Piping Up

Author: Hansen, Andres
Title: Environment, Media and Communication
Publisher & where & when published: London: Routledge, 2010
Where you saw this item mentioned: mailing list
Acquire for which library?: Belzberg (SFU Vancouver)
Your affiliation: SFU Graduate Student

Hello,
Your suggestion was passed on to me as the liaison librarian for Communication, because you are affiliated with the program. I am going to acquire a copy for the Bennett library and will place hold on it for you. Would you prefer to pick it up at the Belzberg Library, at SFU Vancouver? Let me know.

I’ve also copied Karen Martoz, head of the Belzberg Library, in case she wants to add a copy to that collection.
cheers,
Sylvia
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Sylvia Roberts
Liaison Librarian for Communication and Contemporary Arts

Q: Please upgrade power outlets in the group study rooms. Room 2113 only has two outlets which can quite inconvenient if more than two people are using laptops and require them to be charged.

A: Hi,

Thanks.
Todd
Associate University Librarian

Q: Might you order this book:

Trust Theory: A Socio-Cognitive and Computational Model
Christiano Castelfranchi, Rino Falcone
ISBN: 978-0-470-02875-9

A: Thank you for your book request. I’ve placed an order “on demand” for you, so you will be notified when the title is ready for pick-up. Please note that this title is not yet published (anticipated publication date: late May 2010), so it will be several months before you receive it.

Best wishes,
Yolanda
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Yolanda Koscielski, MLIS
Liaison Librarian for Criminology, Engineering, and Computing Science

Author: Stephen Cook, Phuong Nguyen
Title: Logical Foundations of Proof Complexity
Publisher & where & when published: Cambridge University Press, January 2010
Where you saw this item mentioned: http://www.amazon.ca/Logical-Foundations-Proof-Complexity-Stephen/dp/052151729X/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269877737&sr=8-5
Acquire for which library?: Bennett (Burnaby Mountain)
Your affiliation: SFU Graduate Student

Hi,

Q.
Author: Stephen Macedo
Title: Diversity and Distrust: Civic Education in a Multicultural Democracy
Publisher & where & when published: Harvard University Press; New edition (Mar 31 2003)
Where you saw this item mentioned: My professor suggested it for a paper!
Acquire for which library?: Bennett (Burnaby Mountain)

A.
Thanks very much for this suggestion for purchase. A copy of “Diversity and Distrust: Civic Education in a Multicultural Democracy” is now on order for the SFU Bennett Library. You should receive an email once this book’s arrived and is available to be checked out.

Thanks, Hope
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Hope Power
Liaison Librarian for Education and Political Science
Simon Fraser University Library

Q. The latch for the door of the disabilities stall on the 4th floor Woman’s washroom (#409) is broken. Could you please fix it? That door cannot close at all. Thanks.

A. Thank you for reporting this. We will put in a work order to Facilities Services to have it fixed.

Todd M. Mundle
Associate University Librarian
Special Projects, Budget and Personnel

Q: The computer area on the 6th floor should be reserve for students who require the need of a computer for school purposes. I understand the fact that a good studying place should be quiet that’s why I stood in line for 30 minutes as suppose to the 3rd floor. While I was standing in line I realized that a few students were studying without even logging on to the computer and others were just watching videos on youtube. Those people were aware of my presence and they were inconsiderate. A few students were waiting in line as well and they left after 10-15 minutes. I am awfully disgusted of the fact that I was waiting in line just for the sole purpose of people who are stealing the use of resource for the sake purpose of their selfishness. Could you put up signs saying that the area are priorities for people who require the use of a computer for school purposes. It would be very helpful. Or maybe librarian could patrol around and telling those people to log off.

A: Hi,

Todd M. Mundle
Associate University Librarian

Q: Hi,

I was just wondering if you would consider purchasing copies of popular TV shows available on DVD such as ‘Lost’ or ‘Criminal Minds’. These would be a great addition to the media collection and I’m sure they would be borrowed often, considering their popularity in the Burnaby Public Library System. It would also be useful for students studying current trends in media and society. Thanks for your consideration!

A: Hi,
Thank you for your query regarding the Library’s media collection.

Thanks again for taking the time to submit a question and please don’t hesitate to contact me if you any further questions about the Library’s media collection or about the Media Resource Centre.
Best regards,
Don Taylor
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Donald Taylor
Assistant Head, Access Services

Q: Please place notices at the entrance of the SFU Surrey Library asking people to keep the noise down, use their cell phone outside the library and use the group rooms if they need to have a loud and roudy group discussion. The noise levels are unacceptable. People are very inconsiderate of other users and without clear and obvious notices placed at the entrance as well as throughout the library, telling one or two people to be quiet will not solve this problem. This is a lovely well laid out library, but the noise levels are way too high. A simple action like placing notices around, I think will at least help in beginning to address this issue.

A: Hi,

Regards,
Natalie
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Natalie Gick
Campus Librarian
Fraser Valley Real Estate Board Academic Library

Q: Hi there,

I wanted to mention two things. I’m sending this message to both Bennett and Belzberg.

I have a class at the Downtown campus for the first time this semester so I’ve been using the Belzberg library a little bit. I needed some help with printing and photocopying and was made to feel very unwelcome and basically like I was bothering them. I was surprised because the folks who work the help desk at Bennett are always fantastic, friendly and helpful.

Secondly, why not post instructions near the printers on how to print on both sides of the paper? I know it doesn’t save us money, everybody knows that, but many of us would just like to be able to save paper anyway! When I print off lecture notes or journal articles and other stuff that doesn’t have to be handed in to be graded I don’t need to print only on one side. If there were instructions posted on how to do this, lots of environmentally-conscious people like me would probably do it. I already do it all the time now because I figured out how to but I didn’t for a long time because I didn’t know how. The notice you would put up could read something like:
“WANNA SAVE PAPER?” (in big letters) “We unfortunately can’t offer a discount for printing on both sides of the
sheet but if you’d like to reduce your environmental footprint anyway, and you don’t actually NEED to print on just one side of the paper, here’s how you print on both sides.” then just put the instructions for both mac and pc. EASY!

It would save paper and, theoretically, save the library money! It seems to me to be a win-win. It’s weird on such a supposedly environmentally conscious campus that this isn’t already happening.

A: Hi,

regards,
Karen Marotz
Head, Belzberg Library