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| 11th October 2008 umyl026 | Coming home - From: University of Ottawa Hi Doreen Thanks for the message. I I'm looking forward to being back with John. It has him along trip. See you soon. Emma |
| 11th October 2008 Doreen | Wow - From: University of Ottawa Gosh Emma you have certainly had a great adventure, visiting so many places of interest, but there is no place like home! Safe Journey home. Love Doreen. |
| 9th October 2008 umyl026 | photo - From: Day trip to Niagara of course you can copy it- glad you like it |
| 7th October 2008 Doreen | Niagara - From: Day trip to Niagara Glad you had a fantastic day. The Falls look awesome. Good photo of you Emma, looking very well. |
| 7th October 2008 Richard | Your picture - From: Day trip to Niagara You're looking good with aforementioned raincoat and rainbow accessory - do we have permission to copy it, please?. |
| 7th October 2008 John | Niagara - From: Day trip to Niagara Glad to see you had a great time. You look suitably happy and wet in your new sensible coat (it looks like mine - should I check the wardrobe?). |
| 4th October 2008 umyl026 | Niagara Peninsula - From: Chinatown Toronto I think we are being driven over land to the Niagara Peninsula for a hike along a section of the Bruce Trail. We we meant to end up at Niagara-on- the-lake for dinner. I just bought a new waterproof coat today so I'm all set. |
| 4th October 2008 Doreen | So many places - From: Chinatown Toronto You are certainly having an adventure with all these places and restuarants . Received your card from Vancouver today.4/10 . Thank you. John has said that you are going to the Niagra Falls tomorrow, take your raincoat, I hear you get very wet. How will you get there over land or across the Lake. Enjoy the rest of your trip, when you do arrive home, you will not know what time of day it is or even what day! Take care Love Doreen. |
| 4th October 2008 umyl026 | browsing - From: University of British Columbia - Irving K Barber Learning Centre It is true that this system removes browsing but from the stock in the deep store only 100 items were selected on a daily basis. The regularly circulating stock was in 2 more traditional library reading rooms that you could browse. They made the decision that providing additional reader space and study area variety was more important than the value of browsing lower use material. When space is restricted that argument makes sense especially if your face to face users are mainly UG. |
| 4th October 2008 umyl026 | OK - From: Microsoft Just that the people sent to escort us did not know their way around so they kept getting lost and the result was were taken from one building lobby to another. Security levels meant we could not get through doors to where we needed to be and we were left hanging around for literally hours. We arrived at 9.30am and by 1pm we'd had 30 mins of 'contact' time with some one telling us something interesting. It was shambolic. If it had been organised properly we could have been in and out in 90mins but we wasted most of the day just hanging around in lobbys. |
| 4th October 2008 Catrin | Tell me! - From: Microsoft Why did you nearly walk out? Or is that covered by the confidentiality agreement? |
| 4th October 2008 Richard Baker | Rules & Regulations - From: Seattle Public Library I can't see anything wrong with these rules - they could be adapted for use at home and displayed on our front door. |
| 3rd October 2008 Owen Stephens | - From: Seattle Public Library A real shame that you weren't able to meet those running the service. Those rules look pretty strict - no moving the furniture (which is exactly the opposite of what the type of 'social learning' space we are developing in UK HE is meant to encourage) |
| 3rd October 2008 Owen Stephens | - From: University of British Columbia - Irving K Barber Learning Centre There has been some discussion on a mailing list (code4lib) in the last week about the 'browsing the shelves' experience, and the issues around recreating it in a virtual environment. One of the correspondents suggested that one of the strengths of browsing the shelves is that you can pick up an item and make a judgement on it there and then - not possible if you just browse a catalogue record (although possibly with enhanced information in/linked to the catalogue this might be done better). I guess that this type of system really removes the possibility of shelf browsing completely, so if there is something key about that experience it needs working out if/how you can offer a similar experience. |
