UST Libraries announces with excitement to our interlibrary loan system users that you may now use your UST username and password to log into your ILLiad account (to request materials from other libraries). You may have been anticipating this for a while, but after a lot of work and planning this project has now gone live.

This change was made to eliminate the frustration that many of you have felt in trying to keep track of your ILLiad password. Our users love ILLiad, and this change should make your interlibrary loan experience even better.

If you’ve used ILLiad before – login with your normal UST username and password, your borrowing history and all your preferences should be there. We have worked hard to merge everyone’s old accounts with their current UST account information.

If you’ve never used ILLiad – login with your normal UST username and password. You’ll then need to set a couple preferences (same options that were available before this switch).

Improved features:
* For our users this means one less username and password that they have to remember.

* For our staff this change will remove a lot of unnecessary account/password management tasks for our staff.
For example, when users are no longer affiliated with UST they will automatically not be able to use ILL services also, and conversely, as soon as they are affiliated with UST they have ILL access – with no intervention needed by our staff.

* All UST libraries – including the Law Library – now have one process for registering and using ILL.

This change should cause no problem in accessing your account, but if you do experience difficulty logging in, or if you cannot access your existing account and requests, please contact the Interlibrary Loan Department for assistance. ILLiad users at the Schoenecker Law Library should contact Stefanie Hollmichel, (651) 962-4900; everyone else should contact JoAnn Toussaint, (651) 962-5409, or Faith Bonitz, (651) 962-5405.

The campus community is invited to review the information resource cancellations that are being considered by the UST Libraries.

The process of selecting information resources (electronic, books and journal subscriptions) for the scholarly needs of the UST community is based on collaboration between library staff and library users. We consider a number of factors when deciding purchases and cancellations: available budget, costs of resources, use of materials and the allocation of resources to specific academic areas, and opportunities for alternative titles. We continually assess the subscriptions to both print and electronic content to ensure that UST Libraries provides access to the best and most useful materials.

The libraries are grateful for the continued support of the university as we develop collections for the community. There is no question that library resources still are being used, but increasingly those materials that are available electronically are the most popular. We take our role as stewards of the university’s resources very seriously. In making collection-development decisions for the coming year, we have:

• Evaluated the use of all journals (regardless of format).
• Consulted with faculty in each discipline regarding their need for and use of journals.
• Determined the full-text availability of journals currently subscribed to in print.
• Minimized duplication between print and electronic resources.
• Minimized duplication among the UST libraries.

Identified new resources that are appropriate and valuable for the St. Thomas community.
For the record, UST Libraries provides access to 39,251 electronic journals and has 1,544 active print journal subscriptions; in addition, we provide access to 232 electronic databases, which have seen a 31 percent increase in use in the past year.

We invite the campus community to review and comment on the recommendations for cancellations. We propose canceling 26 titles for which there will be no exact counterpart available on campus. Please take a moment to examine the list to ensure that we have identified the least-used resources for the campus. (The word “embargo” on this list means a delay before there is access.)

Contact Dani Roach, (651) 962-5408, by Thursday, Sept. 17, with comments about titles on these lists or with suggestions for resources that the libraries should consider for purchase.
This article was published in Bulletin Today, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009 and is filed under University News.

The UST Libraries are pleased to announce to all our ILLiad (Interlibrary Loan) Users that you will soon be able to use your UST Username and password to log into your ILLiad account. We hope to implement this change before the start of the Fall Semester. This change is being made to eliminate the frustration that many of you have felt in trying to keep track of your ILLiad password. Since we began using ILLiad in 2005, the Interlibrary Loan Department has received many calls and emails from people needing help with their passwords. Our users love ILLiad, and this change should make your experience even better.
Many of you already use your UST Username for ILLiad, so for you, it will only mean a change from your current ILLiad password to your UST password. We hope this simplifies your life!
The change should cause no problem in accessing your account. If you do experience difficulty in logging in, or if you cannot access your existing account and requests, please contact the Interlibrary Loan Department for assistance. ILLiad users at the Schoenecker Law Library can contact Stefanie Hollmichel at 651-962-4900. Everyone else can contact JoAnn Toussaint at 651-962-5409 or Faith Bonitz at 651-962-5405.

“Read all about it” in Bulletin Today’s article and be sure to consider participating next year!

IRT Client Services is now offering a walk-up service counter in the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library Center for on-site computing support and assistance.
Tech Desktoo (TDtoo) is located in the lower-level cyber lounge of the library and offers an opportunity for face-to-face interaction with a knowledgeable IRT student employee. Like the “Scholars” counter on the Minneapolis campus, TDtoo is a walk-up help desk for the St. Paul campus.
In addition to a walk-up support presence, TDtoo features access to the UST wireless and wired networks, literature for assistance with topics ranging from general PC maintenance to phishing questions, and installing software available for checkout from the library.
All UST faculty, staff and students are welcome to take advantage of TDtoo for assistance with computing questions and configuration issues, even on personally owned laptops.
Students employees are available to assist with ensuring laptops have the latest virus protection and all operating system patches. They’ll even be able to suggest professional help, if specific problems cannot be resolved at the desk.

IRT Client Services is now offering a walk-up service counter in the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library Center for on-site computing support and assistance.
Tech Desktoo (TDtoo) is located in the lower-level cyber lounge of the library and offers an opportunity for face-to-face interaction with a knowledgeable IRT student employee. Like the “Scholars” counter on the Minneapolis campus, TDtoo is a walk-up help desk for the St. Paul campus.
In addition to a walk-up support presence, TDtoo features access to the UST wireless and wired networks, literature for assistance with topics ranging from general PC maintenance to phishing questions, and installing software available for checkout from the library.
All UST faculty, staff and students are welcome to take advantage of TDtoo for assistance with computing questions and configuration issues, even on personally owned laptops.
Students employees are available to assist with ensuring laptops have the latest virus protection and all operating system patches. They’ll even be able to suggest professional help, if specific problems cannot be resolved at the desk.

Here is the new look of the CLICnet catalog. First you will see a simple search box for keyword searching, and then a variety of new options for refining results by subject, format, location, publication date, tag, etc.
The idea of this “discovery layer” on the existing catalog is to simplify searching while providing new functionality to explore the consortium’s resources. Since the updated CLICnet has a new URL, please remember to change any links you have in course pages before you teach your next class.
We’ll be incorporating the new catalog version in links from the Library Web site through the summer. Don’t worry, the “classic” catalog with its existing search options will still be available at http://clicnet.clic.edu.