LTS Digest

May 26, 2011

noreply@blogger.com (LTS Staff) — Tue, 31 May 2011 17:02:00 +0000

CONTENTS:
--LTS PUBLIC SITE UPGRADES SUMMER 2011
--CAMPUS WIRELESS UPDATE
--CONFIGURING AND USING REMOTE DESKTOP FOR WINDOWS PCs ON APPLE MOBILE DEVICES
--PUBLIC PRINTING WITH A QUOTA AT LEHIGH
--GOOGLE CALENDAR: NEW FEATURE!
--SAGE ADVICE ON SUMMER READING
--LIBRARY HOURS - SUMMER SESSIONS 2011

LTS PUBLIC SITE UPGRADES SUMMER 2011
Upgrades are scheduled for LTS computing sites, classrooms and lecture halls across campus this summer. The public site upgrade schedule can be found here: http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/tims/facilities/sitenews.html

If you use computers at any of these sites, you will need to make alternative arrangements during the dates of the upgrades. If you are teaching and want to schedule a public computing site for a hands-on computing class, please note the dates listed under the heading “PC Computer Site Lifecycle Upgrades” on the above page.

If you are scheduling a classroom or lecture hall, please check with the Operational/Supplies Contact on this page for site scheduling: http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/tims/facilities/sitecontact.html, or the Registrar, if it is a Registrar’s room: http://www.lehigh.edu/~inrgs/main.shtml (click on Room Reservations under either the Faculty or Student portion of the sidebar on the Registrar’s website.)

Please note: LTS public sites at Rauch Business Center will probably not be available at all during summer sessions due to extensive construction in the building and LTS technology upgrades.

CAMPUS WIRELESS UPDATE
LTS plans to migrate all wireless users on campus away from the "LU" wireless network and onto the "LEHIGH" wireless network. If all goes well, this will be accomplished by the beginning of the fall 2011 semester. The “LEHIGH” network supports the current standards in WPA2 encryption and the faster 802.11n wireless connect speeds.

CONFIGURING AND USING REMOTE DESKTOP FOR WINDOWS PCs ON APPLE MOBILE DEVICES
Step 1: Enable remote access on the Windows computer you intend to remote into. The RDP Lite app, which you will need to install on your mobile device (see Step 3 below), only works with Windows computers running Windows 7, Vista or XP. (Home Editions of these operating systems are not supported.) To establish the remote connection, you will need to obtain the IP address of the remote computer. If you need assistance with the aforementioned or following procedures, please contact the computing consultant that supports your college or department.

Step 2: Install and configure the Lehigh SSLVPN on the mobile device using these directions (note that the complete path to the VPN connection on an iOS device is (Settings/General/Network/VPN): http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/docs/vpn/mobile-vpn.html. The VPN connection is set after you enter the required information. Click on the Network button in the upper left hand corner, then the General button on the next screen to get back out to the main settings window.

Step 3: Connect to the App Store on your device and download and install the free Remote Desktop Lite – RDP (MochaSoft) application on your Apple mobile device: http://www.mochasoft.dk/iphone_rdp.htm

Step 4: Each time you want to remote into the Windows PC, turn on the VPN connection on your Apple mobile device (iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch) via the path, Settings/General/Network/VPN.

Step 5: Next open the RDP Lite app to connect to the remote computer. For the initial connection to the remote computer, tap “Configure” and enter the IP address of your Windows computer. On subsequent connection attempts, simply tap “Connect”. You will see the stored IP address which you can then choose. When you are finished with the remote session, turn off the VPN via the path Settings/General/Network/VPN.

For remote into a Mac, there are other apps available such as Desktop Connect, a cross-platform remote desktop app for Windows, Mac OS and Linux.

PUBLIC PRINTING WITH A QUOTA AT LEHIGH
Following discussions with the Student Senate and Green Action Committee, LTS will be implementing a print quota of 750 prints per semester for students printing at any public site on campus. Printing will remain free.

The central goal in implementing print quotas is to reduce waste. LTS will be utilizing PaperCut as its print management solution. Further information about this initiative will be forthcoming. If you have a specific question about your quota, the staff at the Circulation desk in the libraries will be able to assist. More information about printing at Lehigh can be found here: http://www.lehigh.edu/print/

GOOGLE CALENDAR: NEW FEATURE!
Google recently announced that a much-requested feature is now available -- the ability to color code events. Calendars have always been color-coded, and calendar owners can change the color of a calendar. Now, the same functionality is available for events. The option is available under Event Details. You can see this feature in action at http://screencast.com/t/MQBl6SRkdX

SAGE ADVICE ON SUMMER READING
Throughout the summer LTS staff will post recommended vacation reading. Be sure to check Sages of the Pages http://library.lehigh.edu/sagespages periodically for great summer reads.

LIBRARY HOURS - SUMMER SESSIONS 2011
For detailed library hours consult: http://library.lehigh.edu/content/library_hours
(Summer Session I - May 24 – July 4)
(Summer Session II – July 6 – August 11)

Fairchild-Martindale
Monday through Thursday – 8:00 am – 10:00 pm
Friday – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday – 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday – Noon – 5:00 pm

Linderman
Monday through Thursday – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Friday – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday – 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday – Noon – 5:00 pm

Exceptions
Friday, July 1 – 8:00 – 10:00 pm (Exams)
Saturday, July 2 – 8:00 – 10:00 pm (Exams)
Sunday, July 3 – CLOSED
Monday, July 4 – CLOSED
Friday, August 12 – 8:00 – 10:00 pm (Exams)
Saturday, August 13 – 8:00 – 10:00 pm (Exams)

April 27, 2011

noreply@blogger.com (LTS Staff) — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:56:00 +0000

LTS DIGEST — April 27, 2011 Lehigh University Library and Technology Services

CONTENTS:

Libraries Student Research Prize Recipients named
Google Apps Update: Meet Picnik for photo editing
Google Docs adds discussion feature
PALCI EZ-BORROW has gotten EZ-ER
Wireless access for Lehigh visitors/guests
Relocation or disposal of Lehigh-owned computing equipment
Customizing the Windows 7 task bar
Final Exam library hours

LIBRARIES STUDENT RESEARCH PRIZE WINNERS NAMED!
LTS and the Friends of the Libraries offer congratulations to the co-recipients of the 2011 Libraries Student Research Prize: Virginia Nyikadzino, a senior in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Emily Rojer, a senior in International Relations. On April 19th, President Alice Gast presented the Prize certificate and checks for $500 to Nyikadzino and Rojer at The Writing to Improve Learning at Lehigh (WILL) Colloquium.

The winning research papers emerged as the most outstanding submissions of a strong pool of over sixty papers and projects. The selection process included librarian analysis of the bibliographies, independent faculty review of the papers, and interviews with both the students and the professors sponsoring the research papers. The Prize will be offered annually, and papers completed in 2011 are eligible for 2012. For more information about the Prize winners, their papers, and the Prize, go to http://www.lehigh.edu/libprize/

MEET PICNIK FOR PHOTO EDITING
Recently Lehigh's Google Apps added a suite of new applications to include the offerings that are available from the consumer/commercial version of Google Apps. One great new app is Picnik, a photo/image editing tool that is available anywhere you can log into Lehigh Google Apps. The easy menu-driven interface will appeal to novices, and the advanced feature set is pretty impressive.

Among the options for photo-editing are:

Rotate, crop, resize, sharpen
Save as jpg, png, bmp, gif, tiff, and pdf
Auto-color adjustment and auto-exposure adjustments (as well as expert/manual fine-tuning)
Facial touch-up such as blemish fix, teeth whitener, and redeye reduction
You can upload a local image for editing and save the edited image back to your local drive, OR you can edit images stored on sites such as Flickr, Facebook, Picasa, and Photobucket
Insert text and clip-art (called "stickers" in Picnik)
Effects such as black and white, sepia, soften, matte, texture, sketch, pixelate, posterize, etc.

Some caveats:

Some features are PREMIUM features not available in the free version (all features listed above are free).
Connect to and edit images stored locally or on sites such as Flickr, the free version of Picnik will only store five photos.
Any/all data stored on Lehigh Google Apps will be deleted if/when you leave Lehigh -- make sure you save or transfer images and other data prior to your departure!

To access Picnik:

Go to Lehigh Google Apps http://www.lehigh.edu/google
Log into any service (Sites, Docs, etc.) with your Lehigh username/password
Select More from the navigation menu at the top of the screen
Select Even more
Select Picnik from the resulting list of software options

If you have questions about Picnik and other Lehigh Google Apps, contact the Help Desk helpdesk@lehigh.edu or 610-758-4357.

GOOGLE DOCS ADDS DISCUSSIONS FEATURE
Google Docs facilitates collaborative writing by allowing many people to edit and contribute to a document's content. Have you ever found yourself editing the same section of a document as one of your collaborators? Now it's easy to communicate with them! The discussions feature is enabled in any document created on or after March 16. Just look for the "Discussions" link in the upper right-hand corner and select "Show Discussions" to see any previous posts from collaborators and add your own posts. Discussions permit you to mark target comments to a particular collaborator, and it's integrated with email. Individual comments can be marked "resolved" as needed. For more information, see http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2011/03/introducing-discussions-in-google-docs.html

PALCI EZ-BORROW HAS GOTTEN EZ-ER
If you have used the PALCI EZ-Borrow Interlibrary Loan System recently, you may have noticed it has a new and improved interface. The new Relais interface replaces the older ‘URSA’ interface. Some key advantages of the new interface include more streamlined (and faster) searching, advanced search features, better and condensed search results, and improved search retrieval time. All the PALCI libraries are searched at once rather than being divided into search groups as they were previously. The search results are more relevant and you now have the option of sorting by relevance, title, or publication date. You will also see item availability upfront, including if it's available at Lehigh. If Lehigh owns the book, you will be given a link to ‘transfer’ to ASA to continue your search there. Additionally, if a book is not available through PALCI EZ-Borrow, you will be given the option to request the title via ILLiad, where the ILLiad form will be auto-filled from the PALCI EZ-Borrow system.

Any questions or comments regarding PALCI EZ-Borrow may be sent to your subject librarian or to the Help Desk helpdesk@lehigh.edu or 610-758-4357.

WIRELESS ACCESS FOR GUESTS
Many departments or staff/faculty bring visitors on campus, such as vendors or colleagues from other universities. LTS now offers an easy way to obtain a temporary (seven-day) guest account for wireless access and use of public site computers. For more information, go to http://www.lehigh.edu/wireless/guest.shtml

RELOCATION OR DISPOSAL OF LEHIGH-OWNED COMPUTER EQUIPMENT
Lehigh-owned computers no longer in use can be: (1) relocated within a college or department; (2) sold or donated either at Lehigh or off-campus; or (3) offered for disposal. Please follow the Computer Disposal Procedures for additional direction.

To comply with Lehigh’s software licensing guidelines, and to ensure that no confidential data is visible or would be able to be restored, the Hard Drive Erasure Utility procedure link from the above web page must be followed for relocation or disposal.

CUSTOMIZING THE WINDOWS 7 TASKBAR
Preview the desktop with Aero Peek: To quickly show the desktop when you have multiple windows open, move your mouse pointer to the Show Desktop button at the right end of the taskbar (to the right of the date and time). The windows you have open will minimize. Click on the Show Desktop button to maximize the windows again. To see the desktop icons on top of applications you have open, add the Desktop toolbar. Right click in a blank area on the taskbar and click on Toolbars and then Desktop. To see your desktop icons, click on the double right-pointing arrows next to the Desktop toolbar which now appears on the right of your taskbar.

To change how programs and buttons appear on the taskbar:
Open Taskbar and Start Menu properties by right-clicking on a blank space on the taskbar. Then click on Properties. In the taskbar tab window, select one of the options from the Taskbar buttons list:
Always combine, hide labels: default setting – each program appears as a single, unlabeled button even when multiple windows for a program are open. A single button represents both a program and open windows.
Combine when taskbar is full: shows each window as an individual, labeled button. Collapses multiple single windows into a single program button when taskbar becomes crowded.
Never combine: shows each window as an individual, labeled button, but buttons never collapse into a single button. Buttons decrease in size and eventually scroll within the taskbar as more and more windows are opened.

FINAL EXAM LIBRARY HOURS
http://library.lehigh.edu/content/library_hours
Free Coffee, Cookies, and Popcorn!
LTS and Dining Services are sponsoring an Exam Study Break
Monday, May 2 through Thursday, May 5 from 9:00 - 11:00 pm in Linderman Cafe and Fairchild-Martindale Lounge (next to the Media Center, lower level).

Fairchild-Martindale:
Starting Monday, May 2 at 8:00 am, Fairchild-Martindale will be open continuously (24 hours) until Wednesday, May 11, when it closes at 10 pm.

Linderman:
Monday, May 2 through Friday, May 6 – 8:00 am – 2:00 am
Saturday, May 7 and Sunday, May 8 – 9:00 am – 2:00 am
Monday, May 9 and Tuesday, May 10 – 8:00 am – 2:00 am
Wednesday, May 11 – 8:00 am – 10:00 pm
Thursday, May 12 – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Friday, May 13 – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday, May 14 - CLOSED
Sunday, May 15 – CLOSED

March 3, 2011

noreply@blogger.com (LTS Staff) — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:52:00 +0000

CONTENTS:
What's new with wireless?
Sages of the Pages
The new Lehigh VPN
Spamassassin: How whitelisting works, and why it sometimes doesn't
Fast and easy scanning with your cell phone
Footprints Self-service at Lehigh
Lehigh University Digital Dropbox
Friends Program: Travel: Travails, treasures, and tokens (March 15)
Spring break library hours

WHAT’S NEW WITH WIRELESS?
Well, for one thing, LTS has redesigned and expanded its wireless web pages http://www.lehigh.edu/wireless/.

On these pages you'll find:

Wireless coverage maps
Setup instructions for laptops and mobile devices of all kinds
Information about guest access
An overview of Lehigh's wireless infrastructure and standards
FAQs
Laptop and wireless device loaner programs

And more! For more information about wireless services at Lehigh, contact the help desk at 8-4357.

SAGES OF THE PAGES
The Library recently launched a new blog called Sages of the Pages. The blog was named by Tina Hertel, the winner of our Name the Blog Contest. It was designed by Mark Canney and Rob Weidman, and highlights portions of the illuminated manuscripts in our Special Collection. Sages of the Pages will be updated weekly and will feature posts written by library staff on a wide variety of topics that relate to the Lehigh community. We'd love to hear your opinion of our blog and we would especially like suggestions for future topics.

THE NEW LEHIGH VPN
During the past two months, users have been migrating from the old Lehigh VPN (vpn.lehigh.edu) to a more secure VPN (sslvpn.lehigh.edu). As of March 1, 2011, the old Lehigh VPN will be officially taken out of service at which time all users must be migrated. Documentation for installing and using the new VPN can be viewed at: http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/docs/vpn. Installation and usage questions should be directed to the help desk at 8-4357.

SPAMASSASSIN: HOW WHITELISTING WORKS, AND WHY IT DOESN’T SOMETIMES
Whitelisting is a setting in SpamAssassin (Lehigh's SPAM filtering software) to override the SPAM filter mechanism. When a legitimate e-mail message is incorrectly tagged as SPAM, you can whitelist that e-mail address so that it will not be tagged again see http://www.lehigh.edu/helpdesk/faq/qa/spamassassin.html for details.

How does whitelisting work?

SpamAssassin evaluates each e-mail message for certain conditions/attributes that are common in SPAM messages, and it assigns a numerical score for each attribute. By default, a score higher than +5 causes a message to be tagged as SPAM. When you whitelist an e-mail address, SpamAssassin sets the "score" for messages from that e-mail address to -100. This makes it highly unlikely a message from a whitelisted e-mail address will be tagged as SPAM.

There is one big exception though. If the e-mail message has multiple recipients -- the mail is sent to you and several others -- SpamAssassin will revert to its default SPAM filter settings. If the e-mail's SPAM score is 5 or over, it will be tagged as SPAM.

If you have questions about SpamAssassin or how it works, contact the help desk at 8-4357.

FAST AND EASY SCANNING WITH YOUR CELL PHONE
Many people that come to the Help Desk need to scan documents on our flatbed scanners. You may not need a flatbed scanner or photocopy scanner for small scanning jobs like driver's licenses, insurance forms, one page forms, etc. Use your smartphone or mobile device instead.

First, check to see if your cell phone or mobile device has a digital camera. These are often capable of capturing document images suitable for general use. If you do, then it's an easy process:

1. Use your smartphone to take the picture of your document.

2. Share the picture using whatever method your phone supports. For example:

Open your e-mail app and send the photo as an e-mail attachment.
Upload it to a photo web site such as Flickr or Picasa (make sure to mark sensitive docs as private).

3. Connect your phone to your computer and upload it to your local hard drive.

Here are some tips for using your camera to capture document images:

Check your phone’s camera settings for a "macro" or "document" mode, and use it if available. Also make sure that the camera's autofocus setting is on. Macro/document mode is particularly important for scanning smaller documents like letter-size pieces of paper or business cards.
If you don't have macro/document mode, make sure the camera is set to its highest resolution. This will generate the largest image.
Turn off your flash. Flashes tend to reflect harshly off of white surfaces like paper. The result is a washed-out image.
Find the best lighting. Since you can't use a flash, the document needs to have ample natural light. Position the document near a window or directly under a lamp.
Try to fill the camera frame with as much of the document as possible. If you're photographing a business card, you'll need to get in nice and close so that the card fills almost the entire screen.
For letter-size pieces of paper and business cards, you may want to rotate your camera 90 degrees so that the document fills even more of the screen.

For assistance in scanning docs with your cell phone, contact the help desk at 8-4357.

FOOTPRINTS SELF-SERVICE SYSTEM (FPSS) AT LEHIGH
The Footprints Self-Service System is a work order submission system for faculty and staff to request help through the Library and Technology Services (LTS) Footprints tracking system. It allows end-users to request help directly from the LTS component that supports the technology or service they need.