| 2nd October 2008 Doreen | Seattle - From: Just arrived in Seattle Your room look very spacious and comfortable and the weather from your window looks good. It has been nice here but chilly. Take care and don't over do it. Love Doreen |
| 1st October 2008 umyl026 | hmmmm - From: Chambar restaurant Recommended by UBC staff - not my choice and very expensive as it turns out. |
| 1st October 2008 umyl026 | Automated retrieval - From: University of British Columbia - Irving K Barber Learning Centre You build a large empty container and line the whole thing out with warehouse racks, You put your stock in large metal baskets that fill up the racks. As user searches the catalogue and finds the item they want is located in A R system so they click to say they would like to read it and head for the pick up point which is the circulation desk. As they walk through the building the robot scoots up the aisle and raises the arm to unhook the basket containing the chosen book. The whole basket is retrieved and the robot speeds up the aisle to deliver the basket less than 2 minutes after the user 'clicked' The member of staff collects item from basket and issue it at the counter. |
| 1st October 2008 umyl026 | Inside - From: Vancouver Public Library Well I am off to see Seattle Public library in a few minutes so I'll let you knowwhether I agree. I agree that the inside of the Vancouver Public library was laid out for a traditional service model and is looking a bit tired. I think they know that too and were planning an entrance floor refurb soon. |
| 1st October 2008 Owen Stephens | - From: Chambar restaurant You go all the way to Canada and eat in a Belgian restaurant? I have to admit that when we were there we didn't find any decent eating places (we were not impressed by the places our guidebook recommended). I think there are meant to be good Vietnamese places. I know Vancouver is a bit of a cultural melting pot, but I hadn't heard about the large Belgian population! |
| 1st October 2008 Owen Stephens | Automated Retrieval System - From: University of British Columbia - Irving K Barber Learning Centre How did this work? I've always felt it would be great to have one, but our users still do seem to like browsing the shelves... |
| 1st October 2008 Owen Stephens | - From: Vancouver Public Library As Damyanti said, we were unable to resist visiting the library when we were in Vancouver - it is amazing (although I think I prefer Seattle on the inside...) |
| 30th September 2008 Catrin | Wow! - From: Vancouver Public Library VPL (unfortunate initials) is an amazing looking building! I would be interested to know what it was that made some potential users afraid to come in. No really, I would be interested. I'm not being sarcastic! You seem to be having a great time, and although I am rampantly jealous of you being in Canada, I only *slightly* hate you. |
| 30th September 2008 Jeremy | Fantastic building - From: Vancouver Public Library Yes, agree with Damyanti, cool building. Can we have one too please? And when you equip the gym, can you make sure it has a shower attached? |
| 29th September 2008 Sophia | not remembering - From: Sightseeing in Vancouver Lovely to see you out and about. Knowing what your memory is like I'm amazed that you even remember that you've been to Canada before. Love yoy have a great trip |
| 29th September 2008 Damyanti | Vancouver - From: Sightseeing in Vancouver Sad to admit, but when Owen and I were in Vancouver we checked out the public library - pretty cool building. |
| 28th September 2008 Elainey | Nice room - From: Just arrived Glad you got there ok and you were awake enough to take some photo's :) Your hotel room looks nice and comfy, have a good time and don't work too hard! |
| 28th September 2008 umyl026 | Doughnut - From: Just arrived Someone else mentioned Tim Horton this morning at breakfast. I thought he was another librarian! |
| 28th September 2008 Doreen Bull | Canada - From: Just arrived You must be exhausted, hopefully you will soon get over the jet lag. Bands playing? John must have organised them to greet you on your arrival in your hotel. Love Doreen. |
| 28th September 2008 Catrin | Doughnut - From: Just arrived Yeah, who wants to sleep anyway? Sleep is for losers. (Nice hotel room BTW). Anyway, could you please bring me back a 'plain old-fashioned' doughnut from Tim Horton's? Also, I'd give the library tours a miss if I were you; go off to Grouse Mountain instead and see the bears! |
| 27th September 2008 John | Your adventure begins - From: At home Have a great adventure learning how the Canadians dust their library shelves! John x |
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