"CONTENTdm"@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1217001"@en . "University Publications"@en . "2015-07-14"@en . "2005"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/ubclsb/items/1.0213489/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " ubc library bulletin\n%^K^>;K^W?^w:^-:\nno. 217 october/november 1989\nMore OPAC's and Improved Response Time on the Way\nBalancing the growing demand for online access by Library staff and users with our present\nresources (both computer and monetary) is an ongoing challenge. The more computer terminals\nwe install, the greater the demand. Although the Library has installed more network ports and\nacquired more terminals, this equipment cannot be fully utilized because, as everyone knows, the\nsystem response time has recently deteriorated during peak periods to an unacceptable level.\nWhy has the response time deteriorated? It is the result of an increased load on the system.\nBecause the number of terminals has not increased and the system has not been changed\nsignificantly, it appears that the system is simply being used more heavily. The OPAC's and\nother users from non-library locations do not put much of an additional load on the system and we\nhave a protective mechanism in place to prevent outsiders from signing on if the response time\nreaches 3 seconds (this limit can be changed). During peak periods, the total number of users is\nabout 90 to 110 of whom usually only 10 to 15 are faculty and student users, mainly using\nUBCLIB. Response time begins to degrade seriously when the number reaches beyond 90 users.\nSo what is Systems doing to correct this situation? The Library plans to spend about $200,000 to\nexpand our computer facilities. Systems is currently working with the University Computing\nServices (UCS\u00E2\u0080\u0094the new name for the Computing Centre) to determine the best way to spend this\nmoney. New developments in software and hardware give the Library more choices for expansion\nand more risks, creating an increasingly difficult and complex decision-making process. Options\ninclude expanding the Library's B3M 4381 computer, moving to the new 'super micro' class of\ncomputer which appears to offer much better price performance than the traditional 'mainframe'\ncomputer, or a combination of both. A decision should be made within the next few months. The\nexpansion will definitely improve response time.\nBecause the OPAC's do not contribute significantly to the load on the system, the Library\nAdministration has decided to go ahead with some new OPAC installations. Eleven new\nterminals are or will shortly be installed in the following locations: Main concourse (3),\nWoodward (2), Sedgewick (2), Curric Lab (1), Music (1), Social Work (1) and Crane (1). One or two\nstaff terminals may also be considered to deal with critical situations. Any additional terminal\ninstallations must wait until the response time improves.\nThe growth pattern for library online systems is\nexpected to continue. More staff terminals, OPAC's,\nmicrocomputer workstations, databases (e.g. index/\nabstract files) as well as a new circulation system and\nother services (e.g. printing facilities) will require more\ncomputing capacity and careful planning to avoid\nrecurring response time problems. Setting priorities for\nnew online developments and matching our computer\nequipment requirements with expanding use and\navailable capital funding should speed up the juggling\nact for Systems for some time to come.\nubc library bulletin page 2\nUniversity Librarian Update\nIt appears that we will not have a new University Librarian under this year's\nChristmas tree. The position has been re-advertised. The deadline for applications is January 31st, 1990. The Search Committee will meet shortly after that\ndate to review the applications and interview a short list of candidates.\nNew Task Group Formed\nThe Task Group on Commercially Produced Bibliographic Databases has been formed to work\nwith the Systems Division in developing software for searching outside bibliographic databases\nthrough LDMS. The immediate focus of the Task Group is to provide access to the ERIC and\nPsycINFO databases but consideration is also being given to the requirements of other databases\nwhich the Library may acquire.\nA report to the Library Administration should be available by the end of November. Once the\ncomputer databases are loaded and the software is in place, ERIC and PsycINFO will be made\navailable for reference staff to test the software and make suggestions for changes and\nenhancements. This test period will also allow Systems to assess the impact on system response\ntime.