Advantages to using this system are:

The request is directed at once to the relevant component of LTS.
The request is entered into the tracking system. There is a record of the request that will not get deleted accidentally as an individual e-mail or voicemail message might.
The system generates multiple e-mail and system message reminders to the person to whom the request is directed. LTS staff will redirect the request if they are not the appropriate person to handle the problem.
Problem patterns may quickly identify a systemic issue for resolution for multiple users.
Solutions are documented in a knowledge base which enables staff to quickly resolve the same problem in the future.

To access the system, please navigate to the following web page and follow the instructions for requesting help: www.lehigh.edu/help.

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY DIGITAL DROPBOX SERVICE
The Lehigh University Digital Dropbox Service is a technology that enables sharing of large files between Lehigh University colleagues and outside users. It is a web-based service and therefore can be accessed from any computer with internet access.

Reasons to use the Lehigh Dropbox service:

Solution to e-mail quota issues and long file downloads. Share larger files with colleagues and retrieve them faster
Share files with Lehigh colleagues on and off campus
Share files with outside colleagues and collaborators and they can reciprocate

The drop box has three days for file pick-up before it is purged from the system. Files are not scanned for viruses so verify with the sender, if you did not previously agree to this, before opening and downloading the drop off files. Access to the Lehigh Dropbox Service is at: https://dropbox.lehigh.edu/dropbox/. Click on the “About the Dropbox” link on the web page above for detailed information on the dropbox service.

FRIENDS PROGRAM – TRAVEL: TRAVAILS, TREASURES, AND TOKENS – MARCH 15TH
What was travel really like? And what did it involve?

David Szewczyk, Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company, LLC
Noon, Tuesday, March 15th
Scheler Humanities Forum, (Linderman Library 200)

In the 19th-century, travel accounts served as a form of acceptable “escape literature.” Mr. Szewczyk will explore how readers were transported to remote parts of the world where they learned about new cultures and made new discoveries. When read today, these narratives provide readers with a look at the recent past. Often readers of these classic accounts relish looking back towards a time that is often perceived as a “golden age.” Travel was fun, and hitherto unexplored areas were unsullied, new cuisines awaited, exotic languages filled the ears, and new things were to be found. Unimagined flora and fauna beckoned. Sponsored by Friends of the Lehigh University Libraries. Call 610-758-3039 for more information.

This lecture is planned in conjunction with the current Special Collections exhibit “The American Environment through Travelers’ Eyes.” The exhibit, which follows on the heels of “Environmental STEPS: Environmental Education and Action at Lehigh”, is part of a celebration of library resources in environmental history planned to commemorate the opening of the new STEPS building. The exhibit will be on display in Linderman Library through July 1, 2011.

SPRING BREAK LIBRARY HOURS
http://library.lehigh.edu/content/library_hours

Friday, March 4 – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday, March 5 – Noon – 5:00 pm
Sunday, March 6 – Noon – 5:00 pm

Monday, March 7 through Thursday, March 10 – 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
Friday, March 11 – 8:00 – 5:00 pm

Saturday, March 12 – Noon – 5:00 pm
Sunday, March 13 – Noon – 2:00 am

January 25, 2011

noreply@blogger.com (LTS Staff) — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:00:00 +0000

CONTENTS:
--NEW COMPUTER VIRUS TYPE: SCAREWARE
--PREPARING TO TEACH WITH CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY AT LEHIGH
--NEW VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK (VPN) AT LEHIGH
--WHY THE H: DRIVE IS YOUR FRIEND
--LTS SEMINARS FOR SPRING 2011
--NEW LIBRARY SERVICES WEBSITE
--THE NEW LTS STRATEGIC PLAN 2011-2015
--LIBRARY OPENS FIRST EXHIBIT OF 2011

NEW COMPUTER VIRUS TYPE: SCAREWARE IS PROLIFERATING -- PROTECT YOUR PC WITH ADBLOCK PLUS
A new type of computer virus has been rapidly proliferating to PCs. Known as scareware; these viruses overwhelm the user with numerous fraudulent error messages such as “Computer Virus Found”, “Registry Corruption Detected”, and “Hard Drive Failure”. Scareware will also disrupt Internet connectivity and crash various programs in an effort to deceive the user into believing a true problem exists. Conveniently, pop-up screens soon appear offering a seemingly legitimate cleanup utility program for purchase. Individuals who are duped into purchasing the program unknowingly expose their credit card information to criminal elements risking fraud and identity theft.

Lehigh University faced a tremendous uptick in these attacks during calendar year 2010. According to LTS Client Services statistics, there were 234 instances of virus infections requiring complete computer re-imaging; this represents a 344% increase from the prior year.

There are several steps you can take to reduce the likelihood of falling victim to computer viruses. First, ensure your Windows PC is up-to-date with the latest security patches by visiting http://update.microsoft.com. Second, avoid using Microsoft Internet Explorer unless required. LTS recommends using the Mozilla Firefox web browser. Lastly, install the Adblock Plus plug-in to Mozilla Firefox by visiting http://www.lehigh.edu/act/adblockplus. Adblock Plus will shield you from websites known to harbor computer viruses and other security threats.

PREPARING TO TEACH WITH CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY AT LEHIGH
-- Review and test the technology in your classroom before the first class; ask one of your technology support team members (Instructional Technology Consultant or Computing Consultant) to review the technology with you. You may also call the Media Center if you’d like an on-site orientation to your classroom.

-- Try to get into your assigned classrooms some time before the start of a new semester, to familiarize yourself with the technology in the rooms, as each room may be a little different. You can find a photograph and instructions for your classrooms here: http://mediaclassrooms.web.lehigh.edu/public/sites.php. Click your building, then your room.

-- If you are using a laptop and need LAN/internet access, bring an Ethernet cable with you. The current standard for connecting a laptop to a presentation system is via a provided 15 pin male VGA cable. You should provide any adapters you might need to attach your laptop to this cable type. A detailed discussion on connecting laptops to projectors can be found here: http://llnotes.web.lehigh.edu/article.php?id=30.

-- If you are using technology to connect to remote users (students or guest speakers) and are unsure of the hardware/software setup you need, please consult with your Instructional Technology Consultant or Computing Consultant a few days in advance of the class.

-- Experiencing problems during class with the computer, projection system or other classroom technology? Please call the Help Desk (x8-4357) to report the problem. You might also want to read this article on some things you can try when you experience problems in a classroom (best read before things go wrong): http://llnotes.web.lehigh.edu/article.php?id=141.

NEW VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK (VPN) AT LEHIGH
Lehigh clients have been using a VPN (vpn.lehigh.edu) for years to securely access campus resources from home, on the road and other remote locations. The current VPN setup at Lehigh enables users to connect to the Lehigh network from a remote computer through the use of a built-in VPN client that is part of the Windows Operating System or Macintosh and Linux. As of February 1, 2011, this VPN (vpn.lehigh.edu) will be taken out of service and all users must migrate to a new SSLVPN (sslvpn.lehigh.edu). Documentation on how to install and use the new SSLVPN client employing split tunneling can be seen at: http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/docs/vpn. Please note that the new VPN will not automatically map network drives (as the former client did). Easy and convenient drive mapping utilities for Mac and Windows will be available when the new VPN goes live.

A VPN (Virtual Private Network) is a computer network that uses the internet to provide remote users or offices secure access to an organization’s network. Using VPN software from off campus allows a user to access the resources of Lehigh’s local network such as the user’s H: drive or the departmental I: drive. This access is possible because VPN software places the user’s computer directly on Lehigh’s network; the computer appears to be on campus.

VPNs also have the added benefit of using a secure tunneling protocol. This protocol prevents other users on the internet from accessing data that is transmitted back and forth from a client computer to a private network (such as Lehigh’s network). There are two methods of routing traffic though the Lehigh network using the VPN. One is to allow all traffic to pass through Lehigh’s network tunnel. The second is called split tunneling; only Lehigh traffic passes through the tunnel, while other traffic such as web browsing or viewing videos on YouTube goes through the user’s home internet service provider. Split tunneling identifies the resource a user wants to access and directs its network traffic accordingly. For example, the user who needs access to a departmental LAN drive would be directed through the private network; the user accessing Amazon.com would be directed outside the private network. Split tunneling minimizes the VPN-originated traffic on Lehigh’s internal networks.

WHY THE H: DRIVE IS YOUR FRIEND
The H: drive is a network drive that faculty, staff, and students can access from departmental (and often personal) computers. There are numerous reasons to use the H: drive rather than your local hard disk when storing files.

-- The H: drive now has a storage capacity of 1 gigabyte (increased from 500 MB last year). The H: drive is backed up nightly and scanned for viruses.

-- The Shadow Copy function http://www.lehigh.edu/helpdesk/docs/shadow/copy.html is great for restoring files that have been corrupted, that have lost content, or that have been mistakenly deleted.

-- The H: drive can be accessed from home or while traveling (using the Lehigh VPN and drive mapping utilities). Note that other options may work better for you depending on your data and your needs.

-- Your H: drive files are private (only you can access them), BUT if you want to share a file with staff or students, you can place it in your H: drive Public folder. Files in your Public folder can be accessed by others at Lehigh.

If you have questions about using your H: drive, contact your computing consultant or the help desk at (x8-4357).

LTS SEMINARS FOR SPRING 2011
LTS seminars for spring 2011 are posted at https://cf.lehigh.edu/seminar/ or from the Help Desk page http://www.lehigh.edu/helpdesk.

New Seminars Include:
Social Media in Higher Education -- a discussion-oriented session on how and why social media is being used in higher education.

Teaching with Second Life -- discover the benefits of bringing Second Life into your classroom!

Online Apps for Productivity -- this fast-paced, fun and informative session will introduce you to 60+ Web 2.0 tools you can use now.

Google's Greatest Hits -- a one-hour class covering the latest developments in Google Apps and how to get the latest Google news.

Blogging in Lehigh Google Apps (tentative) -- this service is currently being tested - come to this April seminar to see what we've learned about using Blogger in Lehigh Google Apps.

NEW LIBRARY SERVICES WEBSITE
The new Library Services website is officially up and running http://library.lehigh.edu/. We completed the redesign of the site during the fall semester to facilitate research and to highlight library resources. While both websites ran during the testing period, the old website has now been retired. We hope you find the new website easier to use. We ask that you complete a survey about your initial experience http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/library-services. Specific comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome and can be e-mailed to Tina Hertel at tih205@lehigh.edu.

THE NEW LTS STRATEGIC PLAN 2011-2015
The LTS Plan is available on the Web at http://www.lehigh.edu/~inlts/admin/policies/ltsplan2011/, but if you would like a paper copy (booklet) contact hlz2@lehigh.edu or (x8-3025).

LIBRARY OPENS FIRST EXHIBIT OF 2011
“The American Environment through Travelers’ Eyes”, the new Linderman Library exhibit, opens on February 9, 2011. The exhibit, which follows on the heels of “Environmental STEPS: Environmental Education and Action at Lehigh”, is part of a celebration of library resources in environmental history planned to commemorate the opening of the new STEPS building.

The exhibit, which is on display throughout Linderman, features travel associated with specific modes of transportation, such as the automobile, trains, and ships in the Café Gallery. Exhibition space on the first floor displays important works in both North and South American travel. The Bayer Galleria on the third floor will display examples of travel undertaken by Lehigh faculty, staff, and students. Material will detail educational field trips, as well as travel motivated by scientific exploration and discovery. Please also visit the Parents’ Gallery on the fourth floor to view a selection of contemporary works.

For more information about the exhibit, please email inspc@lehigh.edu or call 610-758-4506.

December 8, 2010

noreply@blogger.com (LTS Staff) — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:17:00 +0000

CONTENTS:
--SPSS/PASW STATISTICS SOFTWARE AVAILABLE FOR FACULTY/STAFF HOME USE
--MULTILINGUAL WITH MANGO LANGUAGES!
--THE DEFINITIVE DICTIONARY!
--SPRING (COMPUTER) CLEAN-UP
--BE SMART: CHOOSE THE RIGHT SMARTPHONE
--LTS HOLIDAY LIST: 3 SUGGESTIONS FOR THE HOLIDAY BREAK!
--LIBRARY HOURS – EXAMS AND WINTER BREAK

SPSS/PASW STATISTICS SOFTWARE AVAILABLE FOR FACULTY/STAFF HOME USE
LTS has just signed a new agreement with IBM/SPSS to provide SPSS/PASW statistical analysis software for Lehigh faculty and staff to use on their personally owned computers at home.

The software is available for Windows only and includes the following modules:
· SPSS base
· SPSS advanced
· SPSS regression

This software will continue to be available on campus for use on Lehigh-owned computers. AMOS is still available, but only for use via the LTS campus network on Lehigh-owned computers. AMOS is not available for faculty and staff home use.

MULTILINGUAL WITH MANGO LANGUAGES!
Quieres aprender este idioma?
Vuoi imparare questa lingua?
Voulez-vous apprendre cette langue?
Wollen Sie diese Sprache lernen?
あなたはこの言語を勉強したいですか
你想學這門語言
هل تريد أن تعلم هذه اللغة؟

The phrases above are Spanish, Italian, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, and Arabic for 'Do you want to learn this language?' These are currently the most popular languages chosen by Lehigh University students, faculty and staff who have tried Mango Languages. Join the growing population of language learners (275+) here at Lehigh by checking out Mango Languages today! Be sure to Create a Profile in Mango to track your progress. For more information on using Mango and to find other language resources, check out the Library Guide: Language Resources.

THE DEFINITIVE DICTIONARY!
The online Oxford English Dictionary, affectionately known as the OED, has a new look and new features. Still the 'definitive' dictionary for the definitions, history, and pronunciation of English words, the OED now has a more user-friendly interface. Additionally, some new features include: a 'Word of the Day', recently published words, timelines, a historical thesaurus, browsing ability by categories (subject, usage, region, or origin), and an 'Aspects of English' section, which includes commentaries on the English language. Come explore the OED!

SPRING (COMPUTER) CLEAN-UP
Windows Users: Right–click on your hard drive (Local Disk -- usually C) via the My Computer link or through Windows Explorer and choose Properties. On the General tab in the Properties window, click on Disk Cleanup and choose the files you want to clean up.

Mac Users: There is no manual disk cleanup utility in the Mac OS. The Mac OS auto-runs these utilities. If you are having problems accessing or editing files, use Disk Utility in the Applications/Utilities folder to verify and repair disk permissions. For more information on disk permissions, refer to the information at this link: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1452.

BE SMART: CHOOSE THE RIGHT SMARTPHONE
In Lehigh’s computing environment, certain smartphone models run Lehigh applications better than others. Apple’s iPhones and iPods, Blackberry’s Bold models are fully supported. Lehigh email, calendar and Wi-Fi applications may work on other devices, but there are no guarantees.

For support contacts on campus browse to this webpage: http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/software/supportpolicy.html. Please see the instructions on this page for setting up Lehigh supported devices: http://cf.lehigh.edu/act/pda/index.cfm. For more information on iPhone/iPod use at Lehigh browse to this page: http://www.lehigh.edu/iphone/.

LTS HOLIDAY LIST: 3 SUGGESTIONS FOR THE HOLIDAY BREAK!
1. Set up your vacation mail (Go to www.lehigh.edu/account and choose "Manage your E-mail account".)
2. Check out a book from the leisure reading collection (Fiction at Linderman Library, Non-Fiction at EWFM Library.)
3. Add Holidays to your Google Calendar! (Choose Add, Browse Interesting Calendars, and Subscribe to your preferred holiday calendar.)

LIBRARY HOURS – EXAMS AND WINTER BREAK
http://www.lehigh.edu/lts/hours/libhours.html

Final Exams - Dec. 14 – Dec. 22
Fairchild-Martindale:
Tuesday, 12/14 through Wednesday, 12/22 - OPEN 24/7

Linderman:
Monday, 12/13 through Friday, 12/17 – 8:00 am – 2:00 am
Saturday, 12/18 through Sunday, 12/19 – 9:00 am – 2:00 am
Wednesday, 12/22 – 8:00 am – 10:00 pm

Winter Break – Wednesday, 12/22/10 – Sunday, 1/16/11
Fairchild-Martindale:
Thursday, 12/23 – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Friday, 12/24 – CLOSED
Saturday, 12/25 – CLOSED
Sunday, 12/26 – Noon – 5:00 pm
Monday, 12/27 through Friday, 12/31 – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday, 1/1 – CLOSED
Sunday, 1/2 – Noon – 5:00 pm

Monday, 1/3 through Sunday, 1/16
Monday – Thursday – 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
Friday – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday – Sunday - Noon – 5:00 pm
Sunday, 1/16 – Noon – 2:00 am

Linderman:
Thursday, 12/23 – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Friday, 12/24 – CLOSED
Saturday, 12/25 – CLOSED
Sunday, 12/26 – CLOSED
Monday, 12/27 through Friday, 12/31 – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday, 1/1 – CLOSED
Sunday, 1/2 – CLOSED

Monday, 1/3 – Saturday, 1/15
Monday – Thursday – 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
Friday – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday – CLOSED
Sunday – CLOSED
Sunday, 1/16 – Noon – 2:00 am

November 10, 2010

noreply@blogger.com (LTS Staff) — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:19:00 +0000

—LIBRARIES STUDENT RESEARCH PRIZE: SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED NOV. 15!
—NEW JSTOR COLLECTIONS ADDED
—NEW LIBRARY SERVICES WEBSITE LAUNCHED: FEEDBACK ENCOURAGED
—SHARE PUBLIC EVENTS VIA GOOGLE CALENDAR
—MANAGING YOUR LEHIGH COMPUTING ACCOUNT
—BEYOND THE HYPE: MAC OR WINDOWS
—FRIENDS PROGRAM: SPIRITS OF NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICA
—THANKSGIVING BREAK LIBRARY HOURS

Subscription, archive, and contact information is at the bottom of this digest.

LIBRARIES STUDENT RESEARCH PRIZE: SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED NOV. 15!
On November 15, LTS will begin accepting submission for the Libraries Student Research Prize at www.lehigh.edu/libprize. The Prize, which includes a monetary award of up to $1,000 and a reception to honor student work(s), recognizes exceptional library research in an undergraduate student paper or project. **Make sure to read the eligibility requirements before you submit your work!** Submissions will be accepted through Monday January 17, 2011.

