Archives for June 2022

AskAway service will be open Saturday, July 2nd and Sunday, July 3rd.

Dates and Hours of Service (July 4 – August 12)
Monday-Thursday | 9am – 9pm
Friday | 9am – 5pm
Saturday | 11am – 5pm
Sunday | 10am – 9pm

BCIT Librarians will be Online
Monday | 9am-10am, 4pm-5pm, 5pm-6pm
Tuesday | 1pm-2pm
Wednesday | 5pm-6pm

AskAway will be closed on the following Stat Holidays
Friday, July 1, 2022
Monday, Aug 01, 2022

AskAway Service Closed: Saturday, Aug 13, 2022 – Sunday, September 18, 2022

Great 18-min AskAway Session with a BCIT Instructor  (May 24^th, 2022)
BCIT Instructor: Hi – I’m looking for an ISO standard, ISO XXXXX:2018 in particular. Does the BCIT library have this?
BCIT Librarian: Welcome to Ask Away. Let me see if we have access. Is this for a class, or for your research?
BCIT Instructor: for a class and research. I am an instructor
BCIT Librarian: Good to know!   If you go to the library home page there is link to our e-Resource Collection, It takes you to our A-Z listing of electronic resources/databases/articles/standards https://libguides.bcit.ca/az.php
If you click the All Database Types dropdown list… you can select Codes & Standards
we have several code sources. CSA Online usually has any of the ISO equivalents.
Are you familiar with CSA?
BCIT Instructor: I’m not. I will look at this database
BCIT Librarian: Let me try, just click the link.. then enter the iso number
Are you looking for: Standard… – Guidelines (Adopted ISO XXXXX:2018, second edition, 2018-02)
BCIT Instructor: yes I am. Yes, I have it. Thanks so much!!
BCIT Librarian: If you want, there is a ‘copy this transcript’ button in the chat to save the session text with instructions
BCIT Instructor: yes, i did. Thanks, this is very helpful.
BCIT Librarian: You’re very welcome! Thank you for using AskAway.
We hope you visit us again. Okay. Have a great evening.

BCIT AskAway Chat with A Librarian Service

Our Students Can Get Help Online with:

• research
• citations
• using the library
• finding materials
• journal databases
• troubleshooting access to library materials
• other library topics

Link to BCIT AskAway Chat: https://www.bcit.ca/library/library-contacts/ask-a-librarian/

About AskAway
AskAway is a chat reference service for BC’s post-secondary institutions.
AskAway sessions are in real-time, and are staffed by Librarians and Library Technicians from post-secondary institutions in B.C.