Data Service Studio Spring Tutorials, Classes, Reservations

The Data Service Studio on the sixth floor of Bobst Library provides expert staff and access to software, statistical computing, geographical information systems analysis, data collection resources, and data management services all in support quantitative research at NYU. The ITS/Libraries facility features a 9-seat work and instruction space where students and faculty can receive consultation and resources in statistical analysis and geographic information systems (GIS), and gain access to a variety of software for statistical, qualitative, and GIS analysis (SPSS, SAS, STATA, R, ESRI GIS products, Matlab, and others).

Consultation is available from 12-6 on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays and 12-8 on Wednesdays and Thursdays by appointment through the online request form, via email (data.service@nyu.edu), telephone (212-998-3434), or on a walk-in basis; additionally, the studio’s workstations are available for walk-in use whenever the library stacks are open. For more detailed information please visit the Data Service Studio website – http://library.nyu.edu/dataservice/ – and stay tuned for upcoming events, tutorials, clinics and demos.

The Data Service Studio Spring tutorials are posted and open for registration. For more information on the tutorials being offered please refer to the Library Instruction Classes.

Spring Library Classes

Happy New Year! Please visit http://webapps.library.nyu.edu/classes to register for Bobst Library and Data Service Studio spring tours, hands-on classes and tutorial offerings.

Activities include:

* Library Tours
* EndNote and RefWorks Workshops
* Finding Books and Articles
* Google Expert

Check back in the coming weeks when we’ll start to offer Drop-In Sessions on a variety of topics as well. Good luck! We look forward to helping you with your spring research needs.

Bobst Library Spring Hours

Bobst Library will be closed Monday, January 18, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Spring hours begin Tuesday, January 19.

The spring schedule is available at: http://library.nyu.edu/about/hours/spring.html

Single Sign-on Now Available

We’re announcing a change for NYU users signing in to BobCat, NYUHome and Blackboard.

Beginning on Monday, January 11th, NYU users signing into either BobCat, NYUHome or Blackboard with their NYU NetID will automatically be signed-in to the other two systems. For example, if you sign-in into NYU Home, you will automatically be signed-in to Blackboard and can access your personal account and e-shelf in BobCat without having to re-authenticate. Conversely, if you sign-in to your BobCat account, you’ll automatically be signed-in to NYU Home and Blackboard. This new service will the need to sign-in repeatedly as you move between the academic systems you use.

For example, if NYU users log into NYU Home, they will automatically be logged into Blackboard and can access their personal account and e-shelf in BobCat without having to re-authenticate. Conversely, if they log into BobCat, they will automatically be signed-in to NYU Home and Blackboard.

This initiative was undertaken in response to requests for fewer authentication screens as people moved between NYU systems and to provide better integration of these academic systems. This new single sign-on was developed by the Scholars Portal Team, which is an NYU ITS/ Libraries initiative. The Scholars Portal Team is continuing to develop seamless access to other NYU tools and systems. We’ll let you know as this happens.
If you have questions about the new sign-on, please send us a comment to: http://library.nyu.edu/scholars/comments.html

All BobCat Features Now Available

Sunday January 10: BobCat http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu and BobCatStandard http://bobcatstandard.library.nyu.edu/F are now available. All features, including item availability, personal sign-on, access to your e-shelf, status information and access to your personal account for renewals, holds, etc. are also available.

We apologize for any inconvenience the scheduled maintenance has caused.

BobCat Now Available for Searching

Saturday January 9: BobCat http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu is now available for searching, but item availability, personal sign-on, access to your e-shelf, status information and access to your personal account for renewals, holds, etc. is not yet available.

BobCatStandard is not yet available.

We expect all functionality to be restored soon.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

BobCat – Planned Service Outage Jan. 7 – 8, 2010

We will be performing planned maintenance on BobCat beginning at noon on January 7, 2010. We expect work to be completed by Saturday morning, January 9.

This maintenance necessitates downtime for BobCat and BobCatStandard as follows:

Thursday, 7 January, beginning at noon

• BobCat basic search functionality will continue to be available, this includes the “Books and More”, “Articles and Databases” and “Course Reserves” tabs
• All other BobCat functions will be unavailable, including: item status information, individual sign-on, personal e-shelf, online renewal, etc.
• BobCatStandard will be unavailable

Friday, 8 January – All BobCat and BobCatStandard services and functions will be unavailable

Saturday, 9 January – Service restored

Library services such as interlibrary loan, searching databases, locating e-journals and Ask-a-Librarian will not be affected. Here are a few recommendations to help locate materials during this service outage:

• Search for articles via databases: http://arch.library.nyu.edu/
• Locate individual e-journals: http://library.nyu.edu/collections/ejournals.html
• Search for books: http://www.worldcat.org/ (Please note that WorldCat will identify if a book is available but will not include call number and location.)
• Contact Ask-a-Librarian or speak with a reference desk for assistance. See: http://library.nyu.edu/ask/

We apologize for any inconvenience during this BobCat maintenance period.

Bobst Library Holiday Hours

• December 23 – Services close early at 5:45; Stacks and Lower levels close at midnight
• December 28-30 – Library open 7am – midnight
• December 24-27, 31, January 1-3 – Library closed
• January 4 – Library open – Intersession schedule.

The complete holiday and library service schedule is available at: http://library.nyu.edu/about/hours/fall.html#holidays

BobCat Fully Functional

BobCat and BobCatStandard are now fully functional.

Users are able to sign-in, see their e-shelf, view their “library account”, place holds, recalls and offsite requests, and renew materials.

At this point we are still a little behind registering all of the check-ins and check-outs that occurred while BobCat was not fully functional. But we did not want to hold up full access while we input that information. As a result, users checking “my library account” may find that it is not fully current, since we are behind with registering books you may have returned or checked out during this period. Since we have not yet fully caught up with every transaction that has occurred, you may also find that the status of some books is not correct. We recommend that if a book states that it is available and you are unable to locate it on the shelf, that you complete a quick search request. Conversely, if it indicates it is checked out, you might want to double check the shelf, just in case. This only affects a very small number of books, and we anticipate that we’ll be caught up within the next day or two.

Thanks for your patience during this very difficult time when BobCat was not fully functional. Our apologies for the difficulties and inconvenience that it brought about for you all. We’ll keep you informed about follow-up work.

BobCat Status Update

We are continuing to restore the BobCat functionalities that were lost during the Thanksgiving weekend as a result of mechanical problems. We anticipate that full functionality will be restored by Wednesday, December 2.

You can use BobCat to perform and refine searches, locate call numbers, see the basic record for an item and link to e-resources.
Items can be temporarily saved in the guest e-shelf for emailing, printing, or sending to RefWorks, but will be deleted when you end your session.

The following BobCat functionalities and services are unavailable:

• Item status information, i.e., whether a book is available or checked out
• Online renewal (There is a 50 day grace period for renewals. You can also bring the books in to the library and renew in person.)
• Place requests for recalls and holds
• Sign in to see: My Library Account, your tags, personal e shelf
  Your personal e-shelf – Items are still there, but unavailable for viewing at this time
• “Copies in Library” information returns incomplete information
• BobCatStandard is also unavailable at this time.

We apologize for this outage and appreciate your patience.