NEW JSTOR COLLECTIONS ADDED
After a hiatus of several years, the Libraries have added two new JSTOR backfile collections, encompassing 260 titles. The Arts & Sciences VI Collection “extends JSTOR's coverage in disciplines across the social sciences, with clusters focused in economics, education, linguistics, political science, and area studies.” Notable titles that will now be available in electronic format back to the first volume include: Foreign Affairs, The Journal of Educational Research, The Middle East Journal, and The World Bank Economic Review. The Arts & Sciences VIII Collection “broadens JSTOR's coverage of core humanities disciplines including history, language & literature, art & art history, and education.” Highlights include a group of rare 19th and early 20th century American Art periodicals digitized as part of a special project undertaken with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Frick Collection, and the Brooklyn Museum of Art.

To view complete title lists for these collections, see: http://about.jstor.org/content-collections/journals/arts-sciences-vi and http://about.jstor.org/content-collections/journals/arts-sciences-viii. JSTOR links for these titles are in the process of being added to the ASA catalog.

NEW LIBRARY SERVICES WEBSITE LAUNCHED: FEEDBACK ENCOURAGED
A new Library Services website (library.lehigh.edu) debuted on Founders Day, October 22nd. The use of the open source content management system (Drupal) in creating the site means more Web 2.0 features for users and enables library staff to contribute content directly and rapidly. Special new elements include a prominent, persistent search box of four major resources, "Library Catalog", "Articles/Databases", "E-Journals" and "Subject Guides.” There are immediate access “Quick Links” to major resources, plus more extensive changes such as content specifically directed to students or to faculty. Now it’s your turn. We want your opinion. Please take a few moments to try out the new website. Comments and suggestions should be emailed to inlulib@lehigh.edu.

SHARE PUBLIC EVENTS VIA GOOGLE CALENDAR
Do you have public events that you'd like to promote to the university? Beyond the university? One way to get the word out is to create a public calendar on Google. You can see Lehigh public events calendars at: https://sites.google.com/a/lehigh.edu/lehigh-google-apps/Home/lehigh-public-calendars.

LTS recommends that public calendars be created on a departmental, or "in" computing account, so that the calendar is associated with the department rather than an individual (who may leave or change jobs). The steps to creating a public calendar are below, or check out a video tutorial at: http://bit.ly/ShareGCal.

1. Contact Kelly Decker at ksd2@lehigh.edu to request a departmental account that supports Google Calendar. Note: If you have a departmental account, it may not support Google Calendar by default. Kelly can add the Google Apps service.

2. Log into the account by going to www.lehigh.edu/googl e and using the departmental account username and password.

3. Go to Google Calendar. Select the calendar you want to use. Use the default calendar or create a unique calendar to hold the event information.

4. Enter the events into the calendar.
--To create the events from scratch, enter the events as you would for a personal calendar.
--Events saved as .ics file (iCalendar format), go to Settings under My Calendars, and select Import Calendar.
--Select the calendar that will contain the events. Open the Browse window, navigate to the file, and select it. Click Import.

5. Check the calendar to make sure the events are displaying as they should. Set the sharing privileges to either make it Public or Share with everyone at Lehigh (found under Share this Calendar).

6. Send an email to helpdesk@lehigh.edu with the CalendarID or XML link (available on the Calendar Details view) and the name of the public calendar. Contact the help desk for assistance finding these links. The Help Desk will add your calendar to the list of public calendars and will provide the link to share your calendar from your website if you choose.

MANAGING YOUR LEHIGH COMPUTING ACCOUNT
While people associate their Lehigh accounts most closely with email access, they are much more than that. All Lehigh accounts have web space and personal LAN space (“H” drive) associated with them including departmental (“in”) accounts. Many other Lehigh services and resources are accessed using the Lehigh username and password for “authentication”. For a more detailed listing of the services associated with Lehigh accounts, see the information under the heading “Types of Computing Services” on the LTS Account Services web page at: http://www.lehigh.edu/account/.

If Lehigh accounts are not maintained by changing the password every six months when prompted, they will be disabled. Email reminders to change passwords are sent daily to account owners for two weeks prior to password expiration so reading Lehigh email is quite important. Lehigh departmental accounts (“in” accounts) are particularly prone to being disabled. The best way to avoid this is to have at least two people reading the email for this account. This can be done by setting up the account as a secondary account in an email client such as Mozilla Thunderbird or by using Lehigh webmail to log into the account. (Your Lehigh Computing Consultant can help with setting up a secondary account in your email client). Most of the time people notice a problem with the account when the primary function they use it for isn’t working (i.e. their departmental web page is inaccessible or the email isn’t working).

People using another account (such as a Gmail account) as their primary account, can forward Lehigh email to that account. The link for setting up email forwarding is on the LTS Account Services web page referenced in the above link.

BEYOND THE HYPE: MAC OR WINDOWS
Use of Apple’s mobile devices and laptop and desktop computers has increased both in the world and on Lehigh’s campus. Forty percent (40%) of Lehigh’s freshman class this year are Macintosh users according to information gathered by the Wired program and posted on the Wired web page. Apple’s third quarter results tell the story of their popularity at: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/07/20results.htm l. Lehigh users, who are considering making the switch from a PC computer to a Mac computer, should consider some pros and cons.

Pros: Macs are less targeted by viruses and other malware. Windows now can be run on the Mac either from a separate partition or using software like VMWare Fusion or Parallels to create a virtual machine running Windows. iMacs are an all-in-one solution that take up less overall workspace real estate and offer more than enough computing power for most users. Macs are superb for graphic design including website design and also for video editing.

Cons: Apple offers no accidental damage protection on its laptops (MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air). Macs are generally more expensive than Windows based PCs (both desktops and laptops). Macs only come with a standard one year hardware warranty and 90 day technical support; the AppleCare Protection Plan must be added at an additional cost to get a three year warranty. (Most PCs ordered through our Lehigh plans come with a standard 3 year warranty included in the base price.) When switching to Mac, there is a learning curve consistent with any new hardware/software environment.

For more information about using Macs vs. using Windows based PCs at Lehigh, please contact your Computing Consultant. Also, for more information about using Macs at Lehigh, see the following web page at: http://www.lehigh.edu/mac/home.htm l.

FRIENDS PROGRAM: SPIRITS OF NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICA
Join us for the final Friends of the Libraries talk this Fall!

--Mark Lause, Associate Professor of History, University of Cincinnati
--Friday, November 19th – Noon
--Scheler Humanities Forum (Linderman 200)

Spiritualism represented an original, massive, and influential current in the antebellum United States and later. Lause will examine spiritualism's importance, providing insight into the centrality of faith in U.S. history.
Co-sponsored by the American Studies Program.

THANKSGIVING BREAK LIBRARY HOURS
http://www.lehigh.edu/lts/hours/libhours.html
Thanksgiving Break – November 24 – 28
Wednesday 11/24 – 8:00 am – 10:00 pm
Thursday 11/25 – CLOSED
Friday 11/26 – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday 11/27 – Noon – 5:00 pm
Sunday 11/28 – Noon – 2:00 am

October 7, 2010

noreply@blogger.com (LTS Staff) — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:18:00 +0000

The LTS Help Desk wants to hear from you!
Mango Web-based language learning courses
Data loss prevention
Google Calendar tips and tricks
Pictures, pixels, and PNG: Need help editing images?
Adobe software at the public sites
Reminder: Libraries Student Research Prize
Friends Program, October 13: Politics of environmental degradation
Packing break library hours

THE LTS HELP DESK WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU!
In October, the LTS Help Desk will be distributing a short survey to people who have used the help desk service during a 4 week period in the fall semester. We would appreciate hearing from anyone who wishes to offer us some feedback. If you would like to receive an online survey, please contact the Help Desk at 8-4357 or helpdesk@lehigh.edu

MANGO WEB-BASED LANGUAGE LEARNING COURSES
Global Lehigh and “being multilingual” are a natural combination. Developing language skill is a great way to prepare for intercultural experiences both on campus and abroad. Now, LTS is making available a way for the entire campus to have anytime, anywhere access to self-paced, informal language learning. The libraries are licensing Mango, a language learning system offering both introductory “crash courses” and advanced coursework. Mango currently offers 22 languages from around the world including Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Pashto, Farsi, and Korean as well as French, Spanish, Russian, German, Japanese and Italian. There are also English courses for speakers of other languages. To get started learning or to refresh a language you have already begun to study, go to http://library.lehigh.edu/databasefinder/moreinfo.php?db=253

DATA LOSS PREVENTION
Where do you save your digital files? Are your Word documents, Power Point presentations, PDF files, etc. saved on the hard drive of your computer (or a keychain drive) and not backed up anywhere else? Hard drives crash and it’s very risky to depend on one hard drive. Hours of work can be lost.

There are several options available to you to back up your data to prevent loss in the event of a hard drive crash or loss or malfunction of a keychain drive. They are (including, but not limited to):

Personal LAN space here at Lehigh (also known as “H” drive)
External hard drive (using Windows 7 automatic back-up software or Mac OS Time Machine or other external automatic back-up software such as Dantz Retrospect or Intego Backup Assistant)
Google Documents
Other web-based options
Burn to CD/DVD (good for archiving off inactive data)

Please contact your LTS Computing Consultant for advice, to discuss options and for assistance with your data backups. Don’t be sorry – be safe.

GOOGLE CALENDAR TIPS AND TRICKS
Many Lehigh staff and students are using Google Calendar to manage personal and departmental events. Whether you're new to Google Calendar or a Calendar power user, check out these tips and tricks: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcqnpxsq_260hfcbdxp7

PICTURES, PIXELS, AND PNG: NEED HELP EDITING IMAGES?
Are you ever called upon to make changes to a picture or image - like superimposing text over a photo, cropping/resizing an image, or even creating a basic shape (like an arrow)? Here's some good news - the Windows 7 version of Paint is far more useful and sophisticated than its XP counterpart. To get a sense of what you can do with Windows 7 Paint, take a look at this quick tutorial from Microsoft: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Using-Paint

ADOBE SOFTWARE AT PUBLIC SITES
Do you have graphic editing or web page design needs? Adobe software is available at the Media Center, in the Digital Media Studio classroom (DMS) and in the IMRC. Each of these three locations offers the Adobe Creative Suite – Web Premium, a suite containing Photoshop for graphic editing and Dreamweaver and Flash for web page design. Acrobat is also available as part of the suite for creating PDF files. Fireworks, Soundbooth and Contribute complete the selection of software in the Adobe Web Premium suite.

The Creative Suite Web Premium includes:

Dreamweaver – professional website design
Flash Professional – rich, interactive content development
Photoshop Extended – creation and modification of graphic files
Fireworks – web prototyping and image editing
Acrobat Professional – create files in .PDF format
Soundbooth – create and edit audio
Contribute – update web content quickly

REMINDER: LIBRARIES STUDENT RESEARCH PRIZE (APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED SOON!)
Do you know of an undergraduate student who is working on, or who completed, a high quality library-research intensive project in 2010? Are YOU that student? Your project *may be* eligible for the 2011 Libraries Student Research Prize. Toward the end of the semester, LTS will start accepting applications for projects - see http://www.lehigh.edu/libprize/ for more details, and watch for the announcement that the web site is taking applications!

FRIENDS PROGRAM, OCTOBER 13: POLITICS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
The Political Dead Zone: Coming to Terms with the Politics of Environmental Degradation—Disturbing Lessons from the Troubled Chesapeake

Howard Ernst '93, Associate Professor of Political Science, United States Naval Academy
Wednesday, October 13th, 4:00 p.m.
Linderman Scheler Humanities Forum (Rm. 200)

Ernst's talk will explore the basic assumptions upon which the nation's most ambitious environmental restoration project was based - the Chesapeake Bay restoration project. He will expose significant flaws in the cooperative approach to environmental protection that has swept the nation since passage of the Clean Water Act. Sponsored by Friends of the Libraries and the Department of Political Science.

PACING BREAK LIBRARY HOURS
http://www.lehigh.edu/lts/hours/libhours.html
Pacing Break – October 8 - 12
Friday 10/8 - 8 am – 5 pm
Saturday 10/9 - Noon – 8 pm
Sunday 10/10 - Noon – 8 pm
Monday 10/11 - 8 am – 10 pm
Tuesday 10/12 - 8 am – 2 am

September 7, 2010

noreply@blogger.com (LTS Staff) — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:46:00 +0000

—SOFTWARE CHANGES AT LEHIGH
—SUMMER 2010 SITE AND CLASSROOM UPGRADES
—COURSE SITE REPLACES BLACKBOARD
—INTRODUCING: A NEW LIBRARY PORTAL PRESENCE
—LEHIGH GOOGLE APPS
—MOBILE LEHIGH WEBMAIL
—VERIZON WIRELESS INFORMATION FOR FACULTY AND STAFF
—LTS SEMINARS
—LINDERMAN LIBRARY EXHIBIT CELEBRATES STEPS OPENING
—LIBRARY HOURS FALL 2010

SOFTWARE CHANGES AT LEHIGH – MICROSOFT, AUTOCAD, ARCGIS, SOLIDWORKS
Microsoft – Windows 7 at public sites, Office 2010 at the bookstore: All public sites are now running Windows 7. This operating system upgrade has led to other software changes including the introduction of some 64-bit versions of popular software Labview, Maple, Matlab and Stata. A few older software packages did not make the transition but are still available in classrooms and offices on computers running Windows XP.

AutoCAD, ArcGIS and SolidWorks now available in select locations: AutoCAD, as part of the Autodesk Suite 2011, ArcGIS 10 and Solidworks 2009 are now available in select labs. These large programs have been preloaded on the computers in Fritz 605, Mohler 210, EWFM 500 and EWFM 600 and in the new STEPS 121. These machines have the higher-end NVIDIA Quadro FX 580 video card in them to support the CAD graphics functions.

SUMMER 2010 SITE AND CLASSROOM UPGRADES
The LTS Technology Installation and Maintenance Services (TIMS) group has upgraded numerous computer sites with Dell OptiPlex 980 i3 dual core processor computers. They are configured with 160GB SATA hard drives, 4GB DDR3 memory, DVD+/-RW SATA drives, and in most places, 22-inch wide screen monitors.

Linderman Library’s computers were also upgraded with the HP TouchSmart 9100 computers. These 23-inch diagonal all-in-one computers are configured with 250GB SATA hard drives, 4GB memory and 8X SuperMulti Drives. The Library Services (LS) machines were also upgraded with HP small form factor computers.

In addition, many classrooms were upgraded to include wide screen projectors and other updates, and AV technology has been added to 18 classrooms/labs in the STEPS building. For a complete list of the classroom and computer site changes that were done over the 2010 summer refer to: http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/tims/facilities/sitenews.html.

COURSE SITE REPLACES BLACKBOARD
Course Site is the replacement for the Blackboard learning management system. Access to Blackboard by faculty/staff for reference purposes only will continue until September 30th. Students no longer have access to Blackboard. If you have course materials you wish to move to Course Site, or need to archive any gradebook information for future reference, contact an IT Consultant at it.team@lehigh.edu. Numerous training opportunities exist – check out the Help tab and “Site News” announcement area on the home page of Course Site at: http://coursesite.lehigh.edu.

INTRODUCING: A NEW LIBRARY PORTAL PRESENCE
In August the libraries changed the focus of the portal presence, with a new emphasis on the most useful tools for research in a fast, easy-to-use format. Some highlights include:

* E-journal searching via SFX (which finds and displays full-text E-journal contents when available) and E-journal title browsing
* Quick ASA, Worldcat, and video
* Lehigh's database finder
* Lehigh Libraries' Twitter and Facebook info
* Library-related mobile apps
* And more!

Look for the new Library tab in the portal. Contact the help desk at 610-758-4357 if you have questions.

LEHIGH GOOGLE APPS
Lehigh has incorporated Google into its list of technology resources for use within the Lehigh community. Faculty, staff and students can access Lehigh Google through this address: http://www.lehigh.edu/google/.

Advantages to using Lehigh Google:

* Collaboration with Lehigh colleagues using Google docs
* Sharing of individual calendars to facilitate the scheduling of meetings and events
* The opportunity to create group calendars to track group schedules or share events within the group
* The ability to forward your mail to the Lehigh Google e-mail account
* Other features include, Contacts, Web Sites, and Wave (a message board/chat/mail hybrid)
* Automatic wireless sync to calendar on iPhone, Blackberry Bold, Windows Mobile 6 and Android devices
* Single sign-on to access all features

Lehigh Alumni can access Google Apps for Lehigh Alumni at the following link http://www.lehigh.edu/google/alumni.html. For more detailed information about Lehigh Google, use this link: https://sites.google.com/a/lehigh.edu/lehigh-google-apps/Home.

Be aware: Lehigh Google is not hosted at Lehigh; sensitive Lehigh information should not be posted in Lehigh Google apps.

MOBILE LEHIGH WEBMAIL
Have you tried Lehigh's mobile Webmail, MIMP? The mobile version of IMP can be accessed by any mobile device that supports Web browsing. Just go to imp.lehigh.edu and selecting the "minimalist" interface from the dropdown menu (or go to webmail.lehigh.edu/mimp). Then log in, and you'll see a bare-bones 3-column layout:

* the leftmost column has codes: N for new, r for replied to, + for mail sent directly to you (not cc'ed), and i for important
* the middle column has the email message subject
* the right-hand column has the sender name

The navigation menu is at the bottom of the screen. Note that this software is free/open source and our support is limited to helping people use existing functionality. Contact the help desk 610-758-4357 with any questions about MIMP.

VERIZON WIRELESS INFORMATION FOR FACULTY AND STAFF
In response to requests from the campus community, Library and Technology Services has established a partnership agreement with Verizon Wireless. Under this agreement, Verizon Wireless offers faculty and staff competitive plans and discounts on services for both university paid phones (Corporate Responsibility Users) and personal phones (Individual Responsibility Users). Interested parties can refer to Telecommunication’s web page at: http://www.lehigh.edu/phones/fswireless.html. Unfortunately, Verizon does not offer student discounts at this time, though we will continue to pursue them. For further information or questions, please consult Lehigh’s Verizon Wireless Representative: Leah Cosme Ruscitto, Account Executive, at 610- 220-8692 or e-mail: Leah.Cosme2@VerizonWireless.com.

