March 1, 2006

EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINTS, SERIES II
TWO WALT WHITMAN EXHIBITIONS
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
LINS, PINS, AND CHALLENGE QUESTIONS
FORGOT YOUR LEHIGH COMPUTING ACCOUNT PASSWORD?
WHAT'S NEW IN MOZILLA THUNDERBIRD 1.5?
COMPUTER/PDA REGISTRATION
SPRING LIBRARY HOURS EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINTS, SERIES II
Lehigh's Library purchased another important component of the Archive of
Americana, a fully searchable text and digital images product. In January we added Series II of the Early American Imprints,(http://databases.lib.lehigh.edu/finder/dbfull.asp?DBID=184 ) based
on the noted "American Bibliography, 1801-1819" by Ralph B. Shaw and
Richard Shoemaker to our database collection. This renowned historical collection now makes the complete text and images of more than 36,000 titles published in the U.S. during this formative period available at the computer desktop. Researchers interested in westward expansion, the progression of American political thought, the development of American arts, economy and trade, and other intriguing historical topics will be delighted with their ability to search and retrieve these materials.



TWO WALT WHITMAN EXHIBITIONS
Two exhibitions on Walt Whitman and his publication of Leaves of Grass 150 years ago are now available at Lehigh. The first is a Lehigh University Art Galleries' exhibition located in the Lower Gallery at Zoellner Arts Center. The exhibition, designed by Clorinde Peters '06, Art 275, in collaboration with Ilhan Citak and Philip Metzger of Special Collections, showcases Lehigh's strong holdings in Leaves of Grass editions. The exhibition text is by Assistant Professor of English Edward Whitley. A website describing this exhibit, which will continue until mid December 2007, can be found at www.luag.org . The second complements the Art Galleries' display but offers a more comprehensive online exhibition of Lehigh's holdings, mounted by Special Collections. The holdings and the online
exhibition include every major edition and printing published during Whitman's lifetime, with the exception of the 1876 Centennial edition of Leaves of Grass. It can be seen athttp://dig.lib.lehigh.edu/projects/exhibits.asp



THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
The complete, interactive version of the Chronicle of Higher Education (1989 to present, updated daily) is now available to the entire Lehigh community via a new campus license. To connect from on or off campus, visit in the Database Finder
or click on EDIT in your "MyLibrary" RESEARCH DATABASES area and add the Chronicle to your default view from the list of library subscriptions.

In addition to covering higher education around the world, the Chronicle features basic and advanced search of past issues, discussion forums, and job announcements. The Magazine and Journal Reader provides short summaries of important recent articles in scholarly and popular publications and is searchable. The Special Issues and Data section provides online access to the Almanac of Higher Education and compilations of reports on information technology, Katrina relief, libraries, executive compensation, book reviews, recent grants, new appointments and more.



LINS, PINS, AND CHALLENGE QUESTIONS
As a well-known security expert once said, "Security is always excessive until it's not enough." Lehigh has introduced some security enhancements that help protect our identity and the systems we use at Lehigh. To help transition to the new security procedures, LTS has created a glossary of security terms which can be viewed at:
http://www.lehigh.edu/helpdesk/faq/accounts/glossary.htm




FORGOT YOUR LEHIGH COMPUTING ACCOUNT PASSWORD?
LTS has introduced a new process for resetting your Lehigh password. The steps for changing your password are available at:http://www.lehigh.edu/helpdesk/docs/account/forgot.htm



WHAT'S New IN MOZILLA THUNDERBIRD 1.5?
The latest version of Mozilla Thunderbird includes two new features that users might find particularly helpful: an inline spell checker and the ability to separate attachments from emails. The spell checker highlights potentially misspelled words with a red underline. Much like applications such as MS-Word, you can right-click on the misspelling to choose from a list of suggested correctly-spelled words. You can even add words to its dictionary. The new attachment feature lets you detach or delete an attachment from an email, while leaving the rest of the message intact. This feature should help users who frequently exceed their disk quotas because they save messages with large attachments only so they can keep the original message text.

For more on these and other features, see "Customizing and Using
Thunderbird 1.5" at http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/docs/thunderbird15/thunderbirdmail.html
Download, installation and setup instructions are available at:
http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/docs/tb15setup/index.htm



COMPUTER/PDA REGISTRATION
The Campus Police Department is sponsoring a Register Your Computer Program for Lehigh faculty, staff and students. If you own a computer or PDA, you can register pertinent information about it in case it would ever be lost or stolen. If you ever need to report it lost or stolen, Campus Police will already have the required information to enter into the NCIC (National Crime Information Center) system which is available to law enforcement officers throughout the country. For more about the
program, or to register your computer or PDA device, visit the Campus Police website http://www.lehigh.edu/~inlpd/ and click on "Computer Registration."



*SPRING LIBRARY HOURS*
Regular Semester Hours:
Monday - Thursday open 7:30 am - 2:00am
Friday open 7:30 am-10:00 pm
Saturday open 10:00 am - 10:00 pm
Sunday open 10:00am - 2:00 am

Spring Break Hours:
Saturday, March 4 - Sunday, March 5 open Noon - 5:00 pm
Monday, March 6 through Thursday, March 9 open 7:30 am - 8:00 pm
Friday, March 10 open 7:30 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday, March 11 open Noon - 5:00 pm
Sunday, March 12 open Noon - 2:00 am