Piping Up

Author: Nils de Bubandt, Martijin Van Beek
Title: Varieties of Secularism in Asia: Anthropological Explorations of Religion, Politics and the Spiritual
Where you saw this item mentioned: Koboo eBook Store
Select a pick-up location: Bennett Library (SFU Burnaby)
Your affiliation: SFU Undergraduate Student

A. Thank you for your suggestion. The book “Varieties of Secularism in Asia: Anthropological Explorations of Religion, Politics and the Spiritual” is now on order ‘on demand’ for you, so you will be notified via email once it becomes available for pick-up at Bennett Library.
Cheers,
Ivana
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Ivana Niseteo, MA, MLIS
Collections Librarian
Liaison Librarian for Linguistics, French, Humanities, French Cohort in Arts

Q. Hi there,

I am grateful that I get email notices reminding me that my books are almost due. I’m a busy student, with lots of things on my mind, and it’s very helpful. In turn, I expect them and almost start completely depending onthem.

My complaint is that the notices themselves are very difficult to read. And being a hurry, again as a student, I OFTEN miss an item listed in the email. Next thing you know I owe 7 dollars!

I am very aware that these email notifications are mostly a courtesy on the library’s part–but seeing as it is already in place and automated, wouldn’t it be great if it was easy to read? There must be a way.

Thanks for reading!

A. Hi

Scott
Library Loans

Q. Hi, Could you please clarify if the 5th and 6th floor computer workstations are quiet study areas or if light discussion is allowed. It seems this ambiguity makes it difficult to enforce quite study, especially on the 6th floor. This has been an ongoing problem for quite sometime and signs indicating quiet study would help CONSIDERABLY.

A. The computer areas on the 5th and 6th floors are quiet but not silent areas. It would be fair to say that light but not prolonged discussion is allowed. Of course, this is ambiguous and will be interpreted in various ways. The NW corner of the 6th floor is Silent, as is the Silent Study Room on the 5th floor. No discussion is allowed in these areas and peer pressure has been quite successful. “Silent” is unambiguous.

Rather than more Quiet signage, it may be that we need to explore creating a Silent computer area, something we don’t currently have.

In the meantime, if you are not comfortable asking people carrying on prolonged conversations to move elsewhere or to desist, please feel free to ask a staff member at a 3rd floor service point to do so. If you don’t want to leave your workstation, send a request via the Feedback link. We monitor these regularly, although we can’t promise an instant response.

Thanks for raising this concern and we will factor it in to our regular reviews of space/facilities in the Library.

Best,
Elaine
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Elaine Fairey
Associate University Librarian, Learning & Research Services

Q. Suggested purchase: Specialized Society: The Plight of the Individual in an Age of Individualism
Fathali M. Moghaddam
Praeger Publishers (February 1997)
ISBN-10: 0275956709
ISBN-13: 978-0275956707

A. The Library already owns a copy of the book you are requesting. It is currently on 4 hour reserves at Belzberg but could be off of that at the end of the semester and you’d be able to request it to be sent up to the Bennett Library.

Best regards,
Associate University Librarian
Collections and Scholarly Communication

Author: James E. Edmonds, Robin Maxwell-Hyslop, Great Britain. Committee of Imperial Defence. Historical Section, Archibald Frank Becke
Title: Military operations: France and Belgium, 1917 vol 1
Publisher & where & when published: Imperial War Museum, Dept. of Printed Books, 1948
Where you saw this item mentioned: recommended to me by a professor
Select a pick-up location: Bennett Library (SFU Burnaby)

A.
Thank you for your recent purchase suggestion. I’ve requested a copy of this book be ordered for the Bennett Library if available. Considering the publication date, it may be difficult to find a copy of this book available for purchase. If we are able to obtain a copy of the book, you will be notified by email when it has arrived.

Rebecca Dowson
Liaison Librarian: English and History
W.A.C. Bennett Library, Simon Fraser University