LTS SEMINARS
Pivot tables in Excel? Windows 7? Concerned about Facebook privacy? Add assignments in Course Site? Got questions about a particular technology or software? LTS Training Seminars are designed to give a deeper understanding of the technologies used every day. LTS recognizes that today’s wide range of technologies can be daunting at times. The LTS Seminars are specifically geared to make technology simpler and to enhance productivity and skills. Taking these seminars will save time in the long run and allow your work to get done more efficiently and effectively. These seminars are free to faculty, staff and students. Several are now offered late afternoon or in the evening to accommodate work and class schedules. Below is just a small sampling of some of the LTS Seminars that are offered this fall. For the complete list and to register, go to: https:/cf.lehigh.edu/seminar/.

* Course Site Gradebook & Assignments
* iTunes U
* Become a Google Super Searcher
* Intro to Microsoft Excel 2007
* Google Calendar
* Awesome Productivity Hacks
* Computer Security
* Refworks

LINDERMAN LIBRARY EXHIBIT CELEBRATES STEPS OPENING
A new exhibit, planned to celebrate the opening of the STEPS building, opened in Linderman Library on August 26. The exhibit, “Environmental Steps: Environmental Education and Action at Lehigh”, curated by Lehigh’s Humanities Librarian Melissa Grafe, features seminal works in science, technology, environment, and policy to represent work supporting the mission of STEPS. The exhibit, which is located on the ground, first, third, and fourth floors of Linderman Library, runs through December 17, 2010.

LIBRARY HOURS FALL 2010
http://www.lehigh.edu/lts/hours/libhours.html.
Fall Semester - Regular Hours - Sept. 14 - Dec. 13
Mondays through Thursdays - 8 am - 2 am
Fridays – 8 am – 10 pm
Saturdays – 10 am 10 pm
Sundays – 10 am – 2 am

Exceptions:
4 O’clocks – Sept. 27 – Oct. 7
Fairchild – Open Overnight
Monday, Sept. 27 - 8 am through Wednesday, Sept. 29 - 2:00 am
Monday, Oct. 4 - 8 am through Thursday, Oct. 7 - 2:00 am
Linderman – Regular Hours
Mondays through Thursdays – 8 am – 2 am
Fridays – 8 am – 10 pm
Saturdays – 10 am – 10pm
Sundays – 10 am – 2 am

Final Exams – Dec. 14 – Dec. 22
Fairchild - Open Overnight
Tuesday, Dec. 14 - 8 am through Wednesday, Dec. 22 - 10 pm
Linderman
Monday through Friday – 8 am – 2 am
Saturday – 9 am – 2 am
Sunday – 9 am – 2 am
Wednesday, Dec. 22 – 8 am – 10 pm

July 13, 2010

noreply@blogger.com (LTS Staff) — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:29:00 +0000

--MAJOR FAIRCHILD BOOKS/JOURNALS SHIFT COMPLETED
--NEW LIBRARY DATABASE INTERFACES
--GOOGLE CALENDAR: COUNTDOWN TO IMPLEMENTATION
--LIBRARY HOURS – SUMMER II – FALL 2010

Subscription, archive, and contact information is at the bottom of this digest.

MAJOR FAIRCHILD BOOKS/JOURNALS SHIFT COMPLETED
The major book and bound volume shift in Fairchild Library has been completed. Books are now found beginning on Fairchild 2 North, ascending to Fairchild 3 North, and concluding on Fairchild 4 North. For instance, the business collection (650s) is now located in proper Dewey sequence on 4 North. The bound journals begin on Fairchild 3 South and conclude on Fairchild 2 North. All locations in the online catalog have been changed to reflect the new locations. As always, please ask for help at the Circulation Desk if you have difficulty locating materials.

NEW LIBRARY DATABASE INTERFACES
As of July 1, because of changes in vendor offerings, a number of library databases are now supplied by new vendors. Users will experience some differences in searching and interface design.

Affected databases and new vendors include:

--Applied Science and Technology Abstracts (Ebsco)

--ATLA Religion Index (Ebsco)

--Econlit (Ebsco)

--Georef (CSA)

--MLA Bibliography (Ebsco)

--Sociological Abstracts (CSA)

Art Abstracts has been replaced by a new database, Art and Architecture Complete (Ebsco), which offers similar indexing coverage to Art Abstracts, but also includes many full text periodicals in art, architecture and design.

Lehigh's library databases can be accessed through the Database Finder http://library.lehigh.edu/databasefinder.html and are also included in ASA, the library catalog. Questions about a new interface should be directed to the librarian identified by the "i" button for the database.

GOOGLE CALENDAR: COUNTDOWN TO IMPLEMENTATION
This spring LTS announced that Lehigh will transition from Oracle Calendar to Google Calendar. Oracle will be taken out of service 11/30/10. As part of this migration, LTS is offering Google Calendar training throughout the summer. Go to https://cf.lehigh.edu/seminar for a list of classes. Already familiar with Calendar? Check out this handout for Google Calendar tips and tricks: http://tinyurl.com/26nb8td. You can also contact the Help Desk at 8-4357 with specific questions about Calendar.

LIBRARY HOURS – SUMMER II – FALL 2010
http://www.lehigh.edu/lts/hours/libhours.html
Summer II - July 6 – August 10
FAIRCHILD
Monday – Thursday – 8:00 am – 10:00 pm
Friday – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday – 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday – Noon – 5:00 pm

LINDERMAN
Monday – Thursday – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Friday – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday – 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday – Noon – 5:00 pm

Summer II Exams (Both Libraries)
Wednesday, August 11 - 8:00 am - 10:00 pm
Thursday, August 12 - 8:00 am - 10:00 pm

Semester Break (Both Libraries) - August 13 – 29
Friday, August 13 - 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday, August 14 - Noon - 5:00 pm
Sunday, August 15 - Noon - 5:00pm

Monday, August 16 through Friday, August 20 - 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday, August 21 - Noon - 5:00 pm
Sunday, August 22 - Noon - 5:00pm

Monday, August 23 through Thursday, August 26 - 8:00 am - 8:00 pm
Friday, August 27 - 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday, August 28 - Noon - 5:00 pm
Sunday, August 29 - Noon - Midnight

Fall Semester - August 30 - September 19
Mondays through Thursdays - 8:00am - Midnight
Fridays - 8:00 am - 10:00 pm
Saturdays - 10:00 am - 10:00 pm
Sundays - 10:00 am - Midnight

September 20 - November 24
Mondays through Thursdays - 8:00 am - 2:00 am
Fridays - 8:00 am - 10:00 pm
Saturdays - 10:00 am - 10:00 pm
Sundays - 10:00 am - 2:00 am

April 19, 2010

noreply@blogger.com (LTS Staff) — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:26:00 +0000

Shift of Fairchild books/journals scheduled for May
Leisure reading in Linderman and Fairchild Libraries
"Power to the People" upgrades in Fairchild Library
Earthweek in LTS: The Problem with Printing
LTS receives oral history digitization grant
Library exam hours

SHIFT OF FAIRCHILD BOOKS/JOURNALS SCHEDULED FOR MAY
Immediately after exams end in May, a major shift of books and journals will take place on the three upper floors of Fairchild. The purpose of the shift is to compress the journal collections on 2 North and 3 South while expanding shelving for books. Temporary stacks will be erected on 2 South, near government documents, during the move to aid with the new sequencing of the business books (650s) into proper call number order with the rest of the collection. Signage and personal assistance will be available to help users locate materials during the move which is expected to be complete by late June or early July. Collections will be accessible during the move and if you cannot find the materials you need, please ask at the circulation desk for assistance. For more information, contact Sharon Wiles Young, LTS Director for Library Access Services, at ext. 83046 or slw0@lehigh.edu.

LEISURE READING NOW IN LINDERMAN & FAIRCHILD LIBRARIES
Part of the popular Leisure Reading Collection has now been moved to a new location in Linderman. Attractive new wooden shelves especially designed and built for Linderman's Lucy's Cafe will now be home for both the Leisure Reading fiction books and the Rodale Books which are donated to us through the generosity of Heather Rodale. Non-fiction books and biographies will remain in Fairchild-Martindale. Records in the ASA catalog will indicate the library in which a particular book is located. New titles are being added regularly so please browse both locations for an interesting book to read!

“POWER TO THE PEOPLE” UPGRADES IN FAIRCHILD LIBRARY
New tables with convenient power outlets have been added to the north wing of the main floor of the Fairchild Library and the carrels have been removed. This area now makes a great space to use your wireless laptop. All the seating on that floor has recently been replaced with new contemporary style chairs as well.

EARTHWEEK IN LTS: THE PROBLEM WITH PRINTING
Take a look at this video which was produced by LTS staff and students in an environmental studies class (Politics of the Environment)! The subject is printing and paper consumption... http://www.lehigh.edu/print

LTS RECEIVES ORAL HISTORY DIGITIZATION GRANT
The LTS Digital Library team has been awarded a Library and Technology Services Act grant by the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Libraries for the digitization, transcription, and publication on the Beyond Steel site of over 100 oral histories. These interviews are the result of the efforts of history professor Roger Simon and his students in 1975 and represent steelworkers, shopkeepers, and homemakers -- many of whom were born before the turn of the 20th century. Work will begin this summer, with an anticipated web publication date of May 2011.

LIBRARY EXAM HOURS
Starting Monday, May 3, Fairchild-Martindale will be open continuously (24 hours) until Wednesday, May 12 when it closes at 10PM.

Linderman:
Monday, May 3 through Friday, May 7 - 8AM - 2AM
Saturday, May 8 and Sunday, May 9 - 9AM - 2AM
Monday, May 10 and Tuesday, May 11 - 8AM - 2AM
Wednesday, May 12 - 8AM - 10PM

March 2, 2010

noreply@blogger.com (LTS Staff) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:32:00 +0000

CONTENTS:

POWER TO THE PEOPLE IN FAIRCHILD LIBRARY
WINDOWS 7 AVAILABLE IN BOOKSTORE
HELP LTS TEST LANGUAGE LEARNING TOOLS
PAPERCUT: HOW MUCH DO YOU PRINT?
LEHIGH GOOGLE CALENDAR TIP: QUICK ADD AN EVENT!
LIBRARY HOURS – SPRING BREAK

POWER TO THE PEOPLE IN FAIRCHILD LIBRARY
"Power to the People" who use the north wing of the main entry floor of Fairchild Library. In preparation for new tables arriving later in the semester, electrical outlets have been added so that students can easily plug in laptop computers. The outlets, which are flush with the carpet, are operational now. Just slide back the cover to insert your plug. The outlets are located between the shelving near the existing tables. There are many other electrical outlets easily available throughout Fairchild Library that can be used safely. Please use these outlets (often along the carrels against the walls) rather than stretching cords across walkways.

WINDOWS 7 AVAILABLE IN BOOKSTORE
As of Tuesday, February 23, Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate edition is available for sale ($15) at the Lehigh University Bookstore. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions are available (sold separately). There is a limit of one Windows 7 DVD per person (LU student, faculty, staff with ID). Before deciding whether to upgrade to Windows 7 and which version to choose (32-bit or 64-bit), a visit to Lehigh’s Windows 7 web page is highly recommended: http://www.lehigh.edu/wired/win7.

The web page provides information about the Windows 7 upgrade process as well as a link to Microsoft’s Windows Upgrade Advisor tool. If the Microsoft Windows Upgrade Advisor tool determines that a computer can be upgraded to Windows 7 64-bit, Library and Technology Services (LTS) recommends that students upgrade to that version. The low cost of DVDs for Windows 7 is possible because of the Library and Technology Services Microsoft Campus Agreement program.

HELP LTS TEST LANGUAGE LEARNING TOOLS
During March the library will be conducting trials of 2 web-based language learning tools, Mango and Powerspeak. Both of these products offer methods for learning a variety of languages, anywhere, anytime. LTS is reviewing whether there is a need for such a product and how this type of product might support the “Global Lehigh” initiative. We can imagine tools of this nature complementing formal academic language study, serving as a crash course for Study-abroad, Global Citizenship or Martindale scholars, helping refresh language skills and in some cases assisting ESL students. We are recruiting students, faculty and staff to take advantage of the trial month and give us feedback on their experiences with the products and their need for independent language learning programs. To volunteer please sign up at: http://bit.ly/LULibLangTrial. We will send you a link to the trial when you fill out the form. Thanks so much and have fun.

To learn a bit more about the products visit: http://www.mangolanguages.com/ and Gale Powerspeak http://www.gale.cengage.com/powerspeak/. For more information contact Roseann Bowerman, Social Sciences Librarian at rb04@lehigh.edu.

PAPERCUT: HOW MUCH DO YOU PRINT?
LTS continues to be “hawkish” about paper waste and excessive printing at public site printers. The PaperCut software purchased by LTS is monitoring public printer use and individual printing amounts at these printing sites. This software also allows users to view and monitor their own printing behaviors. LTS is loading a PaperCut “gadget” on Windows 7 public computers so students can see their printing impact on the environment.

LTS will be loading this gadget with the Windows 7 upgrade to the public computers. In the meantime, LTS continues several educational efforts and will produce a video about printing and paper use for Earth Week. To find out more information about printing and how the individual user can make a difference see some printing hints on the LTS web page: http://www.lehigh.edu/print/.

Also this semester, LTS will be contacting users to discuss their printing needs in an effort to find solutions to excessive printing. LTS would like to thank the Brown and White for their coverage of printing issues on campus and if students, faculty and staff have any suggestions about changing printing behaviors please contact Sharon Wiles-Young: slw0@lehigh.edu.

LEHIGH GOOGLE CALENDAR TIP: QUICK ADD AN EVENT!
Adding events in Google Calendar is easy, but the Quick Add feature can save you even more time when adding events to your schedule. For information about how to use Quick Add, see this short video tutorial http://screencast.com/t/MTAxYTBhND.

LIBRARY HOURS – SPRING BREAK
Both Libraries:
Spring Break: March 5 – March 13
Friday 3/5: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday 3/6: Noon - 5:00 pm
Sunday 3/7: Noon - 5:00 pm
Monday 3/8 - Thursday 3/11: 8:00 am - 8:00 pm
Friday 3/12: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday 3/13: Noon - 5:00 pm
Sunday 3/14: Noon - 2:00 am

Easter Weekend: Regular library hours

January 29, 2010

noreply@blogger.com (LTS Staff) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:29:00 +0000

New Book Scanner in Linderman Library
Windows 7 installed in some public sites
The Fraudulent email virus: video tutorial
Tips for email security
E-books: Are we there yet?
Mew Linderman Exhibit

NEW BOOK SCANNER IN LINDERMAN STACKS SCANNING AT YOUR FINGERTIPS - LITERALLY!
Over the holiday break, Lehigh LTS installed a new iVina workstation and book-edge scanner in Linderman library, which is available to all students, faculty and staff. This turnkey system is simple to use, and is completely touch-screen driven. No login is required. Simply walk up to the station and begin your scanning session. Since this is a stand-alone unit, it does not have access to network drive space, so users are required to have a USB flash drive to receive their scans. If you don't have a USB flash drive, one can be checked out at the Linderman Library circulation desk.

A book-edge scanner was selected so the larger art books housed in Linderman could be scanned without damaging the bindings. It is also equipped with a sheet-feeder for scanning short stacks of single-sided sheets. The scanner has many options for users, and is a breeze to use. After accepting a reminder about copyright laws, users simply select what format they would like their final output to be in: PDF, Searchable PDF, Word, TIFF, JPG, or HTML. Users then have the choice to select color and resolution options depending on their requirements. One more click and the scanning begins. The scanning software also allows users to zoom, crop, and rotate images after scanning, allowing users to take away only what they want from the scan.

The workstation and book-edge scanner is located on the L0-Lower floor of Linderman, just outside of Lucy's Cafe and down a short flight of stairs. It complements two other flatbed scanners connected to workstations located on L0-Upper, directly above the new book scanner. LTS also provides standard flatbed scanners in the E. W. Fairchild-Martindale library behind the Help Desk, in the EWFM Media Center, and the Digital Media Studio.

WINDOWS 7 INSTALLED IN SOME PUBLIC SITES
Windows 7 has been installed in the following public site locations:

E.W. Fairchild-Martindale Library, the 400 level, north end of the building (all PCs)
Rauch Business Center Room 60 (about 1/2 of the PCs)
EWFM Computing Center 100 level ("pit area") adjacent to the WIRED help office (most of the PCs are now running Windows 7).

Autocad is not yet available on Windows 7 PCs, and selected other applications that run on Windows XP will not run on Windows 7. Go to http://www.lehigh.edu/win7 for more information.

THE FRAUDULENT UPS E-MAIL VIRUS: A DEBRIEFING AND TUTORIAL
Last week a number of Lehigh staff, faculty, and students downloaded an attachment from an e-mail message purporting to be from UPS.com -- this e-mail contained a virus. If you'd like to learn more about this hoax/virus and how to avoid similar threats in the future, view this video tutorial.

TIPS FOR E-MAIL SECURITY

Never open an attachment from someone you don't know.
Be cautious when opening attachments with the file extensions of: .exe, .vbs, .bat, and even .zip. All of these types of files can contain malicious software. If you receive a file from someone you know, but were not expecting the file, contact the person and verify that they intentionally sent it. Many different kinds of viruses are spread this way.
Never follow links in an e-mail that request that you update or verify your account information. This includes requests to update or verify your security questions. Many of these types of e-mails come from people trying to get access to your Bank, Brokerage, Ebay, or PayPal account. If you receive one of those e-mails, open your browser and manually type in the web address of the company that supposedly sent the e-mail (e.g. www.ebay.com) and log in that way. If there is anything that needs to be updated in your account, you will see that information when you log in.
Most companies (including Microsoft and Mozilla) do not send patches or updates to you via your e-mail account.
If you receive an e-mail that looks like it might not be legitimate, you can check to see if it’s a known hoax here: http://www.snopes.com

E-BOOKS: ARE WE THERE YET?
Hardly a day passes without another article about e-books in the national media! Did you know that the Lehigh University Libraries has a growing number of e-books? And more to come. At 12 noon on Thursday, February 4th Lehigh librarians Jean Johnson and Heather Simoneau will present an overview of the devices, the platforms, the business plans, and the categories (from textbooks to university presses to trade books). The program takes place in Linderman Library’s Scheler Family Humanities Forum (Room 200) and refreshments will be served – bag lunches are welcome.