\nMembers of the Task Group are Jane Price (Chair), Lynn Copeland, Pia Christensen, Howard\nHurt, Mary Mitchell, Keith Bunnell and Julie Stevens.\nILL Workstation to be Developed at UBC\nThe B.C. Ministry of Advanced Education and Job training has given $400,000 to SFU, UVic and\nUBC for Ubrary development for the new provincial university/college programme. UBC will use\npart of its two-year grant to hire a librarian to develop, design, and implement an interlibrary\nloan workstation in collaboration with the Systems Division at UBC, and purchase computer\nequipment for the project.\nThe purpose of the ILL workstation is to be able to manage a number of ILL tasks with one\nsoftware programme. Tasks include transferring data from a database into an ILL workform to\ncreate an in-process file of requests or entering data not found in a database, changing the status\nof the request as each step of the ILL process is completed (at the borrowing and lending site),\ncommunicating the request to the appropriate site by the most suitable method, providing a\ncirculation record for material that needs to be returned, and transferring data from several\ndirectory files (borrower, borrowing library, lending library, etc.) to workforms and reports. In\naddition, the programme will have the capability to generate invoices, a variety of reports, and\nmanagement information statistics.\nThe software will be tested by interlibrary loan staff at UBC and the university/colleges\u00E2\u0080\u0094Cariboo,\nOkanagan and, possibly, Malaspina College.\nubc library bulletin page 3\nOmnicat Committee Winds Up\nThe Public Services Task Group on Online Database Development held two meetings at the\nbeginning of October to receive staff reactions to their Draft Report. The Task Group, chaired by\nJulie Stevens and Jocelyn Godolphin, was to make recommendations for development of the\nLibrary's online public databases.\nThe meetings were well-attended, and the feedback received was generally very positive. The\nmost frequent question was: \"When will it all happen?\"\nThe major hesitation was with the recommendation that a comprehensive keyword index should\nbe the default index and first point of entry to the catalogue. Many staff were concerned about\nthe potentially large search results, were unsure about whether keyword searching in a large\nlibrary catalogue could be efficient, and feared that users with specific searches would not be well-\nserved. Staff also had questions about how recommendations would be implemented and urged\nconsultation with staff members directly affected by particular aspects of the report, when\nsystems work proceeds.\nThe Task Group has made changes to the recommendations to reflect these concerns and the\nFinal Report will be distributed soon. The Group hopes the Report can be distributed more widely\nto encourage input from many other Library users.\nThe next step is the establishment of a \"small, broadly representative\" committee on public\nservice computing needs (the first recommendation of the Task Group). This is in the hands of the\nLibrary Administration and is expected to proceed quickly.\nMending the Wounded\nOver the past month Suzanne Dodson, Acting Preservation Librarian, organized two preservation\nsessions for Library staff. On October 19th and 20th, seventeen people from fifteen different\nbranches and divisions attended a two-day workshop on conservation of Ubrary collections. Given\nby Dorothy Lawson, a Fine-Arts Conservator, the workshop covered such topics as the proper\nenvironments for preservation, handling of materials, reversible mending techniques and\nmending in general. Participants learned how to do simple mends using Japanese paper and\nreversible glues, encapsulate fragile items, flatten materials which have become badly folded or\ncrushed and remove most types of adhesive tapes. Staff attending this workshop can now repair\ntears, replace missing pieces of a page and re-attach covers which have come loose. Suzanne is\nordering suppUes they will need to do these simple repairs.\nRandy Silverman, Preservation Librarian from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah gave\ntwo presentations on October 30th and 31st. In the first, he spoke to Library staff about the\nbenefits of an in-house mending programme and a non-destructive book return, which is being\nbuilt in his Ubrary. The second presentation, given as part of the Library School's Colloquium\nSeries, dealt with the preservation of the book as an object. He traced the history of the book,\nfrom cuneiform tablets to the present day. He showed slides of different types of bindings over the\nages, from hand-lettered manuscripts to mass production. He pleaded the case for the\npreservation of original cloth bindings, many of which are whacked off and replaced by the\nutilitarian but basically ugly Ubrary bindings we presently use.