Piping Up

Author: E O Wilson
Title: Letters to a young scientist
Publisher & where & when published: Liveright/W. W. Norton US, UK
Where you saw this item mentioned: Nature journal – book review
Your affiliation: SFU Undergraduate Student

A. Thank you for your title suggestion. I would be happy to order in this book for you. A hold will be placed on this item for you once it comes in.

Thanks again,
Ania
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Ania Dymarz
Life Sciences Librarian
Simon Fraser University Library

Author: Michael Bonnett
Title: Retrieving Nature Education for a Post-Humanist Age
Where you saw this item mentioned: Articles
Your affiliation: SFU Graduate Student

A. Thanks for the suggestion.

Patty
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Patty Gallilee
Acting AUL Collections & Scholarly Communication

Author: McWhorter
Title: WHAT LANGUAGE IS (And What It Isn’t And What It Could Be)
Where you saw this item mentioned: TED
Your affiliation: SFU Faculty

A. I have ordered a copy of “What Language Is: And What It Isn’t and What It Could Be” for SFU Library, Surrey. You will receive an email when it arrives.

Best regards,
Andrea
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Andrea Cameron
Assistant Head, Fraser Library (Surrey)
Liaison Librarian for Business and Criminology

Author: Ari Kelman
Title: A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling over the Memory of Sand Creek
Publisher & where & when published: Harvard University Press, 2013
Where you saw this item mentioned: Conversation with colleague.
Your affiliation: SFU Faculty

A. Thank you for your request. You may be pleased to know that the library already holds an electronic copy of this title.

Best,
Megan
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Megan L. Crouch
Health Sciences Librarian
Collections Librarian

Author: Patrick Tyler
Title: Fortress Israel
Where you saw this item mentioned: Chapters

A. Thank you for your book suggestion. I am pleased to inform you that I have ordered your requested title for the library. You will receive an email notification when it is available to borrow.

All the best,
Jenna
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Jenna Walsh, BA, MLIS
Indigenous Initiatives Librarian & Liaison for Archaeology, First Nations Studies and Political Science

Author: David Gross, Marc Henneaux, Alexander Sevrin
Title: The Theory of the Quantum World: Proceedings of the 25th Solvay Conference on Physics
Publisher & where & when published: World Scientific Press 2013
Where you saw this item mentioned: publisher’s promotional email [SFU library has the previous Solvay Conference books]
Your affiliation: SFU Faculty

A. Thank you for your book request. I have ordered a copy of “The Theory of the Quantum World” for the library. You will be notified when it arrives.

Thanks,
Jenna
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Jenna Thomson B.Sc., M.L.I.S.
Liaison Librarian for Chemistry, Earth Science, Mathematics, & Physics

Author: Roger Ariew
Title: Modern Philosophy: An Anthology of Primary Sources, 2nd edition,
Publisher & where & when published: Hackett Publishing
Your affiliation: SFU Undergraduate Student

A. Thank you for your request. You will be pleased to know that the SFU Library already has a copy of this title in our collection.

Best,
Megan
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Megan L. Crouch
Health Sciences Librarian
Collections Librarian

Q. Can we have a DropBox app installed on PCs or Macs at the library? It is just more convenient to work in the app rather than download and re-upload files every time. Thanks!

A. I raised your question with computing services, who have ultimate authority over what appears on our lab PCs.

Neal Baldwin
Manager, Computer Operations

Q. Hi
I am a grad student in applied science and i am looking for this book : “digital processing of synthetic aperture radar: algorithms and implementation” by Cumming, Ian G. It would be highly appreciated if you could buy this book in your closest convenience.

A. Thank you for your book request. I have ordered a copy of this book on demand for you, so you will be notified by email when it is ready for pick-up.

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

Author: Stephen E. Nadeau
Title: The Neural Architecture of Grammar
Publisher & where & when published: MIT Press, 2012
Where you saw this item mentioned: a pamphlet sent out by MIT Press
Your affiliation: SFU Faculty

A. Thank you for your suggestion. I am happy to report that the book you requested “The Neural Architecture of Grammar” by Stephen E. Nadeau is now available in electronic version from the Library’s catalogue http://troy.lib.sfu.ca/record=b6203752~S1a .
Cheers,
Ivana
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Ivana Niseteo, MA, MLIS
Liaison Librarian: French, French Cohort in Arts, Humanities and Linguistics