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BCIT Library Services during COVID 19

August 31, 2020 by Sandra Matsuba Leave a Comment

*Library physical buildings are closed. All virtual services are available and limited materials pick up are listed below.

 

BURNABY CAMPUS – STUDENTS

Materials/Equipment Pick Up

Students please submit requests to libcirc@bcit.ca or place hold online through the Library catalogue (bcit.ca/library)

Email requests should include the following information:

  • Title and call# of the material
  • Your name & A#

You will be notified of pick up date/time when your request is ready.

Due dates for materials including reserves will be 2 weeks.

ID Cards

Students please submit picture online via the online form. Cards will be made for students that require a card for onsite lab/tool access.

https://www.bcit.ca/card/get-one-online/

When your ID card is ready you will be notified of a scheduled date/time for pick up.

MediaWorks Services

Virtual Services are available, please contact BCIT_MEDIAWORKS@bcit.ca.  You can check out the list of services at https://www.bcit.ca/library/mediaworks/

Students will be able to submit 3D and other printing projects virtually.  You will be notified of date/time when the item is ready for pick up in the library lobby.

BMC CAMPUS – STUDENTS

Material/Equipment Pick UP

Students please submit requests to libcirc@bcit.ca or place hold online through the Library catalogue (bcit.ca/library)

Email requests should include the following information:

  • Title and call# of the material
  • Your name & A#

You will be notified of pick up date/time when your request is ready.

Due dates for materials including reserves will be 2 weeks.

ATC CAMPUS – STUDENTS

Material Pick Up

Students please submit requests to libcirc@bcit.ca or place hold online through the Library catalogue (bcit.ca/library)

Email requests should include the following information:

  • Title and call# of the material
  • Your name & A#

You will be notified of pick up date/time when your request is ready.

Due dates for materials including reserves will be 2 weeks

ALL CAMPUSES – INSTRUCTORS

Materials Pick Up for Instructors

Instructors please first contact your liaison librarian for recommendations on eResources that support your programs. If you don’t know the name of the liaison librarian for your program you can refer to this link https://libguides.bcit.ca/?b=s

In the event that librarians are unable to find eResources for your program you can make arrangements to pick up materials from the Library.

Please submit your requests to libcirc@bcit.ca .

Requests should include the following information:

  • Liaison librarian’s name
  • Title and call# of the materials to pick up
  • Your name & A#

You will be notified of pickup date/time when the item is ready.

  • Burnaby – pick up in the library lobby
  • ATC – materials will be signed out to you and delivered to the instructor’s mailbox
  • BMC – materials will be signed out to you and delivered to your office

Due dates will be for 4 weeks unless otherwise noted.

For more information on services available during COVID 19 visit our Covid LibGuide.

Filed Under: ATC, Faculty, Services, Staff, Students

The Library is open to assist you and our physical space is closed.

August 21, 2020 by Sandra Matsuba 2 Comments

Due to health and safety concerns for our students, faculty and staff BCIT made the difficult and important decision to extend the closure of our physical libraries for the fall term.

*All of our services are available online. For more info, please visit: https://www.bcit.ca/library/

*We are in the mist of establishing procedures for material pick up.

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AskAway service is closed from Aug 15th – Sept 7th, 2020

August 17, 2020 by Sandra Matsuba Leave a Comment

During the AskAway intersession break, please direct any research assistance requests to :

  • Directly contacting librarians: https://www.bcit.ca/library/library-contacts/librarians/
  • Sending an email to ebrarian@bcit.ca

AskAway reopens on Tuesday, September 8th.

Hours of Service – September 8 to December 11

Monday-Thursday: 9am – 9pm
Friday: 9am – 5pm
Saturday: 11am – 5pm
Sunday: 10am – 9pm

BCIT Librarians will be available on AskAway from 10am-4pm Monday-Friday.
https://www.bcit.ca/library/library-contacts/ask-a-librarian/

July 2020 AskAway Stats for BCIT Reference Service

  • 60 BCIT Students were helped in July
  • We spent 12 hours online helping BCIT Students
  • Average session time per patron was 12 minutes

A little reminder of how AskAway helps our BCIT Students

Excerpts from July 2020 AskAway sessions:

7/8/2020 (4 minute session w a BCIT Graduate Student)

BCIT Student: Hello, I need to submit my applied research project paper for the M.Sc Ecological Restoration Program. How do I do this?

BCIT Librarian: Hi – Let me see what I can find out for you – are you submitting to your instructor or the Institutional Repository?

BCIT Student: The Institutional Repository.

BCIT Librarian: Just one moment –

BCIT Student: Thank you.

BCIT Librarian: Here’s the FAQ on how to submit – https://circuit.bcit.ca/repository/help.

BCIT Student: Perfect.

BCIT Librarian: Did you have any other questions?

BCIT Student: No, thank you!

BCIT Librarian:  Have a great day and thank you for using AskAway. We hope you visit us again.

7/28/2020 8:44pm, Tuesday night 15 minutes before closing. (12 minute session w a BCIT Student)

BCIT Student: Hi, my name is ‘Jane’ and I am looking for information regarding the issue of recent recyclable garbage that are actually not recycled, ending up in the landfills in developing countries. I would like to see how much recyclable garbage is actually ending up in landfills in both the local landfills and in ones in developing countries. Could you help?

Librarian: Hello and welcome to AskAway!

We’re closing in 15 minutes. Hopefully, we can help you get started on your question but you may need to return during open hours https://askaway.org/hours or send your question by email to your home library: ebrarian@bcit.ca

BCIT Student: Oh, sorry.. yes it is almost 9pm. I will be back tomorrow. Thank you!

Librarian:  Recent recyclable garbage that are actually not recycled, ending up in the landfills in developing countries

Oh wait a second…

Are you looking for resources? Sends theglobeandmail.com article

BCIT Student: Thank you! But I cannot use resources from media.

Librarian: This would be the most likely to find, since very recent issue.  ok let’s see

BCIT Student: I need it from either credible scholarly or professional sources…

Librarian: journals.sagepub.com/article  then Link to https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ articles/

BCIT Student: Wow so fast!!

Thank you so much!

OMG! Thank you! I will take a look at them. I will be back if I need more. Thank you so much and have a great evening!

Librarian: Just a moment 🙂 still looking. Link to openknowledge.worldbank.org .pdf

BCIT Student: How can you do that so fast!?

Librarian: 🙂 One more. Link to pdf

Please come back if more questions. hope these help to get you started

BCIT Student: It is great! You are absolutely a huge help! Thank you!

Librarian: Thank you for using AskAway. We hope you visit us again.

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