NEW LINDERMAN EXHIBIT: THE ROYAL SOCIETY & THE ORIGINS OF SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION
On this, the 350th anniversary of the Royal Society [of London], this exhibit will examine publications inspired by the Society's Philosophical Transactions, the journal of the Society, first published in 1665. The exhibit illustrates how scientific communication changed in the subsequent centuries, looking at scholarly and experimental communications throughout Europe and America. The exhibit opens on January 22nd and ends May 26th and is located throughout the Library, including in the ground level cases opposite Lucy’s café.

November 17, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (LTS Staff) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:27:00 +0000

LTS DIGEST November 17, 2009
Lehigh University Library and Technology Services

CONTENTS:

Special Thanksgiving Library Hours
Sending a big file? It's no longer a big problem!
LTS to transition to Windows 7
Fritz Digital Library unveiled
Beyond Steel upgrades mapping feature
Computer tips

SPECIAL THANKSGIVING LIBRARY HOURS
On Friday, November 27th, both the Fairchild-Martindale Library and Computing Center will be CLOSED due to a scheduled electrical outage. Linderman Library will be OPEN from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm.

Both Libraries:
Wednesday, November 25th: 8 am - 10 pm
Thursday, November 26th: CLOSED
Friday, November 27th: Fairchild Martindale: CLOSED (due to scheduled electrical outage) - Linderman: OPEN 8 am - 5 pm
Saturday, November 28th: Noon to 5 pm
Sunday, November 29th: Noon to 2 am
Monday, November 30th: Resume regular hours

SENDING A BIG FILE? IT’S NO LONGER A BIG PROBLEM!
The Lehigh e-mail server (and most e-mail servers) limits the size of e-mail attachments -- usually you can't send an e-mail attachment larger than 20 MB. Why? Large attachments can bog down both e-mail servers and the recipients' computers.

This problem has been solved with the Lehigh Dropbox Service (dropbox.lehigh.edu). The drop-box is a temporary storage location where you can upload a file or files up to 800 MB in size. The Lehigh dropbox stores the files and sends an e-mail notice to recipients. Recipients then click on a link to retrieve the file(s). Files must be retrieved within 3 days of being uploaded.

The dropbox can be used in one of two ways:

A Lehigh user can create a drop-off to be delivered to any e-mail user (Lehigh or non-Lehigh)
A non-Lehigh user is allowed to drop-off a file to (*a Lehigh user only*)

For questions about the dropbox service, contact the LTS Help Desk at 610-758-4357.

LTS TO TRANSITION TO WINDOWS 7
Library and Technology Services (LTS) has been testing Windows 7 (Microsoft's new operating system) for the past several months in anticipation of its scheduled release which occurred on October 22, 2009. LTS plans to upgrade all public computing sites from Windows XP to the 64-bit version of Windows 7 after the spring 2010 semester.

For public testing, LTS has configured some computers at the EWFM 180 and EWFM library public sites with Windows 7 64-bit. As with any operating system upgrade, there may be applications that will not function properly in the new environment. Faculty who use software for courses should test their applications as soon as possible and provide feedback to windows@lehigh.edu. For a list of applications found to be incompatible, general Windows 7 information and a link to provide feedback, visit http://www.lehigh.edu/win7.

Students, faculty, and staff will be eligible to purchase a Windows 7 installation disk (for use on personally-owned PCs) through the Lehigh Bookstore some time in the spring 2010 semester.

FRITZ DIGITAL LIBRARY UNVEILED
On the occasion of Fritz Lab's 100th Anniversary, a new collaboration between LTS, the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, and Printing and Mailing Services has resulted in the digitization of approximately 150 technical publications. The newly established Lehigh Civil and Environmental Engineering Digital Library encompasses selected publications of the department, including Fritz Laboratory Reports, IHL (Imbt Hydraulics Lab) Reports and ATLSS (Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems) Reports. The complete bibliography contains over 3,000 reports, which may be accessed via: http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/fritz/.

The Fritz Engineering Laboratory Research reports are comprised of research findings from department projects funded by various governmental agencies, industry and professional societies between roughly 1921 and 1989. The research reports include the civil engineering fields of structural (both concrete and steel) engineering, hydraulics, geotechnical, environmental/sanitary and fatigue/fracture engineering. A number of the Fritz Lab research project reports represent theses, dissertations and publications.

BEYOND STEEL UPGRADES MAPPING FEATURE
The Beyond Steel: An Archive of Lehigh Valley Industry and Culture project has upgraded and improved the functionality of its Geographic Information System mapping feature (http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/beyondsteel/gis/). Comprised of early twentieth-century Sanborn fire insurance maps, Sholes' Directory of the Bethlehems, 1900-1901, 1900-1902 Bethlehem Steel employee lists, a contemporary database of streets, and selected information from the 1900 Census report, the initial mapping interface was launched in 2008. The result is a geospatial presentation of turn of the century Bethlehem population and a context for more specialized visualization of workers in the steel industry. With the new, improved functionality afforded by the acquisition earlier this year of GIS servers and an Oracle license, we have been able to considerably decrease download times and increase functionality. We also added new data to include the ability to locate Bethlehem grocers, butchers, iron, metal, and textile manufacturers, newspapers, churches, government buildings, schools, leisure and recreation locations, and trolley lines.

Our efforts were recently applauded by the University of Wisconsin’s Scout Project which reports on projects that provide better tools for delivery of information online. The Beyond Steel project was generally deemed a “fascinating online exhibit and archive” with particular praise given to the GIS component as useful for urban studies.

COMPUTER TIPS
Have you ever been working on your PC and all of a sudden everything disappeared? Don't worry, you don't have to reboot to get it all back!

Just launch your Task Manager (by either hitting Ctrl-Alt-Delete and clicking on Task Manager or by just hitting Crtl-Shift-Esc)
In Task Manager, click on the File menu
Click on New Task (Run...)
Type in "explorer" without the quotes
Click OK, and in a few seconds you should start to see your desktop reappear!

Is your monitor "shaky"? If you glance at your monitor from the corner of your eye, does it appear to be moving? If so, you need to change your refresh rate!

Right click on your Desktop
Click on Properties
Click on the Settings Tab
Click on the Advanced Button
Click on the Monitor Tab
Change the Screen Refresh Rate to a different Hertz
Click OK
Click OK again, and you are all set.

Is your monitor at the right height and distance?Many monitors are set too high and too far away for people when they are working at their desks. Your monitor should be approximately arm's length away from you when you are sitting properly in your chair. Also, your monitor should be set at a height where you eyes are at the same height as the Title Bar in your active window.

September 29, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (LTS Staff) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:29:00 +0000

Lehigh University Library and Technology Services

CONTENTS:

Library Hours for Pacing Break //
WINDOWS 7 On the Horizon //
The Hub on the campus portal //
LTS RSS: News Feeds Now Available //
Windows and Mac Tips //
NEW Libguides Research Assistance Tool Available //
Banned Books Event and Exhibit

LIBRARY HOURS – PACING BREAK
Both Libraries:
Friday, October 2 – 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday, October 3 – Noon – 8:00 pm
Sunday, October 4 – Noon – 8:00 pm
Monday, October 5 – 8:00 am – 10:00 pm
Tuesday, October 6 – 8:00 am – 2:00 am

WINDOWS 7 - ON THE HORIZON
The official release of Microsoft’s Windows 7 is scheduled for October 22, 2009: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default.aspx. The Library and Technology Services staff has been testing the operating system with Lehigh’s existing applications to identify potential incompatibilities. As with most upgrades, the conversion process to a new desktop operating system is challenging and time-consuming. Therefore, over the next several weeks extensive testing will take place within LTS so that we can be prepared as best we can. Please stay tuned for updates in the coming weeks on the plans for Windows 7 at Lehigh.

THE HUB ON THE CAMPUS PORTAL
Student Affairs is sponsoring a new service -- The Hub -- which is now available on the campus portal (see icon on upper right corner). The Hub is a social networking resource student clubs and campus involvement opportunities. The Hub is described in more detail in a recent Brown and White article "Lehigh joins Hub Club" (9/08/09). Staff and faculty can access and peruse The Hub, which includes listings of clubs and members, an events calendar, and more. For questions about accessing The Hub through the campus portal, contact the Help Desk at 610.758.4357.

LTS RSS: NEWS FEEDS NOW AVAILABLE
If you regularly use a news feed reader (e.g., the Google Reader, Bloglines, or NewzCrawler, or the campus portal RSS channel), checkout the newly available LTS RSS feeds, which include the LTS seminars, LTS Digest, LTS Connections, a Phishing/scam alert, campus announcements, and more! Feeds are at http://www.lehigh.edu/lts/publications.html.

WINDOWS AND MAC TIPS
Do you need to resize text in a window without having to change your screen resolution and affecting everything else that is open?

To Increase the font size:

On a PC, hold down control and shift keys, and tap the + key until the window is the size that you want.
On a Mac, hold down the command and shift keys, and tap the + key until the window is the size that you want.

To Decrease the font size:

On a PC, hold down control key and tap the – key until the window is the size that you want.
On a Mac, hold down the command key and tap the – key until the window is the size that you want.

Do you need a quick way to minimize all open windows so you can see your desktop?

On a PC, hold down the Windows key and hit M.
On a Mac in Finder, hold down the Option and Command keys and hit H (it minimizes all windows except the app you are in) or use Expose.

Do you need a quick way to copy files while dragging them between open windows?

On a PC, right click the file instead of left clicking to drag and drop. When you release the mouse button, you will get the choice to Copy or Move.
On a Mac, hold down the Option key while dragging.

NEW LIBGUIDES RESEARCH GUIDANCE TOOLS AVAILABLE
Over the summer the librarians created new academic subject guides using the Libguides platform which has been adopted by hundreds of university libraries across the U.S. These guides are designed to recommend appropriate sources and information tools for conducting research in each academic discipline at Lehigh. Libguides software allows many Web 2.0 features such as live chat, commenting, and polling. The academic subject guides will direct students and others to suggested high quality online databases, reference materials, and web resources in their field of study. Faculty members are invited to link these guides from their Blackboard or other course management sites. You can find the subject guides on the Library Webpage at the link under Library News which reads – NEW Library Research Guides. The subject specialist librarians are also using this software platform to revise and create special “Course Guides” at the request of faculty to assist their classes with focused research assignments. An example of a course guide can be seen at http://libraryguides.lehigh.edu/Entp_398. We welcome faculty suggestions for resources that they feel should be included in either the subject or course guides.

BANNED BOOKS EVENT AND EXHIBIT
In recognition of Banned Books Week, September 27th to October 3rd, Professor Kathy Olson in Journalism has organized a campus wide celebration of free expression, “Lehigh Celebrates the First!” funded by a grant from the Liberty Tree Initiative.

It will include a multimedia musical program on music censorship on October 19th at 7:00 p.m. in Whitaker Hall, a display in Fairchild-Martindale Library, and the planting of a liberty tree next to Coppee Hall. The Library exhibit of and about banned books will be installed in the display cases in the lobby. A cart of books there will invite students and faculty to take home a banned book. We plan to have our new "ASA on the Go" service at the First Amendment Celebration events so that our users can check out books there as well. We will be using Twitter on the library home page to send out quotations about censorship and freedom. As part of the Celebrate the First campaign, Prof. Olson is asking people on campus to share short remarks about a favorite book, movie or song that has been banned or challenged. Check the web site http://www.lehigh.edu/~infirst to participate and for additional details, book lists and updates.

August 18, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (LTS Staff) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:13:00 +0000

Parking at Linderman Library //
Google Apps seminars this fall! //
Lehigh Webmail: New Interface! //
New full-text education database //
LTS increases high performance capacity //
Supporting Global Lehigh //
Library laptop loaners //
Digital Brown and White Introduction //
Making a good impression: New exhibit //

PARKING AT LINDERMAN LIBRARY
Library Drive, which runs in front of the University Center and around Linderman Library, has been converted into a pedestrian-only area over the summer. Users of Linderman Library can no longer park in these areas. There are now some short-term smart card parking meters available behind Linderman, accessible via Williams Drive. Handicapped spaces will be added as soon as possible in the rotunda area. The largest parking area in close proximity is the Alumni Memorial Garage, a short walk from Linderman.

GOOGLE APPS SEMINARS THIS FALL!
Have you tried Lehigh's Google Apps? Google Apps takes standard office, calendar, and Web publishing software into the 21st century. Access your files from any networked computer (great for traveling!), collaborate with colleagues at Lehigh and beyond, and take advantage of the Lehigh customization - the Lehigh e-mail directory is integrated and searchable, for example, and you can elect to share files within the Lehigh community. During the fall semester, LTS staff will offer four Google Apps seminars on these tools:

Google Docs -- Google Docs is analogous to the Microsoft Office suite with its word processing, presentation, and spreadsheet tools, but it's all online (accessible from anywhere) and enhanced with sharing and collaboration features.

Google Calendar -- Now you can manage one or more calendars from an easy drag-and-drop interface. Powerful features make it easy to manage your own calendar, view or contribute to others, schedule meetings with colleagues, share calendar info (or keep it private), and more!

Google Sites -- Now you can create a simple Web page to share files and resources - without the learning curve. While not as full-featured as Dreamweaver, Google Sites is a good way to share files and documents and communicate news.

Google Forms -- When Survey Monkey is more than you need, Google forms are an easy way to gather informal (*non-sensitive*) data or feedback. Responses are captured in an online spreadsheet for review and analysis.

Look for the Google Apps seminars when the LTS seminar schedule is announced, or go to the Seminars listing to check for the new seminar list. For more information about Google Apps at Lehigh, go to the Lehigh Google Apps FAQ or contact the Help Desk at 610-758-4357.

LEHIGH WEBMAIL’S NEW INTERFACE: AN OVERVIEW IN (LESS THAN) 5 MINUTES
Lehigh's new default Webmail interface - called the Standard interface - looks very much like Mozilla Thunderbird and other desktop e-mail packages. With the new dynamic interface, navigating your mail is faster and easier than ever. Lehigh Webmail users can view a short demo of the new interface features at http://screencast.com/t/T7fz1LFFlTr.

NEW FULLTEXT EDUCATION DATABASE
EBSCO's Education Research Complete http://library.lehigh.edu/databasefinder/moreinfo.php?db=240 is the newest addition to the research databases available from the Library. In addition to indexing and abstracting 2,150 journals in education and related fields, the database provides both Lehigh Links (SFX) for connecting to our e-journal collections and full-text in HTML or PDF of 1,200 titles as well.

ERC increases the number of journals immediately available online for titles the Library has in print or in a limited electronic archive currently, as well as titles brand new to our collections. For example, journals such as the Journal of Engineering Education, Multicultural Review and School Psychology Review were in the print collections only. Brand new titles include International Schools Journal and Curriculum Review. Lastly, some titles, such as Educational Leadership, are easier to view online in the EBSCO platform which conforms to library-friendly, multiple user e-journal practice; online access to it previously involved a title-specific user name and password. As the many fans of the library's e-journal collection know, our goal for all electronic resources require only the Lehigh user name and password for remote, off-campus use.

The EBSCO search interface may be changed by a user to Spanish, French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Arabic, Russian, Turkish, Greek, Polish, Hungarian, and Thai. Similar language preference options are available in the majority of the research databases accessible from the Database Finder http://library.lehigh.edu/databasefinder.html.

ERC supports direct export to RefWorks@Lehigh, "cite this," alerts, etc. Two research databases for history (America: History and Life and Historical Abstracts) are also provided by the Libraries on the EBSCO interface.

LTS INCREASES HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING CAPACITY
Library and Technology Services recently added five new systems to its High Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure that will give users significantly more computing power.

The new systems include: (1) Dell 16-Core compute server, (3) Sun 8-Core compute servers and (1) Sun 20-Terabyte storage server. They will be available for users who have HPC Service Level II Enhanced accounts. See the following link to learn about the HPC service levels: http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/hpc/services/index.html. The fee for obtaining a Level II Enhanced account is $300 per year and may be obtained by requesting an account by going to the following web page: http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/hpc/help/forms.html.

These systems will be in operation prior to the fall semester and documentation will be available on the HPC web pages shortly. For users who need the sole use of a large computing system, the High Performance Computing Committee is currently developing policies and guidelines that will make the systems available to rent for limited periods of time. Additional storage will also be made available for a fee. If you have any questions regarding the new systems or utilizing High Performance Computing at Lehigh, please contact Brandon Leeds at byl405@lehigh.edu or Gale Fritsche at gdf2@lehigh.edu.

SUPPORTING GLOBAL LEHIGH
The exciting atmosphere surrounding the arrival of new international students on campus is being felt in LTS. Lehigh’s librarians are preparing to welcome these diverse scholars with special orientation sessions geared to explaining the significant differences between how U.S. academic libraries function as compared to their home libraries. Six sessions have been planned to accommodate the demand that exists as our international students pre-register for workshops designed to introduce them to resources, clarify expectations for citing and appropriate use, sign them up for essential services and answer their questions. Over the summer, librarians have worked with the Office of International Students and Scholars, the Office of the First-Year Experience and the Graduate Life Office to understand the special needs of these students who are such a significant part of the Global Lehigh initiative.

LIBRARY LAPTOP LOANERS
The ten library laptop computers available for loan in both Fairchild-Martindale and Linderman Libraries have been replaced with new Lenovo T400 machines. The loan period is for four hours.

DIGITAL BROWN AND WHITE INTRODUCTION SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 10TH
At noon on Thursday, September 10th, Special Collections Librarian Ilhan Citak will introduce the digital archives of The Brown and White, Lehigh’s student newspaper, to the campus in a session in Linderman Library, Room 200. The resource will be Library and Technology Services’ 12th and largest digital site: a fully searchable digital edition of The Brown and White from 1894 to 2000. The web site will be http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/brownandwhite. This will serve not only as a valuable resource for the Lehigh community but also as a useful research site to explore aspects of the history of higher education, the development of the local community, and much more. The program is sponsored by the Friends of the Lehigh University Libraries.

