Check, and be sure

Congratulations to those of you who have successfully completed the Library Skills course. You can have your assignments back to take home and cherish. If you are chugging merrily along with the course, keep up with it! You still have time, OK?

Remember, though, that it is your responsibility to check and make sure you have no corrections or mistakes on those assignments you have turned in. How? Just ask the person at the Reference Desk to check the Library Skills folder for you.

We usually go over your assignments the day you turn them in, so check after finishing one or the day after. You don't want to be cranking out assignments only to find out that you made mistakes on the last 10, do you?

Memo Cordova

When books go wild

Books sometimes take extended leave and go missing for a couple of hours (remember The Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics?) but eventually they find their way back to the shelves. In order to avoid the confusion of misplaced items, please keep in mind the following: if and when you are done using a book to complete your Library Skills assignments, remember to leave the book on the nearest table, or on one of our lovely red book carts, or by the Reference Desk. We will shelve the book for you.

So, be kind to your fellow students and don’t take assignment books away from their natural nesting grounds. Leave the book on a table or red cart somewhere in the first floor so we can put it back where it belongs. It will save time and energy for everyone concerned.

Thanks!

Memo Cordova

October 14th, 2005

Another round of "Due Dates" is looming, but these dates are merely benchmarks for gauging how many assignments you should have completed by now. This is important for two reasons. First, it will give you plenty of time to finish the rest of the assignments.

Second, you will learn to use the library's resources at a measured and unhurried pace. So, keep October 14th in mind, for that's when you should have completed assignments 8 through 13. If you are somewhere in between, you are doing all right.

As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me at memocordova [at] boisestate [dot] edu, or stop by my office in room 107D, first floor of Albertsons Library.

Cheers,

Memo Cordova

Need help?

It’s great to see most of you are completing the assignments in a copasetic manner. For those of you who run into snags with a question or two, I want to remind you there’s always someone at the reference desk to help you out the following hours:

Mon – Thu: 7:30 am to 10:00 pm (library closes at 11:00 pm)
Fridays: 7:30 am to 6:00 pm
Saturdays: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Sundays: 10:00 am to 10:00 pm (library closes at 11:00pm)

We are here to help you answer those pesky Univ 106 questions, but with your scholarly research as well. Hopefully, the knowledge you gain from Univ 106 will strengthen your understanding of how Albertsons Library brings order to the massive world of information resources; and if you need help, there are experienced library folk who will help you guide the way.

Memo Cordova