Author: circdesk

New Student Orientation begins this Thursday, July 13th.
To accommodate the large groups of new students coming to the Library to register for classes, the Library Computing Hub will be closing at 2:30pm on the following days:

Week 1
Jul 13, Thu
Jul 14, Fri

Week 2
Jul 17, Mon
Jul 18, Tue
Jul 19, Wed
Jul 22, Sat

Week 3
Jul 24, Mon
Jul 25, Tue
Jul 27, Thu
Jul 28, Fri

Week 4
Jul 31, Mon
Aug 2, Wed
Aug 3, Thu
Aug 4, Fri

Week 5
Aug 7, Mon
Aug 8, Tue
Aug 10, Thu
Aug 11, Fri

Week 6
Aug 14, Mon

Week 7
Aug 22, Tue

Students have been asking for the CD-ROM for Garver’s class – it’s in Bill’s old office with the rest of the Media Reserve CDs and CD-Rs. You will probably need to check out an external drive since none of the computers (except Cluster 9) has a disc drive. Disc drives are in the Media equipment #1; look for the post-it. Currently you can’t check the drives out on Alma, so take their ID and hold it until the equipment is returned. Red Card – add a post it: ‘DVD Drive’

Issues with media equipment so don’t check any out until next week

Students (and staff and faculty) need the new SDSUid to use the computers – if they don’t yet have it and can’t get it you can print out a PC reservation slip for them to use temporarily. They can go to getid.sdsu.edu for more info. There’s a stack of handouts up front – please hand ’em out

We have several groups who will be on campus through the summer. We will have lists of all the individuals who are participating in these groups, so please check the list. Participants are granted computer use through Guest passes printed out at the circ desk using PC Res (main desk). The icon to open PC Res should be located on the bottom task bar; if not, the shortcut is on the desktop. Print as many passes as needed. The first number on the pass is the Username. Please ask if you have any questions about printing using PC Res or guest lists.

Students MUST sign contracts before checking out expensive Media cabinet gear – Mac laptops and HP computers and GoPro cameras. The contracts are in a green binder inside the equipment cabinet. Please ask Staff if you have any questions about the contract policy

Please be aware that there has been a problem with ILL and many borrowers have been receiving emails telling them that they have overdue material and that their record is blocked. They most likely did have overdue ILL items but returned them (that’s what happened to me), and if they returned the material their record is NOT blocked. They can test it by requesting something via ILL.

Only LIFETIME alumni with a membership card can check out books. We create Guest Borrower records; please see a staff person to show what to do.

The ‘dibs’ situation for Hydroflasks is a little out of control. I understand that some SAs have actually gotten more than one, either by the dibs system or some other mechanism. The staff here is not completely comfortable with the current arrangement so we propose that we keep the hydroflasks that are turned into L&F and then raffle them off either at the end of the month or at the end of the semester, with anyone who is interested in acquiring one adding their name to the list. So please, no more ‘dibs’ notes.

Last night, two students approached the desk, complaining of an individual who made sexually explicit comments to them. He followed them into the library, and then walked over to the Community User station, where the security on duty approached him. We contacted campus police, and they arrested him for refusing to cooperate. -CJ and NM