MAKING A GOOD IMPRESSION – NEW EXHIBIT
Selected art of Matisse and Picasso, renowned artists whose work is most commonly associated with museums, will be featured in the new Linderman Library exhibition, “The Limited Editions Club: A Pairing of Art and Literature.” Featuring works of art on paper by these and other artists, the show includes classics from antiquity, children’s favorites, and fine literature produced by the private press that has issued books by subscription for eighty years.

Founded according to the vision of George Macy in 1929, The Limited Editions Club has published important works featuring illustrations by famous artists and book designers in small numbers to ensure high quality. The Lehigh University Libraries acquired this important collection thanks to the generosity of alumnus David Green ’22 and his wife Jeannette, early subscribers to the press. The exhibition will be on display from August 12 – December 19, 2009.

July 20, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (LTS Staff) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:29:00 +0000

Parking at Linderman Library
// Lehigh Webmail (formerly known as IMP) Upgraded!
// Changes in availability of Microsoft Software
// Refworks at Lehigh goes mobile!
// Wireless network upgrade
// LTS welcomes new CLIR fellow
// Computer site upgrades in progress
// Library and Media Center hours, summer session II

PARKING AT LINDERMAN LIBRARY
Since Library Drive, which runs in front of the University Center and around Linderman Library, is being converted into a pedestrian-only area, users of Linderman Library can no longer park in these areas. However, there will be several handicapped parking spaces on the rotunda side available when the project is completed before the fall semester begins. There are changes to the traffic patterns in this area of campus. Currently, parking is available on Williams Drive and around Williams Hall. To get to the parking spaces on Williams Drive, traffic must enter from Taylor to Sayre Drive and proceed west on Williams Drive. To exit cars must go around Williams Hall and proceed east on Williams Drive.

Lehigh Webmail (formerly known as IMP) Upgraded!
LTS recently upgraded IMP Webmail system. This upgrade features a new interface (similar to Gmail) while still allowing you to select the "classic" interface if that's your preference. Three things to note about the new IMP:

With the new upgrade to IMP, LTS will be transitioning from the IMP branding to the more generic "Lehigh webmail." You can access Lehigh webmail at webmail.lehigh.edu as well as the usual IMP URLs.
IMP now offers three interfaces:
- The standard mode is the *NEW DEFAULT* interface -- it's more like Gmail, allowing you to scroll through all messages and drag and drop messages. The search feature is now on the main screen. Note the submenu when you click the search box.
- Classic mode (familiar interface) has some new features but keeps the same look and feel as the old IMP. The other two modes *do not* have all the features/options in the traditional mode.
- Minimalist mode is the mobile-friendly interface.
Users who prefer the old interface will be able to select classic mode from the login page or click on the "classic webmail" tab after logging in. There is an icon to switch from classic webmail mode to standard mode too.

The new Lehigh Webmail (formerly known as IMP) will replace the portal email on August 1. Please send any suggestions/problems to portal@lehigh.edu.

CHANGES IN AVAILABILITY OF MICROSOFT SOFTWARE FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF
Students may download Microsoft Office for Windows or Macintosh. (Information here: http://www.lehigh.edu/software/.) Students who would prefer the software on DVD may purchase a copy at the LU bookstore - ($10 per DVD, limit 1 of either Office for Windows or Mac.) The Vista operating system upgrade is also available for purchase at the LU bookstore for $15, limit 1 per student. Microsoft policy does not allow LU to make the Vista operating system available via download. The Libraries will no longer be distributing Microsoft DVDs. Faculty/Staff who use SharePoint Designer, either for use on LU or personal computers, will no longer need to purchase it – the software is now available for free from Microsoft (http://office.microsoft.com/ free registration required.) Microsoft Office for Windows and Macintosh, Project, Visio and the Vista operating system upgrade may still be purchased at the bookstore for work-at-home use on personally-owned computers.

REFWORKS@LEHIGH GOES MOBILE!
Your library on RefWorks@Lehigh can now be viewed on your mobile device. With the launch of RefMobile, a “lite” version of RefWorks is accessible from a mobile device such as Blackberry or iPhone. You can add to your collection of citations while at a lecture, during a meeting with your advisor, while attending a conference, or from anywhere you carry your phone. Click here for ten reasons to use RefMobile. Here's an example of using RefMobile: While autism expert Dr. Geraldine Dawson was lecturing at Lehigh, she mentioned a study using an analysis of home movies to identify the onset of childhood disintegrative disorders. Using the “Smart Add” feature, a Lehigh Librarian was able to retrieve and add a citation and abstract for that study to a RefWorks@Lehigh library while continuing to listen to the lecture. In addition to using the “Smart Add” feature to build your library on the fly, you can view/manage folders and add notes. RefWorks@Lehigh is a library service fully integrated with Lehigh Links (SFX), research databases and Google Scholar; it is bibliographic information manager and a citation formatter introduced on campus in spring 2007. This free, web-based service is offered by LTS in support of faculty and student research. There are over 1,200 user accounts and approaching 70,000 citations in RefWorks@Lehigh. For assistance using RefMobile or any other aspect of RefWorks@Lehigh, please see the http://library.lehigh.edu/page.php?id=RefWorks%40Lehigh and contact your Client Services Librarian.

WIRELESS NETWORK UPGRADE
LTS has upgraded the wireless network in Linderman Library. The new wireless network offers broader coverage and faster speed, especially for laptops with network cards that can take advantage of the 802.11n standard. The upgrade consists of dual band (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) Aruba access points that use the 802.11n draft standard for higher performance. The next phase of the wireless upgrade will be the EW Fairchild-Martindale Library, which is currently being upgraded, and is expected to be completed soon. *Technical Details* Two SSID's are being broadcast: "lu" for backward compatibility with our existing wireless network and "lehigh" which will be the _new_ SSID to take advantage of the 802.11n performance. Use the "lehigh" SSID whenever possible to take advantage of the higher speeds of 802.11n and for higher security using WPA2.

LTS WELCOMES NEW CLIR FELLOW
For the third time, LTS is participating in the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Academic Libraries for Humanists. The program “offers recent Ph.D. recipients in the humanities opportunities to develop as scholars and teachers while learning about modern librarianship, digital resources, e-publishing, archives, and collection development both digital and analog.” Our new Fellow, Melissa Grafe, received her Ph.D. in the history of medicine from Johns Hopkins in 2009. Her dissertation entitled, “Making ‘Medical Hall’: Dr. John Archer, Medical Practice, and Apprenticeship in Early America, 1769-1820” examined the shape and texture of late eighteenth century medical practices through the study of a family of doctors and apprentices working in Harford County, Maryland. Her research and teaching interests include early American and nineteenth century history of medicine, history, and material culture. Melissa worked in special collections at the Rare Book Room of the Institute of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins for six years prior to coming to Lehigh as a CLIR fellow. She has also worked in museums and historic sites in both Pennsylvania and North Dakota, and has interned for the Smithsonian. Previous CLIR Fellows at Lehigh include Megan Norcia (2005-6) and Lauren Coats (2007-8).

COMPUTER SITE UPGRADES IN PROCESS
Computer public site upgrades continue through the summer. Work will be done in Fritz 605 August 3-7. Up-to-date information is available at: http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/tims/facilities/sitenews.html.

LIBRARY AND MEDIA CENTER HOURS SUMMER SESSION II LIBRARY
Monday - Thursday: Linderman: 8 am to 6 pm; Fairchild: 8 am to 9 pm Friday: Both Libraries close at 5 pm (same as in the past) Saturday: Both Libraries 9 am to 5 pm Sunday: Both Libraries 12 noon to 5 pm Expanded Exam Hours: Thursday/Friday, August 13/14 both libraries: 8 am to 10 pm MEDIA The Media Center and the Digital Media Studio in Fairchild-Martindale Library close at 4:30 pm Monday through Friday and have no evening or weekend hours.

April 17, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (LTS Staff) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:53:00 +0000

Licensing: Acrobat, Contribute, and Dreamweaver //
Google Docs File Management: Video Series //
Laptop Encryption Opportunity (Deadline June 30, 2009) //
Phishing Prevention and Email Links //
Fairchild Exhibit Highlights Earth Week //
Exam, Break, Holiday, and Summer Session Library Hours //

NEW LICENSING AFFECTS AVAILABILITY AND SUPPORT OF ADOBE SOFTWARE (INCLUDING ACROBAT, CONTRIBUTE, DREAMWEAVER, FLASH, PHOTOSHOP AND MORE…)
Due to changes in Lehigh’s license agreement with Adobe, no new versions of Creative Suites and Acrobat will be available through the Install Software page for faculty and staff use. Existing versions of some programs will remain available through June, 2010; however, support for them will be limited.

Faculty and staff who depend on regularly-updated Adobe software are urged to purchase individual copies of the software. JourneyEd offers a significant discount through the AICUP program. For purchasing options or more information, see http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/software/adobe.htm . Adobe software needed for use on a personally-owned computer may not be purchased under the AICUP program, but is available at a discounted box copy price from JourneyEd at their website: http://www.journeyed.com/select.

Older versions of Adobe and Macromedia software products are available for download on computers running Windows XP only. See http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/software/adobe.htm.

Additional Adobe software is available at public sites and in the Media Center, Digital Media Studio and IMRC.

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Standard & Web Standard includes these packages and will be available at the public sites.

Acrobat Professional 9
Photoshop CS
Dreamweaver CS3
Fireworks CS3
Contribute CS3
Flash CS3 Professional
Illustrator CS3
InDesign CS3

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium is available at the Media Center, Digital Media Studio and IMRC. It includes these packages:

Acrobat Professional 9
Photoshop CS3 Extended
Dreamweaver CS3
Fireworks CS3
Contribute CS3
Flash CS3 Professional
Soundbooth CS3

GOOGLE DOCS FILE MANAGEMENT: THE VIDEO SERIES
One of the biggest benefits of having Lehigh's Google apps is that it's now easy to collaborate on documents with others. For new users, Google provides a good Getting Started video for Google Docs at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyjY8ZLzZrw. Help desk staff have prepared a video series for new Google Docs users who would like to find out the basics of file management in Google Docs: https://sites.google.com/a/lehigh.edu/lehigh-google-apps/google-docs-file-management .

LAPTOP ENCRYPTION OPPORTUNITY (DEADLINE JUNE 30, 2009)
In January 2009, Library and Technology Services (LTS) began a full disk encryption project for University-owned laptop computers containing sensitive or confidential information. Given the more portable nature of laptops, this project is being taken on in anticipation of a future expectation that all University computers be encrypted.

As a University computer user, we encourage you to take advantage of this offer to have your Lehigh-owned laptop encrypted by LTS using PGP Whole Disk Encryption software. If you are interested, please enter a work order at: http://www.lehigh.edu/help/. An LTS Computing Consultant will contact you shortly thereafter to schedule a time to install the software and encrypt your hard drive. If you have questions or concerns, please contact your departmental computing consultant or the help desk at 8-4357.

PHISHING PREVENTION AND E-MAIL LINKS
Recently, there have been a lot of scam e-mails arriving in e-mail Inboxes, appearing as if they are coming from LTS, and requesting personal information. Most of these e-mails include links to click on, which inevitably navigate you away from Lehigh's web site and onto another, in an effort to steal your information. The wise thing to do is to NEVER click on links in e-mail that ask for personal information. Unless you are paying close attention, you can easily be navigated to a malicious website and give away your personal ID and password.

Currently, you are required to change your Lehigh password every six months. In previous communications from LTS, we provided a link directly to the web page which allowed you to change your password. LTS has come to realize that by providing that link, we are asking users to perform an action we strongly discourage any other time. In an effort to provide consistency, LTS will no longer include those links in password related e-mail. These e-mails will now contain directions on how to access that page manually, rather than clicking on an e-mail link.

If you have any questions about an e-mail you have received which is requesting personal information, call your Computing Consultant or the Help Desk at 8-4357.

FAIRCHILD EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS EARTH WEEK
Lehigh University celebrated Earth Day with a week of activities designed to “green” the campus and highlight environmental issues on a global scale. Visit the exhibit in the Fairchild-Martindale Library next to the help desk displaying two weeks worth of printing paper discarded from Lehigh’s public site computing labs. This exhibit will be on display until April 24th.

EXAM, BREAK, HOLIDAY AND SUMMER SESSION LIBRARY HOURS
EXAMS: Beginning Monday, April 27th at 8 am until Wednesday, May 6th at 10 pm Fairchild-Martindale Library will be open 24 x 7 for the spring semester final exams.

Library hours for the May break, summer holidays, and summer sessions will not follow the pattern of recent years. Also, during summer session Linderman and Fairchild-Martindale Library hours will differ. Tentative hours are listed below. Final hours will be posted by May 1st at www.lehigh.edu/lts/hours.html.

MAY BREAK: Both libraries will be open 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday during the break. Closed weekends except for Reunion weekend when both libraries will open 9 am to 5 pm on Saturday, May 16th, and noon to 5 pm on Sunday, May 17th.

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND: Both libraries closed for the (3) day holiday, May 23, 24, and 25.

SUMMER SESSION: See below for library hours during the two sessions of summer school, May 26th – July 3rd and July 7th - August 14th.
Monday-Thursday: Linderman: 8 am to 6 pm; Fairchild: 8 am to 9 pm
Friday: Both Libraries close at 5 pm (same as in the past)
Saturday-Sunday: Linderman: CLOSED; Fairchild: 12 noon to 5 pm

March 11, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (LTS Staff) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:15:00 +0000

NEW LEHIGH ELECTRONIC THESIS/DISSERTATION PROGRAM //
ADOBE SOFTWARE AVAILABILITY CHANGES //
WIRELESS NETWORK UPGRADE PLANS //
GOOGLE APPS COMING TO LEHIGH //
MARCH 25TH: AN EVENING WITH JEFFREY TOOBIN //
HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING DAY 2009 //
AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS (AEDs) INSTALLED

NEW LEHIGH ELECTRONIC THESIS/DISSERTATION PROGRAM (ETD)
Spring ’09 doctoral and master graduates will submit a digital copy of their approved dissertation or thesis via the Lehigh ETD (electronic thesis/dissertation program) for publication of their work by ProQuest/UMI. The Lehigh ETD is a platform for students and college coordinators to track the submission and publication process. Electronic thesis/dissertation submission programs are in place in many universities; this is the first year for ETD at Lehigh.

For details about Lehigh ETD, see Dissertations and Theses: Electronic Submission Guidelines for Masters and Doctoral Students or from the Library home page under Guides, Handouts>Research and Finding Guides & Tools>dissertations.

LTS staff will offer training, both on campus and online, and drop-in sessions to assist students in converting their work to PDF. Training sessions planned for declared graduates will cover the approved dissertation or thesis electronic submission process from creating the student profile (account) on the Lehigh ETD site to converting the dissertation or thesis to PDF, as well as information on publishing and copyright options available.

College coordinators and Registrar staff as well as librarians, Help Desk staff, the Graduate Student Life Office and others have received comprehensive training on the use of the Lehigh ETD system.

Dissertations and theses produced at Lehigh will be exposed to the world of scholarship via ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, a subscription database held by libraries worldwide, and by open web access to the citation and abstract of dissertations from the last two years. Time to publication is eight to twelve weeks.

ADOBE SOFTWARE AVAILABILITY CHANGES
As of September 1, 2009, there will be changes in the availability of LTS maintained Adobe software.

Adobe Creative Suites and Adobe Acrobat will no longer be available through the LTS Install Software page for use in faculty and staff offices, due to difficulties with distributing this software through LTS systems, rising costs, and restrictions on concurrency. Many universities have arrived at a similar conclusion. Earlier versions of some programs will remain available but will not be upgraded.

Faculty and staff who use the software regularly on Lehigh-owned computers are encouraged to purchase the software at a significant discount through the AICUP program from JourneyEd.

For purchasing options, see: http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/software/adobe.htm

Example of pricing for Adobe Acrobat Professional under the AICUP Program (for use on Lehigh-owned computers only):

License: $56.00
Media CD: $26.00: this may be an optional cost. Contact your Computing Consultant to see if LTS has the CD for the software you are ordering – if so, you can just order the license and the Consultant will install the software for you.

Adobe software needed for use on a personally-owned computer may not be purchased under the AICUP program, but is available at a discounted box copy price from JourneyEd at their website: http://www.journeyed.com/select

WIRELESS NETWORK UPGRADE PLANS
LTS has upgraded the wireless network in the EW Fairchild-Martindale "B" building (Computing Center). The new wireless network offers broader coverage and faster speed, especially for laptops with network cards that can take advantage of the 802.11n standard. The upgrade consists of dual band (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) Aruba access points that use the 802.11n draft standard for higher performance. The next phase of the wireless upgrade will be Whitaker Lab and Linderman Library. These buildings have recently upgraded switches which have the necessary speed for the gigabit Ethernet based Aruba access points.

Technical Details
Two SSID's are being broadcast: "lu" for backward compatibility with our existing wireless network and "lehigh" which will be the new SSID to take advantage of the 802.11n performance. Use the "lehigh" SSID whenever possible to take advantage of the higher speeds of 802.11n and for higher security using WPA2.

GOOGLE APPS NOW AT LEHIGH
Look for an official announcement any time now, but Google apps are now available at http://www.lehigh.edu/google . Lehigh University and Google have entered a partnership to bring selected Google Apps products to Lehigh students, faculty, and staff. These Google products will enable the Lehigh community to better communicate, share, and collaborate. Google provides over six gigabytes of storage per user for email message/attachments and documents and files. Lehigh staff please note: **Do not store sensitive data on Google apps or rely on Google apps for critical services. Google apps is an externally hosted service.**

What is included in Lehigh Google Apps?

Start Page: Personalized Google page similar to iGoogle. The start page allows you to add your own content, gadgets and RSS feeds.
Email: Nearly unlimited (six gigabytes) storage of email messages and attachments.
Google Docs: Word processing, spreadsheets, forms, and more.
Google Calendar: Personal calendar that you can edit, share with friends, and/or publish as a Web page.
Google Sites: Web site for collaborative writing and sharing content.

