A new web site developed by Queen’s Library, following consultation with faculty, students, and administrators, aims to improve access to course readings for Queen’s students:

Creating Course Reading Lists

The Creating Course Reading Lists site provides new recommendations for faculty to keep in mind when preparing course readings for Winter 2010 and beyond.  It is designed to assist faculty in leveraging the opportunities created by the increasing availability of electronic information resources, in combination with current and emerging online learning environments.  The site includes guidelines and advice relating to online access and fair dealing, as well as the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.

Recognizing that electronic versions of course readings are not always available and that print readings remain the recommended option in some circumstances, the site also provides links to services which support print-based course materials, including the AMS Publishing & Copy Centre and the Campus Bookstore.  The Library will continue to offer reserve reading services for print materials where appropriate, but encourages instructors to utilize electronic resources whenever possible.

The new site is the culmination of extensive review and consultation undertaken by the Library’s Course Readings Working Group, whose membership included Maggie Berg (English Department and Educational Development Faculty Associate at the Centre for Teaching and Learning), Wendy Huot (Web Development Librarian), Brad Murphy (ITServices), Sharon Musgrave (Stauffer Library Access Services), Brenda Reed (Education Library), Mary Claire Vandenburg (Stauffer Library Learning & Research Services), and Martha Whitehead (Associate University Librarian).  The group would also like to thank Michele Chittenden (Adaptive Technology Centre) and Jeanette Parsons (Queen’s Accessibility Coordinator) for accessibility advice, and Diane Kelly (Queen’s Legal Counsel) and Laura Murray (English Department and Chair of the Copyright Committee of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences) for advice on copyright and fair dealing. The group’s report is available on the Creating Course Reading Lists web site.

At the request of a number of sustainability groups at Queen’s, Stauffer Library has launched a pilot project to assess the impact of changing the settings on library printers to double-sided printing. Print jobs sent to any Stauffer Library printer station will now print double-sided by default.

Please note that page counts from some software programs (e.g., Internet Explorer) are sometimes inaccurate, occasionally resulting in a 10-cent overcharge on some print jobs. We regret that the Library is unable to provide printing refunds.

If you require single-sided printouts and/or wish to avoid any overcharge, you must change the printer settings manually:

1. Select Preferences or Properties from the program’s print job screen;
2. Click the Finishing tab;
3. Un-check the box to Print on Both Sides.

The pilot period has been extended through the end of the Fall term. In the meantime, we continue to welcome feedback from Library users. Please use the comment section here to share your opinion.

RefWorks has implemented a feature which allows you to attach journal article PDFs to citations in your personal RefWorks database.  This will allow you to keep a copy of the full-text article with your citation.  Select a reference in your database.  Next to Attachments, click on Browse.  Select a file to attach. Select Open. Click on Add attachment.

Help the Library select a new catalogue interface! Three vendors will be presenting their systems to Library staff and users next week. Members of the Queen’s community are cordially invited to attend the demos and provide their feedback to the Library’s Next Generation Catalogue Working Group.

Monday, November 19, 9:30-11:30
AquaBrowser
Stauffer Library Room 121 (Seminar Room)

Tuesday, November 27, 9:30-11:30
OCLC WorldCat Local
Watson Hall Room 517

Thursday, November 29, 9:30-11:30
Bibliocommons
Stauffer Library Room 121 (Seminar Room)

Please RSVP to Val Knapp (knappv@queensu.ca) if you plan to attend any of the sessions.

Do you have a Windows Vista or XP laptop and you want to print to the Library printers? Get the latest version of the QULprint software!

QULprint is a small utility, written by Queen’s Library Systems staff, which installs the appropriate printer drivers on your laptop for the printers in each campus library. Once you have installed the drivers, you can use QULprint each time you are working in a campus library to log in and send jobs to that library’s printers.

NOTE – To use QULprint successfully, you must:

• Have a Queen’s NetID and Password.
• Have the most recent version of QULprint (released 9 October 2007).

Full instructions for installing and using QULprint are found in the Library’s webguide Printing from Personal Laptops to Printers at Queen’s Library.

Queen’s University students, faculty and staff can borrow books from other Canadian university libraries when visiting or living in another Canadian city. This is possible since the Queen’s University Library participates in the “Canadian University Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement”. If you would like more information about this option consult the following web pages and/or speak with Access Services staff or Reference Desk staff.

• Canadian University Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement
• Borrowing Books From Other University Libraries