ILL MANUAL

The ILL MANUAL is done...
Thanks to Sarah Lawton and all who contributed to make it up-to-date and relevant.

We'll keep it by the ILL computer....

Sarah

Valley Floor Documents

Hi there,

We have in our collection a few legal materials important to the Valley Floor case. They can be found in the Reference Collection:
R363.738 COL - vol. I, II, III


They are titled Civil Action 83-C-2385......
State of colorado v. Idarado Mining Company
(and difficult to find in the catalog)
aka Remedial Action Plan...Consent Decree.

Sarah

Taking Names...for program invitations

I am working with Jenine to develop some new information literacy-oriented programs. These programs are fairly targeted and I would like to start collecting names and emails of interested patrons so we can send them an evite when the time comes. I have left two sheets on the Ref Desk for people to leave their contact info. One is for those interested in nonprofits & grantwriting, the other is for folks who would like to practice their English or Spanish in an informal discussion group session.

We are hoping to host a Nonprofit Networking breakfast sometime in February. This event will take place before the library opens and will feature a speaker (possibly someone from the Telluride Foundation), a demonstration of our eResources dealing with nonprofits & grantwriting, and a tour of our snazzed up Nonprofit Section.

The language idea is to host a weekly informal discussion group where English and Spanish speakers can get together to practice both languages. We are planning to hold this series down in Youth Services, so kids are welcome to participate or play while the grown-ups converse. We'll have snacks and there will be a facilitator there to get the conversation started. We're looking to mid-late afternoons on a weekly drop-in basis starting in March.

Please encourage anyone interested in materials or resources related to either of these programs to sign up so I can contact them with details when we have it all hammered out.

Thanks!
Sarah

PC Res Ticket Printer -- Changing the Paper

This indispensible little monster takes the same kind of thermal printer paper that Circ uses downstairs in their own Star brand ticket printers. Beware of accidentally using the non-thermal, slightly narrower paper that's meant for the little Citizen brand ticket printer located at the new ILL station. First of all, the narrower paper will probably give you a "cover open" error, and second, the printing won't show up because its not heat-sensitive paper.

The paper to use -- the good stuff -- is in the middle drawer below the ticket printer, just where you would probably start to look for it. If you ever need to know what the blinking lights on the front of the printer mean, there are some help files we downloaded, find them on the desktop of the PC Res computer.

YAHOO EMAIL

If encountering trouble with accessing EMAIL on YAHOO.com;
look for the link to CLASSIC - this will work!
--Sarah

How to fix the printer

So you have all probably noticed that the ref desk printer has been requiring paper to be loaded manually into tray 1 before it will print. Fortunately, Joe was able to figure out what's going on pretty easily - what was happening is that the paper was sort of slouching out of place so that the printer didn't think there was any paper in there, so then it went to the manual feed in tray 1. If this happens again, open the regular tray (tray 2) and make sure that the paper is pushed as far up to the front of the tray as possible. Just make sure that the blue bar thing at the back of the paper is pushed up towards the front and that the paper is lodged under the little metal tabs at the front edges and everything will print correctly.
-Amy

Thanks for Covering for Me!

I wanted to thank all of you for taking on my workload while I was snowed in. I really appreciate your understanding and assistance.
Hopefully we'll keep the rest of the snow on the slopes and out of my road!
Sarah

PressDisplay - Remote Access

OK - So for Remote Access to PressDisplay we can provide a Username/Password (either over the phone, in person, etc....)

the username is: and password are in the Green Binder behind the desk (PressDisplay just called and they could get to this site and saw the username and password.....so I had to take it down!)



I wish we could have library card access, but not yet.

Sarah

DIGITAL TV in 2009

Did you know that after February 17, 2009 – you will no longer be able to receive ANALOG over-the-air TV broadcasts. (This is important if you watch TV for free using an Antenna....)

You’ll need a digital television or you can get a digital-to-analog converter box. The Government has established a coupon program. Each U.S. household can receive up to two coupons worth $40 each toward the purchase of a converter box. For more info, go to: www.ntia.doc.gov/dtvcoupon


----Sarah

TAX FORMS

Tax forms are on their way. We will only be supplying the basics in the lobby: 1040; 1040A; 1040EZ. Once we receive them, we will keep a supply in the Lobby.

We have the instruction booklets - those are available already.

In the file cabinet behind the reference desk we have: 1099-MISC; W4.....until they run out.
As for the rest, we can print from the IRS.GOV website.
--Sarah

DVD BURNER

NOW AVAILABLE:
AN EXTERNAL DVD BURNER. It is under the printer in the staff work area available for us to "loan out." It operates with a USB plug - so should work with any machine.
Give it a try and share any tips.
--Sarah

Google Fun

I posted the hand-out from this morning's presentation below using Google Docs blog publishing. It was really easy!

If you want more detailed descriptions of the other useful search tools available through Google, you'll find them in the Staff-2 folder under XTRAS\Training.

Tips & Tricks

We all know Google as an effective search interface. Recently it has expanded to cover many other fields, including email, maps, applications, photos, blogging, books, etc.

Google Docs

To get started, simply choose Docs from the "More..." drop-down menu in the basic web search page. You will need to open a Google account. This is free and fairly useful as it allows you access to all of Google's extra applications and to GMail.

Once you have verified your new account by clicking on the link that is sent to you in an email, you can get started creating word processing, spreadsheet & presentation documents. Think of it as web-based Microsoft Office--Google has made it easy to navigate by preserving the styles and features of the programs we are accustomed to using. Once you have created your document, you can share it by inviting others to view and collaborate. You can also publish documents to create a permanent on-line link.

Be aware that there are confidentiality issues with this type of service – it is possible for Google to review posted documents.

Google Searching

Tip #1: Choose your keywords wisely. Select descriptive, specific words.

• Search for: Vancouver 2010 Olympics rather than Olympics

• Search for: 2004 football statistics rather than football

• Place the most important or unique word first (e.g. Denver Hotels, not Hotels Denver).

Tip #2: Use quotes for an exact match.

• When you enclose your search query in quotation marks, you'll only get results for the exact terms you entered in the order you entered them.

• Search for: "friendly robot" rather than friendly robot.

Tip #3: Here are a couple of tricks to use in the general search field.

	For calculations, search for the equation
	Example: 5+2*2

	For flight status, search for the flight number
	Example: united 134

	To track a package, search for the package's tracking number
	Example: 1Z9999W99999999999