\nubc library bulletin page 4\n0 SYSTEMS UPDATE\nCOMBO Search Removed from UBCLIB and LDMS\nAfter receiving several reports of unintentional truncated searches (e.g. s?) which can tie up a terminal for over half an hour, Systems decided to remove COMBO from both UBCLIB and LDMS.\nThe problems occurred because COMBO automatically truncates all terms, including single letters. This type of search not only ties up the terminal, it also puts a heavy load on the system,\nsomething we cannot afford with our current response time problems.\nUser Interface Project\nDuring the past month, Jocelyn Godolphin and Brenda Peterson have been working with Systems\nto test the new user interface. The interface was set up on a microcomputer in the Humanities\nand Social Sciences Division to allow them to evaluate the software. They have identified a number of bugs and recommended several design changes before the prototype is put into use on reference desks. Lynn Copeland has also given the Branch Heads a demonstration of the interface.\nDisplay lip\nThe online system currently displays records in the order in which they were input. As a\nresult, new materials are always at the end of a display. If you have a fairly large hit list and\nknow that the item you are searching for is new, it is possible to display the records in reverse\norder. For example:\n19 items selected as RESULT 1\nDo you want to see them? 19-1\nTo see the same records in the medium format type 19-1 again.\nHans Burndorfer, Head of the Music Library and Fine Arts Library, will be away from December 1 to June 30,1990. He is taking five months study leave and two months vacation and long\nservice leave. During his study leave he will be working in Fine Arts and Music Ubraries in\nVienna. While he is away, Kirsten Walsh will be Acting Head of the Music Library and Nick\nOmelusik, Head of Catalogue Products Division, will be Acting Head of the Fine Arts Library.\nMargaret Friesen, Head of the Interlibrary Loans Division, has been named as Acting Head of\nthe Science Division until a permanent head is appointed. Helen Chow has been hired on a\ntemporary basis to work half-time as a Science Reference Librarian. Rita Penco, who worked in\nthe Science Division for a year, is the new Ubrarian at the Pulp and Paper Centre on campus.\nThe Curriculum Laboratory has two new librarians. Lee Ann Bryant, who previously worked\nubc library bulletin page 5\npart-time in Information & Orientation and Government PubUcations, has replaced Len Mclver\nas Reference Librarian. Lee Ann, who has worked in the Library since 1977, has a BA. in Sociology, MA. in Asian Studies and M.L.S.\u00E2\u0080\u0094all from the University of California (Berkeley).\nCynthia Swoveland, a new graduate from UBCs School of Library, Archival and Information\nStudies, has been hired as a temporary Reference Librarian in the Curriculum Lab. She is replacing Jo-Anne Naslund who is on leave of absence until June 30,1990.\nDeborah Wilson has been appointed for the position of half-time Reference Librarian in MacMillan Library. Deborah, who also works as a half-time Reference Librarian in the Computer Science Reading Room, obtained her B.Sc. (Zoology) from the University of Alberta and her M.L.S.\nfrom UBC.\nThe new librarian in Information & Orientation is Sheryl Adam. Sheryl, who is replacing Lee\nAnn Bryant, has a B A (Linguistics) and M.L.S. from UBC. She has been working in the Britannia Public/School Library and the UBC Centre for Continuing Education, where she designed and\ntaught a course on Ubrary research. Sheryl starts her new job on November 27th.\nCongratulations to singers Terry Horner (Catalogue Records Division) and Josie Martens\n(Administration Office). The chamber choir they sing in, Phoenix, took first place in the Contemporary Music Class of the European Broadcasting Union's International Choral Competition,\nas weU as receiving the BBC Silver Rose Bowl for best over-all choir. Phoenix will soon have an\nalbum available on CBC Classics.