How do I access Google Apps?
To access Google Apps, go to http://www.lehigh.edu/google and log in with your Lehigh username and password. If you want to forward your email to Google, go to http://www.lehigh.edu/account and forward your mail to username@g.lehigh.edu. For more information, see the Lehigh Google Apps FAQ on http://www.lehigh.edu/google

MARCH 25TH: AN EVENING WITH AUTHOR AND CNN ANALYST JEFFREY TOOBIN
At 8:00 pm on Wednesday, March 25th noted Author and CNN Political and Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin will speak in Packard Laboratory Auditorium (room 101) at Lehigh University. He will share his thoughts about the new administration and its response to the global economic crisis, related legal issues, and the role of the media. Toobin is the author of The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court (2007) among other books and is a staff writer for The New Yorker.

This event is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Lehigh University Libraries and the Lehigh University Visiting Lecturers Series. It is free and open to the public with no tickets required. For more information call Library and Technology Services at 610-758-3039 or consult www.lehigh.edu/lts/friends/events.html

HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING DAY 2009
Please join us on Friday, April 3rd, for the Fourth Annual HPC Day Symposium, for a full-day of events featuring keynote speaker, Dr. Richard Loft of NCAR, speaking on “Recent Advancements Implementing High Resolution Earth Systems Models on Massively Parallel Computers.” All Events will be held at the Rauch Business Center (RBC).

There is no cost to attend, but registration is requested for planning purposes. Please register online at the HPC Day registration page: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=TSNj_2bz9KhiPZEryOqHnQQg_3d_3d.

For more details on HPC Day at Lehigh:
http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/hpc/hpcday/2009/index.html

AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS (AEDs) INSTALLED
Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) have been installed in the main lobbies of the Fairchild-Martindale/Linderman libraries, and Iacocca Hall - Second Floor outside Wood Dining room. Please see the full announcement at: http://cf2.cc.lehigh.edu/act/aed/

February 4, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (LTS Staff) — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:17:00 +0000

New LTS offering: Sprint Mobile broadband rental //
LTS Web pages get a face lift //
A Webmail taste test //
Laptop encryption opportunity //
HP computer support //
Camio Image database //
Charles Darwin at 200 exhibit

New LTS offering: Sprint Mobile broadband rental
Enjoy the Internet wherever you go! LTS is pleased to announce the introduction of Sprint Mobile Broadband rentals. Sprint Mobile Broadband is a small USB device that enables your computer to access high-speed wireless Internet nationwide. Service is provided via the Sprint cellular network. For more information, please visit http://cf2.cc.lehigh.edu/act/mobile_data_rental/

LTS Web pages get a facelift
Over the holiday break, the LTS web pages were updated to a new design. This redesign features a fresh, updated look and feel while leaving the familiar navigation intact. A more thorough redesign is planned for the near future, but if you have comments or feedback please contact the LTS Help Desk at helpdesk@lehigh.edu or 610-758-4357.

A Webmail taste test
LTS invites students, faculty, and staff to weigh in on our two campus Web-based mail systems: IMP and the portal email. Due to problems with reliability, the portal Webmail may be phased out at the end of the semester. IMP would then become the supported Webmail system on campus. IMP offers superior features such as folder management, sorting, and configurability. It has also been more reliable than portal email. You can test drive both IMP and portal mail at portal.lehigh.edu (icons appear in the top right hand corner). Send feedback to portal@lehigh.edu or visit http://luimp.blogspot.com/.

Laptop encryption opportunity
As a first step toward improved data security, LTS has begun a full disk encryption project for University-owned laptop computers containing sensitive or confidential information, using PGP Whole Disk Encryption. Both PC and Mac laptops are eligible. This is currently a voluntary program, with anticipation that all University computers be encrypted in the future. LTS will fund all PGP licenses for laptops until June 30, 2009. If you are interested in taking part in the program, please fill out a work order at http://www.lehigh.edu/help. An LTS Computing Consultant will contact you to arrange the installation. More information on encryption can be found at http://www.lehigh.edu/security/encryption/encrypt.html.

HP computer support
Lehigh University is currently in the process of adding Hewlett-Packard (HP) computers to our list of supported hardware, joining Apple, Dell and Lenovo. This means you will be able to purchase HP computers at an educational discount, as well as receive warranty support by our technicians on campus. A purchasing page will soon be added to http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/buy/main.html to help facilitate HP purchases. If you are interested in purchasing an HP computer in the immediate future, contact your Computing Consultant for the latest information, to make sure your hardware will be supported.

CAMIO image database from OCLC (one year trial subscription)
CAMIO (OCLC's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online) is an online collection documenting works of art from around the world, representing the collections of prominent museums and institutes. CAMIO highlights the creative output of cultures around the world from prehistoric to contemporary times. Images may be used for educational and research purposes only, and must be properly credited. CAMIO includes photographs, prints, sculpture, paintings, decorative arts and objects, drawings and watercolors, costume and jewelry, textiles and architecture. Lehigh has initiated a one-year trial subscription to this database. Please direct questions and send opinions and comments about the usefulness of this image database to Kathe Morrow, kem6@lehigh.edu.

Charles Darwin at 200 exhibit
Special Collections will present an exhibition featuring works from Lehigh’s premier Darwin collection. Included will be annotated proof copies of Darwin’s ground-breaking works in the theory of evolution, including On the Origin of Species and The Descent of Man. The exhibition opens in Lehigh’s Linderman Library on February 12th, the shared 200th birthday of Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln. It will be on view on the ground and first floors from February 12 - June 30, 2009. Darwin’s contributions to scholarship are most closely associated with the theory of evolution, but his impact may be felt across a wide range of disciplines. Although his training is that of a biologist, his first published work was as a geologist. His wide-ranging influence will be reflected in the selection of works chosen for this exhibition. Several faculty members in diverse fields will contribute thoughts about the impact of Darwin in their disciplines. In addition, the Smithsonian Institution Libraries have arranged to borrow a manuscript page from Lehigh’s first edition of On the Origin of Species, one of very few extant handwritten pages. It will be displayed in their upcoming exhibit, Darwin as Scientist, scheduled to open in June 2009 in the Museum of Natural History Library. ******************************************************************

December 5, 2008

noreply@blogger.com (LTS Staff) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:29:00 +0000

-- Campus impact of MPC/Gateway bankruptcy filing
-- Fairchild Library electrical testing and shutdown
-- Refreshing public site machines
-- LTS Alerts: An update
-- Unlimited access to a Web conferencing tool
-- LTS studying Ebook options
-- LTS Turkey Trot team (LTS Mountain Goats)
-- Library hours over exams and winter break

CAMPUS IMPACT OF MPC/GATEWAY BANKRUPTCY FILING
The computer company known as MPC which purchased Gateway has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection and has scaled back its business offerings and obligations. Gateway offerings have been removed from the Library and Technology Services Purchasing Computers website and the Lehigh Purchasing Department is blocking Gateway purchases. In addition Gateway/MPC is currently NOT providing warranty repair service or funding it through Lehigh University or anyone else.

The LTS Computer Repair operation will continue to repair Gateway computers as requested for both computers under warranty or out of warranty. For those computers that are university-affiliated purchases (purchases made through the Lehigh/LTS website by faculty, staff, students, or departments) and still under warranty, there will be no labor charge. Owners will need to pay for parts and parts shipping,
assuming it continues to be possible to purchase parts. For out of warranty machines, there will be labor and parts charges as usual. For more information, contact the LTS Help Desk at 610-758-4357.

FAIRCHILD LIBRARY MART WING ELECTRICAL TESTING AND SHUTDOWN IN DECEMBER
After final exams, new electrical panels will be installed in the Mart (south) Wing of Fairchild-Martindale Library. On December 18th testing will take place with recurring power outages. Beginning on Monday, December 22 and continuing on December 23, 29, 30, and 31 (extending even to January 2 if necessary), the electricity to the entire Mart Wing will be shut down, most likely including the Digital Media Studio. Computers and printers located in the Fairchild (north) Wing will continue to operate. A minimal level of photocopy and microform printing/reading services will be maintained at other locations in the building. Books can be checked out and returned as usual. Thank you for your patience as this 40 year-old building gets an e-update.

REFRESHING PC'S AT THE PUBLIC SITES
The PCs at the public sites are heavily used by faculty, staff, and students. As specialized software is loaded through Install Software and through steady use and abuse, machines begin to experience performance issues. The solution to this problem is to refresh the hard disk image. The highest use public sites are refreshed on a weekly basis in the early morning hours.

What is a refresh?
During a refresh, the hard disk contents are completely replaced with a "fresh" installation of the basic operating system and default software (e.g., Microsoft Office, Firefox/Thunderbird, etc.). Any user customizations, software installed via Install Software, and files saved anywhere on the hard disk are erased.

How can I refresh a public site PC?
When you reboot a public site PC, you will see a startup screen that displays two options: Refresh or Go to Windows XP. If you choose Refresh, the system will begin to install a new hard disk image. This can take 10-20 minutes.

I saved a file to a hard drive on a public site machine. It's gone! More than likely the PC has been refreshed, either by another computer user or as part of regularly scheduled site refresh. DO NOT SAVE FILES YOU NEED ON A PUBLIC SITE PC. Instead, save them to your networked H: drive.

LTS ALERTS: AN UPDATE
LTS and University Communications feature an LTS Alert feature. The LTS Alert feature is an icon on the Inside Lehigh page and all LTS pages. Clicking on the icon will display more detailed information. Currently, the LTS Alert has three statuses: All systems go, Planned Downtime, and LTS System Down. The middle category, Planned Downtime, is seldom used, so the three statuses will be changed in time for the spring semester. The LTS Alert feature will be modified to these (3) three statuses:

--All systems go: indicates all systems are up and running.
--LTS System Bulletin: provides news about LTS-related services
including phishing alerts, planned downtime, non-critical service
issues, etc.
--LTS System down: indicates a campus-wide or severe service outage
(e.g., email, Web server, phone, etc.)

Any questions about this change can be directed to the LTS Help Desk at
8-4357.

UNLIMITED ACCESS TO WEB CONFERENCING TOOL
Library and Technology Services has purchased a site license for Elluminate, a web-based conferencing tool that has been used at Lehigh for several years in various applications. The software is a real-time online learning and collaboration tool that has many uses: online courses, traditional classrooms, and other academic and administrative environments.

Elluminate has been used widely at Lehigh in online courses, by graduate students for their dissertation defense when committee members have been away, by traveling faculty who have taught their classes from afar, as an easy way for outside guest speakers to share their expertise with students, and for meetings of people at multiple locations without the expense and effort of traveling. There is also a Blackboard course link that gives instructors the ability to schedule their own Elluminate sessions from within their course. This tool works on PC's, Macs and
Linux computers.

The new site license removes the limitation on the number of participants in an event because it no longer references any specific number of "seats" although there may be some practical limits. LTS has used Elluminate on campus for three years and thus has good experience to assist new users. For more information or a demonstration about this exciting option, contact Sherri Yerk-Zwickl (shy2@lehigh.edu
) or other instructional technologists at
http://cf1.cc.lehigh.edu/LTSstaff/browse_album.cfm?id=15.

LTS STUDYING E-BOOK COLLECTION OPTIONS
Lehigh librarians are studying e-book content and platforms, in part to consider how e-books can be effectively acquired, cataloged and discovered in the library and to evaluate if expanding and diversifying our e-book collection is a valid strategy for developing academic content from the Library.

As part of that evaluation process, trial access to e-books from several vendors is available over the next two weeks. Please visit the E-Books Trials page at http://library.lehigh.edu/page.php?id=E-Book_Trials to connect to the e-book sites. We hope you enjoy your reading on screen and welcome your comments and questions.

The Lehigh Libraries currently hold over 7,000 e-books fully accessible online from anywhere, anytime; our first e-book online was acquired about ten years ago and our first e-book on disc was acquired over twenty years ago as part of our millionth book celebration. During 2008 the e-book market continued to grow and mature so now it is a good time to reexamine e-books and their utility for teaching and learning at Lehigh.

LTS TURKEY TROT TEAM (LTS MOUNTAIN GOATS)
The LTS Turkey Trot team competed in the 54th Annual Turkey Trot held on Thursday, November 20th beginning in front of Packer Chapel. The Turkey Trot is a 2.5 mile running race that goes through the upper Lehigh campus to the top of Upper Sayer Drive returning to the lawn in front of the University Center. It is a team event composed of various teams including the Lehigh Clubs, Sororities, Fraternities, Faculty/Staff and Independent teams. Each team can have a maximum of 10 members of which the top 5 finishers are included in an overall team score.

This is the LTS Mountain Goats 11th year competing in the Turkey Trot and they are undefeated in the Faculty/Staff division. Overall, the team placed 3rd out of a total of 29 teams including the student teams which are made up of MUCH younger members than the LTS team. There were a total of 280 runners competing in the Turkey Trot this year. Rob Weidman, a Digital Library Technical Coordinator for LTS, finished 1st overall for the second year in a row and Tim Hayburn (a new recruit from
the History department) finished 8th overall. Gale Fritsche, an LTS Client Services Team Leader finished 15th overall, Chad Meyerhoefer from the Economics Department finished 34th, John Rodgers, a Mechanical Engineering graduate student finished 79th, David Ramsay, a LTS Senior Computing Consultant finished 129th and Ken Kodama from EES finished strong but an error in recording his number failed to give Ken an
accurate place.

LIBRARY HOURS -- EXAMS AND WINTER BREAK
Exams*
Fairchild Martindale*
OPEN 24/7
8 am Monday, Dec. 8 through 10 pm
Wednesday, Dec. 17

Linderman
Monday through Friday - 8 am -- 2 am
Saturday through Sunday - 9 am -- 2 am
Wednesday, Dec. 17 - 8 am -- 10 pm

*Winter Break*
December 18 -- January 11
Thursday 12/18 through Friday 12/19 - 8 am -- 5 pm

Saturday 12/20 through Sunday 12/21 -- Noon - 5 pm
Monday 12/22 through Tuesday 12/23 - 8 am -- 5 pm
Wednesday 12/24 -- 8 am - Noon

Thursday 12/25 - CLOSED

Friday 12/26 - 8 am -- 5 pm
Saturday 12/27 through Sunday 12/28 - Noon -- 5 pm
Monday 12/29 through Wednesday 12/31 - 8 am -- 5 pm

Thursday, 1/1/09 - CLOSED

January 2 -- 11
Monday through Thursday - 8 am -- 8 pm
Friday - 8 am -- 5 pm
Saturday through Sunday - Noon -- 5 pm

noreply@blogger.com (LTS Staff) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:40:00 +0000

CONTENTS:

--HELP DESK SURVEY TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN NOVEMBER
--LTS HELP DESK SERVICE ENHANCEMENTS
--PHISHING: HOW TO AVOID GETTING HOOKED
--NEW ILLIAD INTERFACE
--DALAI LAMA EXHIBIT: THE PATH TO LEHIGH AND BEYOND
--MAKING EVERY E-VOTE COUNT
--ELECTION RESOURCES

HELP DESK SURVEY TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN NOVEMBER
In November, the LTS Help Desk will distribute a survey to a sample of staff, faculty, and students who use the Help Desk service. The intent of the survey is to get feedback on how we are meeting the needs of our clientele. It should take about ten minutes to complete, and those who receive the survey will have a chance at a drawing to win a $200 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble. We value the opportunity to serve the Lehigh community. Thanks in advance for your input!

LTS HELP DESK SERVICE ENHANCEMENTS
The LTS Help desk has recently added new support tools that will aid in providing service to a wider range of users. By the time you read this message, a Macintosh computer will be installed at the EW Fairchild-Martindale location to better assist Macintosh computer users.

A new remote support tool from Bomgar Corporation will allow help desk staff to offer a "remote in" service where help desk staff connect to the user's computer, view the desktop, and issue commands to resolve the issue. The service is available to both PC and Mac platforms.

PHISHING: HOW TO AVOID GETTING HOOKED
Phishing is a deceptive practice used to steal personal data such as credit card numbers, passwords, or other sensitive information. Scam artists send an email that appears to come from a Web site or corporation you are affiliated with, such as online auction sites, banks, or even Lehigh University. The email will ask you to click on a link within the mail, or will ask you to provide password or credit card information in a reply to the message. NEVER provide your password information via email, and DO NOT click links in an email that appears to be requesting sensitive data. Call the Help Desk with any questions about email purporting to be from Lehigh or LTS.

NEW ILLIAD INTERFACE SAME GREAT INTERLIBRARY LOAN SERVICE
A recent upgrade to the Libraries’ ILLiad interlibrary loan software has presented users with a fresh, simple interface while maintaining the streamlined, reliable service Lehigh users have learned to expect from Interlibrary Loan. Some of the continuing advantages of ILLiad are:

Single entry for personal information. With ILLiad you only need to enter personal information such as name, address and delivery preferences once.

No need to retype bibliographic information. ILLiad is linked to most of the Library’s online databases through SFX. When possible SFX will link you to an electronic version of the publication you need or guide you to a copy owned by Lehigh Libraries. If these options are not available, it will link you to ILLiad and fill out the ILL form with all the necessary bibliographic information, automatically.

Quick and easy status reports on all your ILLiad requests. Login to ILLiad to see the status of all current requests - when processed, when available electronically, or when shipped to Lehigh and when received.

Email notification. ILLiad sends an automatic email when an item is ready for pickup, if it has been scanned and ready for your use, if it is being mailed directly to you, or if a loan is overdue.

To register as an ILLiad user go to https://illiad.lib.lehigh.edu/illiad/logon.html and type in your Lehigh user name and password to begin. To make an ILLiad request from an online database, look for the Lehigh Links logo . Users are reminded that for quick access to books, PALCI EZ-Borrow service provides free, express access to the collections of over 60 academic libraries with holdings of over 36,000,000 volumes. EZ-Borrow requests are usually received within 2-3 days.

DALAI LAMA EXHIBIT: THE PATH TO LEHIGH AND BEYOND
An exhibition opening on October 15th in Linderman Library will commemorate the events and activities leading up to and including the visit of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Lehigh University in July 2008. This exhibition will be on display throughout the fall semester.

