Piping Up

Author: Suzanne Babin (Producer) and Bert Deveaux (Director)
Title: Poor No More
Publisher & where & when published: Filmmakers for Social Justice, Toronto, Ontario, 2010
Where you saw this item mentioned: ttp://www.poornomore.ca/
Acquire for which library?: Bennett (Burnaby Mountain)
Your affiliation: SFU Faculty

A. Hi,

Sincerely
Moninder Bubber
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Liaison areas:
Sociology/Anthropology, First Nations Student Centre (FNSC)
Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies (GSWS)
Resource and Environmental Management (REM)
Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (SICI)

Author: Hason, Rick and Richard Mendius
Title: Buddha’s Brain
Acquire for which library?: Bennett (Burnaby Mountain)
Your affiliation: SFU Undergraduate Student

A. Hello,

Regards,
Leslie
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Leslie Rimmer
Collections Librarian
Liaison Librarian for Biological Sciences

Author: edited by Bence Nanay
Title: Perceiving the World
Publisher & where & when published: ISBN13: 978-0-19-538619-6 Sept 2010
Where you saw this item mentioned: came up during discussion about philosophy and perception
Acquire for which library?: Bennett (Burnaby Mountain)
Your affiliation: SFU Undergraduate Student

A. Hello,

Regards,
Leslie
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Leslie Rimmer
Collections Librarian
Liaison Librarian for Biological Sciences

Q. Chuck is called University Librarian instead of University. Just an editorial problem on your webpage.

A. Thank you for bringing this typo to our attention. It is now corrected.

Library Management

Q. Dear Library Admin,

I wanted to know if a technician could please install java on the library laptops? I can’t do my math homework without it and I need to bring a laptop to the math workshop if I seek assistance with the online assignment components (LON-CAPA). This is the response I received:

Sorry, the GeoGebra Applet could not be started. Please make sure that Java 1.4.2 (or later) is installed and active in your browser (Click here to install Java now)

I would really appreciate a response, and possible actions that might be taken.

Thank you.

A. Hi,

Regards,
–
Daryl Clarke
Technician, Library Systems

Q. I am hoping that you may be able to help me locate a book entitled “So, You Wanted to Fly, Eh?” (Memoirs of a Glider Pilot).

Author: H. N. (Andy) Andrews
ISBN: 0-9695-827-5-7
Published by: Institute for Studies in Teacher Education, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. U5A 1S6

I believe it was published around 1997.

My cousin in England has recently seen a copy of this book in the Museum of Army Flying in Middle Wallop, England. He would very much like to purchase a copy of the book as his father was a Glider Pilot in WWII in the same Squadron as the author.

I would be very grateful for any assistance you can give me.

A. Hi,
I have referred your inquiry to Dr. Peter Grimmett, Director of the Institute at SFU that published this work. He is familiar with this publication, and will contact you to make sure you get a copy.

Regards,
Gwen Bird
Associate University Librarian, Collections

Q. I have a book suggestion, even though I’m not a staff member, student, faculty member, alumna, nor alumnus. I am a local author [i.e. from Surrey, BC].

My new book is a collection of my blog entries, which are about my attempts to bring shorts and hosiery into the mainstream heterosexual man’s wardrobe. I want to get this fashion trend going, because I want to test my abilities and my knowledge of trends. I want to do that, because I want to find a more gentler way of bringing about social change, as opposed to using debates, protests, legislation, and scolding.

The Blog Entries Of Hosiery Advocate [Edition 1.1]
ISBN 978-0-557-70081-3

http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/the-blog-entries-of-hosiery-advocate-%5bedition-11%5d/12996136

I don’t know who would read it, but it is a very unusual endeavor, and I would be willing to speak at an event to promote my book.
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Sincerely, and with thanks.

A. Hi,

Sincerely,
Moninder Bubber
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Liaison areas:
Sociology/Anthropology, First Nations Student Centre (FNSC)
Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies (GSWS)
Resource and Environmental Management (REM)
Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (SICI)

Q. Dear Librarians at Simon Fraser University,

I am a graduate student at the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). I’m conducting research this semester on Amiri Baraka’s production of satiric/ political commentary pre- and post-911. Your library houses one of the books that I need. Unfortunately, I am not able to receive the book through InterLibrary Loan.

If it is possible for you to scan or photocopy the 19 page book “Bushwhacked!,” then I would appreciate receiving a copy of the text. Please let me know if there would be costs or fees associated with this process. I really need this text before I can begin writing.

Thank you for your kind assistance.

A. Hi,
Yes, the SFU Library can scan Bushwhacked! by Amiri Baraka and send it to you as a pdf attachment. The pdf is for your personal research use only and cannot be forwarded on to other individuals. The item is in Special Collections at SFU Library and thus we were unable to send it out on interlibrary loan.

Best regards,
Don Taylor
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Donald Taylor
Assistant Head, Access Services

Author: Douglas Stalker
Title: Grue!: The New Riddle of Induction
Acquire for which library?: Bennett (Burnaby Mountain)
Your affiliation: SFU Staff

Hi,

Regards,
Leslie
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Leslie Rimmer
Collections Librarian
Liaison Librarian for Biological Sciences

Author: Cleves, Gould, Gutierrez, Marchenko
Title: An introduction to survival analysis using Stata, 3rd edition
Publisher & where & when published: Stata Press, 2010
Where you saw this item mentioned: The Stata News
Acquire for which library?: Bennett (Burnaby Mountain)
Your affiliation: SFU Graduate Student

Hi,

Regards,
Leslie
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Collections Librarian
Liaison Librarian for Biological Sciences