\ni,i;vM,i,:w;v!v\nSTAFF MOVES\n::?:::::*:':^**:Y:-#:-:':-:^:*?:o>\n3\nHelios\nKatherine Edgar, Monitor, Sedgewick\nNaomi Miller, Monitor, Sedgewick\nWilliam McMunnigle, Monitor, Sedgewick\nGerald Mooney, Monitor, Sedgewick\nWendy Ancell, LAI, Circ\nJohn Grant, LAI, Sedgewick\nDavid Jones, LAI, Circ\nEnid Turner, Monitor, Sedgewick\nChristine Dibbens, LAI, Cat Products\nJeanette Ashley, LAI (Sessional), Spec Coll\nJim Harris, LAI (Sessional), Law\nAnne Jew, LAI, Woodward\nJoanna Nagel, LAI (Sessional), Woodward\nShirley Sretavan, LAI (Sessional), Curric Lab\nMauro Vescera, LAI, Circ\nJulie Svec, LA2, Acquisitions\nCarla Arsenault, LA2, Acquisitions\nHelena Bartl, LA2 Qialf-time), Collections\nThomas Jones, LAI, Sedgewick\nJanice Beley, LA2, Acquisitions\nMatthew Anderson, LAI, Sedgewick\nPromotions\nLiam McConachy, Clk2, Acquisitions\nStephanie Swan, LA2, Woodward\nRon Turner, User Services Coordinator, Systems\nTami McElroy, LA2, Curric Lab\nTransfers\nLeslie Evans, LAI, HSSD\nThomas Lalonde, LAI, Circ\nSarojini Chandra, LA2, Serials\nLorraine Lucas, LA2, Collections\nJim Swartz, LA3, MacMillan\nColin Chisolm, LA2, Circ\nGoodbyes\nKathleen White, LAI, Curric Lab\nSonja Loukko, LAI, Circ\nJohn Burgess, LA2, Serials\nKristine Neely, LAI, Circ\nTannis McKillop, LAI, Circ\nSheila Hill, LA2, Collections\nGary Carre, LAI, Sedgewick\nRoger Quick, LAI, Sedgewick\nBruce Broomhall, LA2, Acquisitions\nLisa Turner, LAI, Woodward\nMeghan Popham, LAI, Cat Products\nubc library bulletin page 6\nMORENEWS \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 MORENEWS \u00E2\u0099\u00A6 MORENEWS \u00E2\u0099\u00A6 MORENEWS \u00E2\u0099\u00A6 MORENEWS\n ;\t\nCurrent Contents Online in Woodward and Hamber\nThe printed version of Current Contents: Life Sciences is a popular tool for current awareness which gives\nup-to-date coverage of over 1200 journals. Recent issues of Current Contents (minus the news items and\ncomments featured at the beginning of the printed version) are now on diskette in Woodward and Hamber\nLibraries using the compact disk version of Medline on their public access microcomputers. Current\nContents can be searched by author, title keyword, journal title, address, discipline and language. Search\nresults can be linked using Boolean logic and a dictionary is available to help formulate search terms.\nCopying citations on paper or diskette is easy. For cited reference searching and searching older issues,\nhowever, librarians will still need to search the Scisearch database.\nSprucing up the Sequoia\nAs part of the Lights of Learning Project to light up the central part of the campus for the 75th\nanniversary next year, the Sequoia tree adjacent to the Main Library will be redecorated with\nnew Christmas lights. To focus attention on the Project, the tree will be lit up in an official ceremony on Monday, November 27th, 6:30 - 7:15pm. Organizers of the event have invited President\nStrangway to turn on the switch, the University Singers from the Dept. of Music to sing Christmas carols, Food Services to sell hot chocolate, and the media to publicize the event\nArt in the Library\nIf you have walked by the large display case on the fifth floor of the Main Library recently you may have\nnoticed some new exhibits. No, not your run-of-the-mill library exhibits. Art From October to May, a series\nof works by senior sculpture students in the Department of Fine Arts will be exhibited in the case. The\nworks are on display for about three weeks and deal with themes of the library, literature and the information explosion.\nDiscount Dining\nIf you enjoy eating out you should consider buying the new Solid Gold Coupon Book. It contains 50% off and\n2 for 1 coupons for many of Vancouver's finer restaurants, along with discounts for hotels, theatre, nightclubs, sports events and many other special attractions and events. The book costs $39. If you're interested,\nplease contact Margaret Friesen in the Interlibrary Loan Division (228-4430). Proceeds go to the British\nColumbia Library Association.\nReturneth the Book or Else...\nHere's something to brandish next time an irate user complains about our fine policy:\nFor him that stealeth a Book from this Library, let it change to a Serpent in his hand and rend him. Let him\nbe struck with Palsy, and all his Members be blasted, Let him languish in Pain, crying aloud for Mercy and\nlet there be no surcease to his Agony till he sink to Dissolution. Let Book-worms gnaw his Entrails in token of\nthe Worm that dieth not, and when at last he goeth to his final Punishment let the Flames of Hell Consume\nhim for ever and aye.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094from Th\u00C2\u00BB Old Librarians Almanack (1773)\nThanks to Dilma Huggett in the Law Library for sending this to the Bulletin.\nUBC Fine Arts Gallery\nAn exhibition of paintings by Mary Scott is showing in the UBC Fine Arts Gallery from November 22nd to\nDecember 22nd. Scott's work has been featured in two important exhibitions at the National Gallery in\nOttawa. This is her first one-person exhibition in Vancouver. The Gallery is in the basement of the north\nwing of Main Library. It's open Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 5pm, and Saturday, noon to 5pm.\nubc library bulletin editor: brenda peterson (2076)\ndesign: merry meredith"@en . 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