Schols Schols Schols, information and venting thread.

Jammyc

Last year it was 4 LEN books and 4 open access, no counter reserve.

Psychedelia

Does anyone what know what the story is in John Stearne library?
seeing as they are labelled differently to the campus libraries, i.e. they're just SJ or SJR (not technically counter reserve *crosses fingers?*)?

Feu

Psychedelia wrote: »

Does anyone what know what the story is in John Stearne library?
seeing as they are labelled differently to the campus libraries, i.e. they're just SJ or SJR (not technically counter reserve *crosses fingers?*)?

what's the story with what?

They do have counter reserve in the Stearne, and certainly it is often for popular books. Also, where there is just 1 or 2 copies of a book, one or both will tend to be SJR, making them hard to get. But as with the other libraries you can guage from the catalogue if/when they are due back. More normally some lecturer has the one copy of a particular book out for 3 months :rolleyes:

PurpleFistMixer

allym wrote: »

Got our suggested reading today and was all excited until I discovered that one of the books, which the lecturer said we HAD to read isn't in the library catalog. And costs about 70:eek:
Anyone have any ideas how else I could get it? Can you request for an item to be added to the catalog?

When I was studying for schols, I had a minor panic wherein all the copies of a book I needed were gone (two of them had been missing for years and never replaced seemingly), and I managed to find it in a public library in Stillorgan. A book on thermodynamics, nonetheless. So don't panic, you might be able to find it somewhere unusual.

Kwekubo

Psychedelia wrote: »

Does anyone what know what the story is in John Stearne library?
seeing as they are labelled differently to the campus libraries, i.e. they're just SJ or SJR (not technically counter reserve *crosses fingers?*)?

SJ is the equivalent of LEN (in the BLU) and S-LEN (in the Hamilton). SJR is the equivalent of Open Access in the other libraries.

One annoying difference is that you can't place a hold on books in the John Stearne electronically, you have to turn up in person and fill out a form.

zam

When do these extended rights start? I emailed the library but no reply. great

theowen

zam wrote: »

When do these extended rights start? I emailed the library but no reply. great

I thought it was just when the Chrismas holidays begin?

Dr.Reid

allym wrote: »

Got our suggested reading today and was all excited until I discovered that one of the books, which the lecturer said we HAD to read isn't in the library catalog. And costs about 70:eek:
Anyone have any ideas how else I could get it? Can you request for an item to be added to the catalog?

I think you're the same course as me and if so make friends with some fourth years! They are all on placement at the moment and placement sites can have huge amounts of resources. They could check for you.

Also I found a lot of the books repeat the same things so try the foundation texts first and go from there. Feel free to PM if you have any queries!!

asdfghjz

Have e-mails gone out yet confirming that your application has been processed?

almostnever

Ahhhhhhh, so much paper in my pile of things to read! And it gets bigger and bigger rather than smaller and smaller

languagenerd

theowen wrote: »

I thought it was just when the Chrismas holidays begin?

Yeah, it is.

asdfghjz wrote: »

Have e-mails gone out yet confirming that your application has been processed?

Don't think so. Just checked my inbox - last year it was only sent on the 26th of November, so it'll probably be this week.

zam

almostnever wrote: »

Ahhhhhhh, so much paper in my pile of things to read! And it gets bigger and bigger rather than smaller and smaller

I wish I had a pile of things to read. I am still in a jumbled mess of not knowing what I should be doing.

Maybe_Memories

Got the email confirming the application...
Let the hardcore study begin. :pac:

zam

Maybe_Memories wrote: »

Got the email confirming the application...
Let the hardcore study begin. :pac:

Waiting for the timetable for the real study....

SueGrabbit

Did any BESS students attend Patrick McCabes talk on the accounting exam for this year. He seemed somewhat confused about exactly what might appear on the exam nd didn't provide a curriculum for the course anyway, any one have any ideas about the sections he suggested to cover?


Sue

theowen

With regard to the books you can take out over christmas, is it just a matter of whichever books you've already taken out before the library closes? Rather than saying, I want this book for the holidays please, and then collecting it the day before the library closes.

And, what's the craic with the open access books, when d'ya take them out? There's realistically only one book I want/reallyyyy need, so I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to be sure I'll have it.

languagenerd

theowen wrote: »

With regard to the books you can take out over christmas, is it just a matter of whichever books you've already taken out before the library closes? Rather than saying, I want this book for the holidays please, and then collecting it the day before the library closes.

The library isn't closed for the whole Christmas break... It only closes for a few days, then you can go in whenever you want to take out more books. You'll get an email when you've got the extra borrowing priveleges anyway. It's pretty much the same as taking books out at any other time of the year, you just can have more of them.

zam

Emailed library asking when lending rights would begin and the reply I got was:

FRom Monday 12th December –Extended borrowing for schol students (8 LEN items)

LEN ITEMS? LEN ITEMS???

Scrappychimow

zam wrote: »

Emailed library asking when lending rights would begin and the reply I got was:

FRom Monday 12th December –Extended borrowing for schol students (8 LEN items)

LEN ITEMS? LEN ITEMS???

Also how do they know you're doing schols?

languagenerd

Timetables are up!

Have them all on separate days this year but two in Luce Upper! Ew.

Sir Ophiuchus

Scrappychimow wrote: »

Also how do they know you're doing schols?

I think they get notified by the various departments, or the exams office. Wouldn't swear to it though.

Scrappychimow

languagenerd wrote: »

Timetables are up!

but two in Luce Upper! Ew.

Me too , smelly dump!

languagenerd

languagenerd wrote: »

Timetables are up!

Have them all on separate days this year but two in Luce Upper! Ew.

mine are all in Luce Upper...oh well!

zam

Decent timetable, all nicely spread out and all in Luce Lower (so I can watch myself writing in the mirror...). It now feels very real!

languagenerd

Scrappychimow wrote: »

Me too , smelly dump!

It's the lights that get me, those horrible yellow flickery lights... Are they sodium lamps? And if they are, WHY?!

I remember being told in 1st year "They're going to be demolishing that soon" about Luce Hall. Why haven't they proceeded to do so?

Lawliet

Speaking of Luce, does anyone know what the deal is with that paint bucket hanging from the ceiling in Luce Lower? I was thinking abandoned prank

zam

Had a schols nightmare last night. It begins.

Maybe_Memories

Is there a limit to the amount of people who can get schols?
Or is it anyone who gets over 70% gets it?

Maybe_Memories

Maybe_Memories wrote: »

Is there a limit to the amount of people who can get schols?
Or is it anyone who gets over 70% gets it?

Anyone who gets over 70%!

theowen

Deleted User wrote: »

Anyone who gets over 70%!

There must be a bell curve of something though no? Unofficially of course.