FYI, I turned off patron expiration reminders for macirc and mmcirc Sierra logins since we’re within 30 days of all of the seniors expiring and it was obnoxious to click through the reminder for everyone. I’ll turn them back on once graduation is over.
Category Archives: Student Employees – Armstrong
Wet or damaged books
Lots of returns coming in, but please look at each book and make sure it is not damaged or wet. If we catch it, we can often repair it.
Baby, it’s cold outside!
As temperatures begin to fall, please remember these tips about cold weather and electronics!
Bad barcode placement
Reminder to Confirm Items are Checked In ~~
This is an important reminder to be sure that you look at the check-in computer screen to confirm that each item you check in, is marked as such in Millennium. Don’t be fooled; the audio beep upon check-in does not mean that a book or DVD has been successfully checked in. You have to see it on the screen to be certain.
The reason we are bringing this up is because we have had a recent rash of calls and emails from patrons who have stated their book or DVD is overdue, when in fact, the item was returned days ago. This wastes a lot of time for all involved. Our simple resolution: please make it a habit to check the screen for all check-in items.
Regarding Mac retina chargers, I have placed a sign for each basket of retina display chargers in the drawers, so if you place a retina chargers in its specified container, they will be properly separated. Please wind up stray cords whenever you see them so we can stay ahead of the “spaghetti syndrome.”
Thank you all. Everyone is doing a great job, but I wanted to mention this adjustment. We appreciate your attention to these issues.
Preserve those books
Please take eight minutes and twenty five seconds of your time to watch this video about book preservation. If you don’t chuckle at least once, you may be some kind of soulless zombie mummy. (Which may be triply redundant.)
Importance of Wrapping Mac Charger Cords
This is a reminder to our veteran circ student employee staff members, and it will be news to our incoming circ desk students.
We need to wrap all of the Mac chargers with a loop at the top so there is no tension on the smaller cord. They are expensive to replace, and wrapping them without the loop will wear them down quickly, and then they are off to the electronic recycle bin. There is a poster on top of the Mac computer case which shows the way it is done.
If you have down time during your shifts, you can check the charger bins to ensure they are wrapped correctly.
Thank you, and welcome back to the circ desk! We hope your summers were full of adventure!
Microsoft Office
GO/getoffice has been updated. Anyone who is associated with the college who wants to put Office on their personally owned computer will need to follow the procedure outlined there. This includes faculty, staff, and students. Any user of a college owned machine should contact the Helpdesk to have Office installed.
Microsoft Office
As of today (July 1st), we no longer have a license to circulate Microsoft Office, so I have pulled the discs and deleted the record in Millennium. The Helpdesk is still figuring out the plan, but go/getoffice should still be the location for whatever the solution ends up being.