BONUS+ … 4 new Universities join

The new revamped will go live in 2 stages:

Stage 1:

Victoria University; Deakin University and Ballarat University will ‘go live’ on Wednesday 26th Sept. 2007

Stage 2:

Melbourne University will ‘go live’ on Wednesday 3rd Oct. 2007

From October 2007 BONUS+ will link 6 university library monograph collections. The libraries participating in BONUS+ include the four mentioned above, along with the University of Technology, Sydney and the University of Newcastle.

New Auchmuty Foyer – tell us what you think

We’d like your feedback on the foyer renovations in the Auchmuty Library.

• Write your message on the electronic whiteboard in the New Foyer on Level 3 of the Auchmuty Library

or

• Fill in a “Tell us what you think about the New Foyer” form and place it in the Foyer Feedback box in the Foyer on Level 3 or at the AIC Information Desk

or

• Add a comment to this blog post.

Library fine payments on 27 and 28 September

The cashier will be closed for a system upgrade on Thursday 27 and Friday 28 September 2007.  It will re-open on Tuesday 2 October, after the Monday public holiday.

Library Fines can be paid by EFTPOS (debit card or credit card) at any of the University’s libraries.

New EFTPOS Autoloader in AIC

Good news!!
The EFTPOS autoloader in the Auchmuty Information Common is now up and running!!  Clients can now put money onto student cards, library cards or print cards by directly transferring credit from their financial institution using their account card (it even seems to be accepting credit accounts).

SuperSearch is now available

SuperSearch is now working Tuesday, 18.9.2007

Our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.

SuperSearch currently unavailable

Our system supplier has been contacted and is working to rectify the problem.

Focus on…Using Your Laptop in the Library

The University Network is available for laptop users via data outlets or wireless connection in the Auchmuty and Huxley Libraries, Student Hubs at the Callaghan and Ourimbah campuses, and the City Precinct (CHIC).

Fixed cables are being installed in the Laptop areas in the Auchmuty Foyer and in the AIC which will mean that lending of laptop cables can eventually be phased out.

Connecting your laptop to the wired or wireless network does not enable printing to the network printers or access to applications loaded on the lab PCs or MACs – it provides INTERNET ACCESS ONLY.

For more information see http://www.newcastle.edu.au/unit/it/labs/laptop.html
or
http://www.newcastle.edu.au/unit/it/wireless/index.html

Taylor & Francis (Informaworld) down 14/9/07

There has been a major failure at Informaworld’s main server in the UK.  It is currently being worked on and hopefully will be back on line before too long.