{"id":1491,"date":"2011-05-16T17:52:37","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T21:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/music\/orientation2\/"},"modified":"2021-08-12T11:33:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T15:33:54","slug":"orientation2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/music\/services\/orientation2\/","title":{"rendered":"Orientation for new and returning patrons"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>on-site for about 20 minutes, often led by graduate student staff<\/li>\n<li>typically available without your advance notice shortly after each new hour<\/li>\n<li>for a class group or librarian presentation please contact (617) 353-3705 or <a href=\"mailto:cdacey@bu.edu\">musiclib@bu.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Topics typically include<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Logistics of work environment: online access, printers, photocopy, on-site scanners; other listening and video workstations; the collection in open stacks, closed stacks, and online; areas for re-shelving<\/li>\n<li>Periodicals: currently received subscriptions, back issues, non-music periodicals; using the eJournal locator to determine full profile of both title&#8217;s online and physical availability.<\/li>\n<li>Catalog locations for the Music Library: where are Open Reserve and Class Reserve, Music Reference; review stack arrangements and interpretation of location\/call number\/status for items found in the online catalog; how to request an Inquire at Music Library item; what to do if the status or location indicates Storage; special locations such as pamphlets, BSO notes, the Fiedler collection<\/li>\n<li>Managing your circulation account; tips for catalog search and display of scores, recordings, course materials (reserves); how to place staff-assisted requests<\/li>\n<li>Library web pages introduced; locate key print and electronic index and reference titles; learn about WorldCat and how it relates to the library catalog.<\/li>\n<li>Learn what to do next when you&#8217;re looking for some item(s) or other information but you feel you&#8217;re not getting the results you&#8217;d like or what to do if something isn&#8217;t on the shelf; use of the BUWorldcat and Interlibrary loan services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What to do in advance<\/h2>\n<p>Let us know your special questions and about any problems or mysteries you may have encountered so far; we&#8217;ll address these when we meet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>on-site for about 20 minutes, often led by graduate student staff typically available without your advance notice shortly after each new hour for a class group or librarian presentation please contact (617) 353-3705 or musiclib@bu.edu Topics typically include Logistics of work environment: online access, printers, photocopy, on-site scanners; other listening and video workstations; the collection [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2573,"featured_media":0,"parent":6983,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1491"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2573"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1491"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106773,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1491\/revisions\/106773"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}