This exhibit, made up of event artifacts and images, begins with the first year student experience reading an autobiography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and includes coverage of the numerous exhibits and lectures presented throughout the school year, with such highlights as the sand Mandala created in Linderman Library by Monks of the Namgyal Monastery Institute and the teaching and public lecture in July by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The artifacts and images in this exhibit are located in the Rotunda, Café Gallery and in the 4th floor Parents Gallery. All items have been generously shared with the Library by individuals and departments throughout the University.

An opening reception with refreshments will be held in Linderman at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 15th.

MAKING EVERY E-VOTE COUNT
At noon on Thursday, October 23rd, the Friends of the Libraries will sponsor a talk on "Making Every E-Vote Count" by Professor Daniel Lopresti, Computer Science and Engineering, in Linderman Library (Room 200).

Professor Lopresti, an active researcher, expert witness, and lecturer on electronic voting, will talk about what kinds of technology voters will encounter this November and what kind of reliability they can expect. Lopresti is co-director of Lehigh's Pattern Recognition Research Lab and co-principal investigator of the new multi-institutional NSF project: Paper and Electronic Records of Elections: Cultivating Trust (PERFECT).

Lehigh has been involved in voting machine research for a very long time, in 1906 George Street, Jr., a mechanical engineering major, wrote his bachelor's thesis on “the original design of an automatic balloting machine." It is held by Special Collections and will be on view at the talk.

ELECTION RESOURCES
Hungry for information on the candidates and the upcoming election? Just trying to sort out fact from fiction? Perhaps the following Web sites can help.

Produced by the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, the non-partisan FactCheck.org works to determine the accuracy of the statements of candidates and campaigns in their speeches, interviews, debates and advertisements.

Wondering about campaign spending and finance? The Federal Election Commission website has maps which allow you to compare contributions to candidates by state. You can even search by donor name!

Do your research! Project Vote Smart provides candidate biographies, voting records, issue positions, interest group ratings and public statements along with campaign finance information.

The ever reliable League of Women Voters has a website, Vote411.org which will help you find plenty of data on candidates in federal, state and local races. Use it to find your polling place or learn about the election process and rules in your state.

Aimed at young voters, VoteGopher.com was created by Harvard University students as a one-stop place to learn candidate’s positions on issues.

September 4, 2008

noreply@blogger.com (LTS Staff) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:24:00 +0000

LTS DIGEST –September 4, 2008 Lehigh University Library and Technology Services

CONTENTS:

CLASSROOM ALERT SYSTEM
NEW SCANNING STATION IN EWFM
EASY PDFS! MICROSOFT OFFICE 2007 CONVERTS DOCS TO PDF
MICROSOFT SOFTWARE FOR STUDENTS DOWNLOAD
HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING “TRIPLE”
PSYCINFO: POPULAR DATABASE NOW ON APA’S PSYCNET
ICPSR DATABASE
ENGINEERING EXHIBIT IN LINDERMAN LIBRARY
LIBRARY HOURS

CLASSROOM ALERT SYSTEM
To facilitate emergency announcements to instructors in classrooms, Library and Technology Services has implemented a new service over the summer that will use digital speakerphones to broadcast announcements.

Wall-mounted digital speakerphones have been installed near the instructor’s station in all Registrar classrooms on campus. The speaker volume control has been preset to its highest level and cannot be changed. This modification affects only the speaker, not the handset. If an announcement takes place, occupants will hear an alert tone repeated several times, followed by the alert/announcement which will be repeated three times. 911 calls in progress will not be interrupted; other calls will be placed on hold temporarily.

An event that triggers a classroom broadcast announcement will also trigger other emergency notification channels: the University Emergency Info web page, LU-ALERT text messaging, email and campus voice mail alerts. Consult http://www.lehigh.edu/phones/classroomphones.html for a link to more information.

NEW SCANNING STATION IN EWFM
This fall LTS introduced a scanning station in the Information Commons. The networked PC and scanner can be used by anyone affiliated with Lehigh (log in with a Lehigh username and password), and help desk staff are available to assist in use of the scanner. This station will be helpful for those who want to scan library materials. Scanners are also available in the Media Center.

EASY PDFS! MICROSOFT OFFICE 2007 CONVERTS DOCS TO PDF
Creating PDF documents used to require the Adobe Acrobat Professional software or other similar commercial software. Microsoft Office 2007 users have the option of saving a document to a PDF file. When you select Save As in MS Word 2007, you'll see the option to save as a PDF file. Just select that option when you want to create a file in PDF format.

You have to download and install a separate program to enable that feature in Office 2007. Users can go to http://office.microsoft.com/downloads and look for "Microsoft Save As PDF or XPS” under "Popular Downloads".

MICROSOFT SOFTWARE FOR STUDENTS DOWNLOAD
Beginning August 2008, currently enrolled Lehigh students may download Microsoft Office for Windows and Macintosh as well as Microsoft SharePoint Designer software. Previously, this software was only available on CD from the EWFM Library. Please read the information below before downloading, also available at: http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/software/studentuse.html. Faculty and staff may purchase Microsoft Work at Home media including MS Office at the Lehigh University Bookstore. The downloading option is limited to students.

Software available for download:
Office 2007 Enterprise for Windows (includes: Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Publisher, OneNote);
Office 2008 for Macintosh – (includes: Word, Excel, PowerPoint);
SharePoint Designer - (Web Authoring Suite).

Limits: Two (2) installs each of Office and SharePoint Designer for use only on student's personally owned computers. Choose EITHER Office for Windows OR Office for Macintosh.

The Vista Ultimate system upgrade is available as a software DVD at the Fairchild-Martindale Library—Lehigh ID required. Limit ONE (1) per student. No download is available.

HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING “TRIPLE”
1) The Library and Technology Services (LTS) has purchased a 32-core shared memory processor computer bringing an amazing amount of new computational power to campus. The new compute server, called Altair consists of eight (8) quad-core Intel Xeon 64-bit processors with 128 Gigabytes (GB) of RAM. Altair replaces the previous centralized shared memory compute resource, Vega. Researchers on campus who need large amounts of computational power combined with greater than four (4) GB’s of RAM for their compute problems, can take advantage of this 64-bit processing architecture to run programs like Matlab, Ansys, Fluent, and Abaqus.

2) In addition to this new compute server, LTS has put into operation an 18-node Linux login farm called LEAF. Anyone can access these 32-bit machines that have four (4) Xeon single-core processors with 12 GB of RAM on each one of these Egenera Blade Server nodes. The head node of this farm uses load balancing to provide the best resources for your needs by directing your login session to the machine with the least amount of processing load. No special account permission is required. The same applications that users can run on Altair are also available on any of the LEAF servers.
For more details on Altair and Leaf hardware architectures, please visit:
http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/hpc/services/hardware.html

3) And finally this summer, LTS refreshed 20 new Linux workstations that are distributed in public spaces in the Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Earth and Environmental Sciences department buildings. Each one of these Dell Precision T7400 workstations has a minimum of a single quad-core Intel Xeon 64-bit processor with 4 GB of RAM, 80GB hard disk, and a 256MB graphics card with a 22-inch monitor. Some of the important software that these computers will support includes Spartan, a quantum chemistry application suite, and ARC GIS, which is for creating and analyzing geographic information systems databases. For more information on how to take advantage of Lehigh’s HPC resources, please visit http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/hpc/

PSYCINFO: POPULAR DATABASE NOW ON APA’S PSYCNET
PsycINFO is now accessible on the PsycNet, APA’s search interface. One of the most heavily used library research tools at Lehigh, American Psychological Association’s literature database, PsycINFO, indexes and abstracts over 100 years of scholarly output in psychology and related fields. To login to PsycINFO, bookmark this page for both on and off campus connections: http://databases.lib.lehigh.edu/finder/dbfull.asp?DBID=1. Special note for persons with an interest in neuroscience: 171 journals in this area are now covered in PsycINFO.

PsycINFO on PsycNET offers added functionality for searching within results, for cited reference retrieval, for consulting the rich vocabulary in the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, for saving search strategies, and for exporting to bibliographic citation software such as RefWorks. The Term Finder (Thesaurus) has an easy to use “add to search” option; that option could be particularly valuable for undergraduates unfamiliar with psychological terminology.

The familiar “Lehigh Link (SFX)” icon, depicting the Linderman Library skylight, is found in PsycINFO. The Lehigh Link connects the user to the library’s electronic copy or ILLIAD service. The Lehigh Link is durable and can be used for course readings. It also displays in RefWorks@Lehigh.

ICPSR DATABASE
LTS has subscribed to ICPSR, the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, the world's largest archive http://databases.lib.lehigh.edu/finder/dbfull.asp?DBID=235 of digital social science data. Professor Ziad Munson, Sociology and Anthropology, will serve as Lehigh’s ICPSR representative, supported by Librarian Roseanne Bowerman and Computing Consultant Bill Betterman.

ENGINEERING EXHIBIT IN LINDERMAN LIBRARY “HOW TO BECOME AN ENGINEER: TOYS, TOOLS, AND TECHNOLOGY”
This exhibition explores the rise of formal academic programs in civil engineering established around the time of Lehigh's founding in 1865. The title of the exhibition, mounted by Lehigh University Libraries Special Collections, was inspired by the name of an 1891 manual detailing the "theoretical and practical training necessary in fitting for the duties of the civil engineer." In addition, featured content includes "the best educational toy", a model bridge building kit dating from 1895, 19th century student notebooks, and classic works in the history of civil engineering. Exhibited items date from 1793, when the term "civil engineer" first appeared in print, and special emphasis will be given to Lehigh's contributions to the field. The exhibition runs August 15, 2008 - January 15, 2009. There is a related program on September 25th at 4pm in Linderman Library, room 200.

LIBRARY HOURS
Beginning (Monday, August 25 – Sunday, September 7)
Monday – Thursday open 8:00 am – Midnight
Friday open 8:00 am-10:00 pm
Saturday open 10:00 am – 10:00 pm
Sunday open 10:00am – Midnight
Beginning (September 8)
Monday – Thursday open until 2:00am

Next LTS Digest to be published in mid-September

noreply@blogger.com (LTS Staff) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:20:00 +0000

Welcome back!

April 22, 2008

noreply@blogger.com (LTS Staff) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:37:00 +0000

Contents:
PREP YOUR EMAIL FOR SUMMER
REMINDER: CAMPUS PORTAL UNAVAILABLE APRIL 26-27
NEW CAMPUS PORTAL AVAILABLE MONDAY, APRIL 28
CITING AND FOOTNOTING: GET IT RIGHT!
LINDERMAN EXHIBITION: CARTOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES
LIBRARY HOURS EXAMS AND SUMMER 2008

PREP YOUR EMAIL FOR SUMMER
Lehigh email users have several options for summertime handling of email. a) You can set up a vacation message but let mail accumulate in your Inbox. This is safe if you are checking messages or if you have very low email volume. Instructions are at http://www.lehigh.edu/helpdesk/docs/email-guide/email-guide.shtml#vm b) You can forward your mail to another account. Instructions are at: http://www.lehigh.edu/helpdesk/docs/email-guide/email-guide.shtml#mf Passwords do not expire during June, July and August. If a password has expired, you will not be able to login and should use https://www.lehigh.edu/change or https://www.lehigh.edu/forgot to reset your password and recover access to your accounts. Call the Help Desk at 610 758-4357 with any questions.

REMINDER: CAMPUS PORTAL WILL BE UNAVAILABLE APRIL 26-27
The campus portal will be unavailable this Saturday and Sunday while we upgrade to an enhanced version of the Luminus portal software. A few hints to those who are regular portal users:
--if you use the portal calendar, print out your calendar prior to Saturday so that you can refer to it over the weekend if needed.
--if you are a Blackboard user, you can still access blackboard at bb.lehigh.edu.
--if you use email via the portal, you can access your email at imp.lehigh.edu.

NEW CAMPUS PORTAL AVAILABLE MONDAY, APRIL 28
The new version of the campus portal will be available Monday. Many new features will be available, and new portal content will be phased in over the summer. Some immediate enhancements include:
--Drag and drop channels (no more navigating menus, just click and move!)
--IMP email integration (both IMP and the original email interface will be available)
--Channel previews (view channels before you add them)
--Enhanced calendar (a new calendar channel shows your day's activities)
--Group alerts (a new groups channel shows new postings and updates to your group)

Note that the original portal email will be phased out, and IMP will become the supported mail interface for the portal. Stay tuned for information on how you can migrate to IMP.

CITING AND FOOTNOTING: GET IT RIGHT!
The semester has flown by and with only a few weeks until the end of finals, many of you will be putting finishing touches on your research papers. Time to take advantage of the guidance available on the Library Services webpage to make sure your papers are in top form and well documented. On the Navigating Information Website for students at http://www.lehigh.edu/library/infolit/students/index.html you will find, in the Proper Usage section, guides to “Avoiding Plagiarism,” “How to Cite,” and tips for “Paraphrasing.” You can also find some useful guidance on footnoting in the “Footnotes and Citation Style Guide” page at http://www.lehigh.edu/library/footnote/footnote.html

CARTOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES: FROM THE NEW WORLD TO YOUR WORLD
Don't miss the current Linderman Library exhibit, Cartographic Perspectives: Local to Global Maps at Lehigh University, which continues until June 30th. The show, on display throughout the library, features “map treasures” from Lehigh’s Special Collections, including maps of Lehigh University and Bethlehem, the New World and early world maps, and Western exploration.

LIBRARY HOURS EXAMS AND SUMMER 2008 EXAM HOURS
April 28 – May 7
Fairchild Martindale Library: Open continuously Monday, April 28 open 7:30 am through Wednesday, May 7 Wednesday, May 7 close – 10 pm

Linderman Library: Monday, April 28 through Friday, May 2 open 8:00 am – 2:00 am
Saturday, May 3 through Sunday, May 4 open 9:00 am – 2:00 am
Monday, May 5 through Tuesday, May 6 open 8:00 am – 2:00 am
Wednesday, May 7 open 8:00 am – 10:00 pm

SEMESTER BREAK BOTH LIBRARIES:
May 8 – May 18
Thursday, May 8 open 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
Friday, May 9 open 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday, May 10 through Sunday, May 11 open Noon – 5:00 pm
Monday, May 12 through Thursday, May 15 open 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
Friday, May 16 open 8:00 – 5:00pm
Saturday, May 17 open 8:00 – 5:00 pm
Sunday, May 18 open Noon – 5:00 pm

SUMMER SESSIONS BOTH LIBRARIES:
May 19 – August 9
Monday – Thursday, open 8:00 am – Midnight
Friday, open 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday, open 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Sunday, open Noon – 5:00 pm

Exceptions: Friday, June 27 through Saturday, June 28 open 8:00 am – 10:00 pm (Exams)
Friday, August 8 through Saturday, August 9 open 8:00 am – 10:00 pm (Exams)

SEMESTER BREAK: August 10 – August 24
Sunday, open Noon – 5:00 pm
Monday through Thursday, open 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
Friday, open 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Saturday, open Noon – 5:00 pm

March 28, 2008

noreply@blogger.com (LTS Staff) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:03:00 +0000

Sneak Peek: The LTS Digest blog and RSS feed // Reminder: What to do when you change your password // Research skills assessment for graduating seniors // New additions to the Knovel reference book service // High performance computing day

THE LTS DIGEST BLOG AND RSS FEED
The LTS Digest is available as a blog and in the form of an RSS feed. You can check out the blog at http://ltsnewsdigest.blogspot.com/ and the RSS feed is available via the portal on the employee tab. Instructions for subscribing to the RSS feed will be available at a later date. Enjoy!

REMINDER: WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD
Users sometimes encounter login problems immediately following a password change. Two common issues are a failure to login with the new password, or too many failed login attempts, which result in a locked account. You can easily avoid both issues by following these two steps: 1. If you use a laptop, change your password while it's connected to the Lehigh network. 2. For both laptops and desktops, be sure to reboot immediately after changing your password. To avoid other common login issues, such as failing to connect a laptop to the Lehigh wireless network, see: http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/docs/pswd/changepswd.htm If you have any questions, contact your departmental computing consultant or the Help Desk at 8-4357 (8HELP).

RESEARCH SKILLS ASSESSMENT FOR GRADUATING SENIORS Since 2004, the LTS Information Literacy working group has been conducting an assessment of incoming first year students the summer prior to their first classes. The online assessment looks at the skills our incoming students possess for functioning in an academic information environment. As the 2004 cohort prepares to graduate LTS is offering an additional assessment to this senior class. The assessment instrument is now open and seniors can access it by logging in to the Campus Portal (http://portal.lehigh.edu/) and clicking on the "LTS needs your help, Seniors!" link in the My Announcements channel. To encourage participation, students who complete this short inventory by April 11th will be entered into a drawing for one of five great prizes. We hope to learn about the skills our students have acquired and what their experiences have been in the past four years as they used our information resources and developed an understanding of the ever changing information environment.

NEW ADDITIONS TO THE KNOVEL REFERENCE BOOK SERVICE Knovel http://www.knovel.com/ is a web-based full-text service of science and engineering handbooks. Many of the data tables within the service are available as Excel spreadsheets, allowing users to add their own data and compare it against the whole. LTS has recently added the Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Collection, 268 items including such staples as Comprehensive Organic Synthesis, Industrial Solvents Handbook, Lange's, Polymer Handbook, and Perry's. Coming soon will be the long-awaited online version of the International Tables for Crystallography and the 11th edition of Handbook of Industrial Chemistry and Biotechnology. Users can search across the entire list of titles or restrict results to Lehigh's subscription. Numeric ranging for specific properties is one of the very useful search options; check the Search Tips for details. Coming soon in the newly remodeled interface will be the User Preferences options. Knovel can be accessed on Campus at http://www.knovel.com/, off campus, use http://ezproxy.lib.lehigh.edu/login?url=http://www.knovel.com

HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING DAY Registration is now open for the 3rd Annual HPC Day Friday, April 4, 2008. All events are at the Rauch Business Center (RBC). To register either go directly to the Survey Monkey Web site: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ntUrm1tmBY8WDOh2Qz5Xjw_3d_3d Or, get to the same link off the HPC Day 2008 Web site: http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/hpc/hpcday/2008/ Please contact Kelly Decker at 8-3990 if you have any questions.