http://blog.uwinnipeg.ca/infoshare/ en-us 2008-11-18T14:44:40-06:00 http://blog.uwinnipeg.ca/infoshare/archives/003653.html After a number of delays, the RSS feeds for new books are now available. The records are extracted from the Innopac Oracle database using a script initially developed by Grant Gelinas-Brown during his time at the U. of W. Library.... Library catalogue Dobson-J 2008-11-18T14:44:40-06:00 http://blog.uwinnipeg.ca/infoshare/archives/002753.html The University of Winnipeg's RefWorks account will be crossing the 49th parallel on April 30, 2007. With concerns raised about the privacy of Canadian data stored in the United States, we have decided to transition our installation of RefWorks to... Refworks Sherri 2007-04-16T14:27:39-06:00 http://blog.uwinnipeg.ca/infoshare/archives/002724.html With budget challenges and hygienic concerns, the Library will no longer be replacing headphones on workstations in the Library and Learning Commons. We welcome and encourage you to bring your own headphones (all workstations use a 1/8" standard plug) to... Equipment mhohner 2007-03-30T14:05:31-06:00 http://blog.uwinnipeg.ca/infoshare/archives/002498.html I just had a conversation with Ruth Dahl about students who are having difficulty accessing Learn. While this info may be news to me and not to you, I thought I'd share the reminder, anyway. You may have students coming... Learn Sherri 2007-01-03T12:04:04-06:00 http://blog.uwinnipeg.ca/infoshare/archives/002491.html I've had the "why doesn't RefWorks include URLs in my APA bibliography" question a few times now. I've included my answer to a student, below, in case you've also been asked the same. I think this is why it's happening,... Refworks Sherri 2006-12-14T12:32:55-06:00 http://blog.uwinnipeg.ca/infoshare/archives/002446.html Our Reference Meeting on Friday November 17, 2006 will be a training session. Christine will conduct a SciFinder Scholar session from 2:30-3:00. A RefWorks session will be held from 3-3:30. Please have a RefWorks account setup for the session. Please... Mikolash-J 2006-11-10T14:34:22-06:00 http://blog.uwinnipeg.ca/infoshare/archives/002436.html Library and Information Studies Research Dobson-J 2006-11-03T10:09:28-06:00 http://blog.uwinnipeg.ca/infoshare/archives/002435.html I've just created an entry in the library's database listings for Documents in Information Science (DoIS), at http://wotan.liu.edu/dois/ , a database of articles and conference proceedings on Library and Information Science. As of November 2006, the database indexes about 13,963... Databases Dobson-J 2006-11-02T10:22:04-06:00 http://blog.uwinnipeg.ca/infoshare/archives/002431.html Mikolash-J 2006-11-01T08:33:10-06:00 http://blog.uwinnipeg.ca/infoshare/archives/002407.html Agenda New Staff Minutes from Last Meeting Issues Arising from the Minutes - moving phone and computer Macs in the Learning Commons Shelving Reference Books Training... Mikolash-J 2006-10-24T16:12:47-06:00 http://blog.uwinnipeg.ca/infoshare/archives/002362.html Each year I get two or three patrons who want to print out documents created in Micorsoft "Works" (not Word). The file extension is WPS. Works is a cheapo document creation program that pops up every now and then. Up... Tech Tip of the Week Allen-T 2006-10-04T09:15:59-06:00 http://blog.uwinnipeg.ca/infoshare/archives/002349.html As staff may be aware, there is a new academic department this year, Aboriginal Governance. I have quickly thrown together a list of more-or-less relevant databases at http://cybrary.uwinnipeg.ca/find/db/subjects/subjectDisplay.cfm?subject=Aboriginal+Governance, but I hope that someone with more knowledge of the subject can... Dobson-J 2006-09-25T16:01:52-06:00 http://blog.uwinnipeg.ca/infoshare/archives/002325.html I have just added to the cybrary database listings two free online collections of annual reports and similar publications from Canadian corporations: SEDAR, for reports published since 1997, and the Canadian Corporate Reports Project, which was designed to complement the... Databases Dobson-J 2006-09-15T09:39:24-06:00 http://blog.uwinnipeg.ca/infoshare/archives/002313.html Present : Karen Hunt, CJ deJong, Jackie Mikolash, Anne Cramb, Janet Johnson, John Dobson, Tim Allen, Pat Russell, Michael Hohner... Mikolash-J 2006-09-10T20:53:46-06:00 http://blog.uwinnipeg.ca/infoshare/archives/002295.html I have temporarily moved the dbwiz search box to the bottom of the getting started page and the bottom of the subject browse list. When we've had a chance to review the database profiles we can move it back up.... hunt-k 2006-08-30T16:15:14-06:00