turned the printer off and on again, and then, it worked!
Lois

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In case you were curious, like I was, the story, as I understand it about the new printer is this:

The Dell printer, currently housed on a cart between ref06 and the table that used to hold the NINJa computer HP printer, is our new network printer for reference. That's where jobs will go once released by the NINJa computer. It should be able to deal better with large files like pdfs better than the HP did.

Contrary to what I originally thought, the HP will not a backup for when NINJa goes down, but it could be utilized in the case of a hardware failure. Though I assume that wouldn't be a simple replace and go operation.

Labels: NINJa, printer

Hi All,

I created a folder in our web file called oldindexfiles and moved old versions of the home page into it, in order to clean up some of the clutter. This might only make sense to Lois. If so, don't worry about it.

Jenna

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