| Welcome! Please come in and gather over here around the tables. |
| My name is Adam Smith, and I'm the librarian here. |
| I'll show you around today and explain how to use these facilities. |
| Hopefully when I'm done with it, you'll know the ropes, |
| and please feel free to let me know of any questions or concerns that you may have. |
| Now, we're at the gate of the library. |
| Upon entering into the door, you'll find that the restrooms are on your left-hand side, |
| and opposite them is a Photocopy Room. |
| Many of you are wondering about the check-in and check-out process. |
| What you have to do is go to the Circulation Desk, |
| which is to the east of the Photocopy Room. |
| The Reading Room is a really large area in the centre of the library, |
| just to the north of the Circulation Desk. |
| I'm sure you won't miss it. |
| If you're here to do research, this is where you should bring books to look through. |
| However, if you're here to do any group projects or other interactive activities, |
| I advise you to use one of the study rooms, |
| which are just to the east of the Reading Room. |
| Moving on to the southeast corner, |
| we have the Periodicals Section, just next to the study rooms. |
| We have a collection of different newspapers and magazines in this section. |
| You can get last week's weather reports, or all the top stories 5 years ago, |
| our periodicals can be traced back 20 years to the time when our school library was built. |
| Ah, our first question! Yes? |
| Can we check out magazines from the library? |
| I'm sorry, but you cannot take any periodicals out of the library. |
| You're welcome to read them for as long as you want while you're here, |
| but you cannot check them out. |
| I wonder if there is any place where we can get some food in the library. |
| Do we have a store here? |
| Of course. |
| The Food Service Centre is just metres away from the study rooms. |
| It's on the northeast corner as you look at the map. |
| The Food Service Centre offers different kinds of snacks though it's not big. |
| Well, moving on along to the west, |
| you will find the Video Resource Centre on your right hand. |
| We have educational videos and documentaries, as well as major motion pictures. |
| We ask that you pay attention to the tag on the video that you pick up, |
| as many of our documentaries are for on-site viewing only and may not be taken out of the library. |
| To the west of the Video Resource Centre is our Satellite TV Station. |
| Here we stream the news from Channel 19 for most of the day. |
| How many channels does it have? |
| It does have nearly 200 channels, |
| but we generally will give top priority to channels with some big events, |
| like presidential addresses or other breaking news. |
| During the coverage of the presidential debate, |
| students will take a break from studying and flock to watch it. |
| Last but perhaps most important is the Enquiry Desk. |
| It's just on the left-hand side when you walk into the library, |
| so it's impossible to miss it. |
| If you have any questions about how to use equipment or where to find something, come and ask the assistant. |
| Don't be shy, because that's what they're here for! |
| Speaking of questions, |
| one of the questions we get asked is how to actually check out a book once a student has picked one out. |
| If it's a fiction or non-fiction book, |
| look for the pink and yellow check-out card inside the back cover of the book. |
| You can also find information about the book on these cards, |
| including its publishing date, genre, ISBN, and a log of dates it's been checked out before. |
| Present this card to me or any library assistant, |
| and we'll stamp it and then the book can be kept for 3 weeks. |
| You can find general information on a field of study by using one of our subject guides. |
| We have them on paper here, but any of our computers will allow you to search within fields as well. |
| What if the library doesn't have a resource we're looking for? |
| Great question, I'm going to address that. |
| Our library is a network with a number of other universities in the area, |
| so if there is something you're looking for and it's available somewhere in the area, |
| we'll be able to get it for you. |
| However, there are universities which are not part of the network, |
| so we do not share resources with them. |
| If you want more information about the library and its resources, |
| you'll find it in a labelled blue folder on my desk in the enquiry section. |
| Okay, so that's a lot of information all at once, |
| and I don't expect you to remember it all. |
| The most important thing is, please be respectful of the staff |
| and if you need help with anything at all, come and ask me or one of the assistants. |
| Alright, any questions? |