Reference at Newman Library

Year: 2013

GIS Practicum Summer 2013

I will be running one session of the GIS (geographic information systems) Practicum, Introduction to GIS Using Open Source Software, during the summer semester on:

Friday June 7th

The day-long workshop runs from 9am to 4:30pm. CUNY graduate students, faculty, and staff are eligible to register; Baruch undergrads may register with permission from the instructor. Advance registration is required; the fee is $30 and includes a detailed tutorial manual and a light breakfast. Visit the GIS Practicum page to learn more and to register: http://guides.newman.baruch.cuny.edu/gis.

FASB Codification for accounting students now includes access to GASB

The FASB Codification of Accounting Standards, of  which  only accounting students and faculty may access the Academic Version via passwords, now includes access to the GASB (Governmental Accounting Standards Board), which issues the accounting standards that governmental units follow.  Baruch community members also have access to the FASB and GASB standards through CCH Accounting Research Manager.

An accounting professor told me that the most recently issued GASB Statement, Statement No. 69, Government Combinations and Disposals of Government Operations, issued in January, 2013, is only available on CCH Accounting Research Manager.  I checked and the version of GASB on the other database is current as of June 30, 2012.   So, if you have an questions about Statement No. 69, the database to use is CCH Accounting Research Manager.

 

New Catalog Feature Lets You Text the Call Number to Yourself

The staff at the CUNY OLS just added a new feature to the catalog today that lets you send the basic holdings info (title, location, and call number) as a text message to your phone.

When you are looking at the holdings screen for an item, you’ll now see a new button, “Send Info via Text.”

Text the call #--holdings screen

 

If you click the button, you are asked to enter your phone number (no spaces or punctuation marks) and select your carrier (Verizon, AT&T, etc.).

Text the call #--enter your info

 

Once you do that, click the “Send Message” button at the bottom of the screen and in about a minute, you’ll get a text from the sender “[email protected].” The body of the text includes the title of the work, the location, and the call number. The end of the message reads, “DO NOT RESPOND,” as any replies a patron may try to send back will go nowhere.

If you find any odd behavior or text messages from this new system, please let me or Mike Waldman know so we can forward the info on to CUNY OLS.

Logging out of Datastream Advance

We’ve had a couple incomplete logouts this semester which have led to other users not being able to login. To properly logout, select “Exit and Shutdown Comms Server” per the screenshot below. Please inform patrons using Datastream Advance at the reference desk. I’ll send an email to faculty as well w/r/t this information. Let me know if you have any questions.

DatastreamLogout