March 29, 2006

HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING DAY SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 21*
MAIL QUOTA INCREASED FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF*
LIBRARY ELECTRONIC RESOURCES - NO ROBOTS, PLEASE*
WHAT'S ON THE HORIZON? WINDOWS VISTA*
CAMPUS EVENT PLANNING: EMAIL FOR VISITORS*
WINDOWS TIP: ALPHABETIZE THE START MENU FOR EASE OF USE*
LIBRARY HOURS*

HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING DAY SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 21*
On Friday, April 21st the university community can learn how High Performance Computing (HPC) at Lehigh can accelerate scientific and engineering computations. World-renowned computer expert, Professor Miron Livny, from the University ofWisconsin Madison, will speak on how access to worldwide computing resources will change the world of research in his talk, "The Democratization of Computing". In addition, Lehigh University faculty members will describe some of their research
activities that make use of campus computing clusters and grids. All events will take place at the Rauch Business Center. To find out more about the day, with a link for registration for HPC Day, go to: http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/hpc/hpcday.html



MAIL QUOTA INCREASED FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF
Recently, the mail quotas for many accounts were substantially increased. Quotas are the limits on how much disk space users have at Lehigh. The space for Inboxes has not changed, but the space for creating folders and managing mail has now doubled, for those whose quotas were at the old minimums. The increases mean that the new minimum
quotas for mail folder space are now 40 megabytes for undergraduates and 80 megabytes for faculty, staff, and graduate students. This does not mean that users can turn off spam filters and skip basic housekeeping activities, like deleting old messages and emptying trash; however, it will make daily mail management easier. Users whopreviously had their Inbox moved from the mail spool to the mail folder space will still maintain the higher net quota of the two areas. See the next issue of LTS Connection for more detail or contact the LTS Help Desk at 610-758-4357.



LIBRARY ELECTRONIC RESOURCES - NO ROBOTS, PLEASE
Lehigh faculty, staff, and students enjoy convenient online access to an extensive collection of library electronic resources. While LTS encourages and actively promotes the use of these electronic journals and databases, there are limits in our licensing agreements. Systematic downloading of large portions of a database or journal is prohibited, as is commercial use. The use of harvesting software, such as scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and can result in the loss of
access to these resources for the entire Lehigh University community.



WHAT'S ON THE HORIZON? WINDOWS VISTA
Windows VISTA, Microsoft's new operating system (slated to replace Windows XP) is reportedly going to be released in early 2007. LTS staff have obtained a beta version of Vista and are currently testing it. Windows VISTA has many new features such as an updated graphical user interface called Aero, improved searching, a number of new security features, and completely new networking, audio, print, and display engines.

How can we plan for Vista at Lehigh? According to LTS Scientific and Desktop Computing Team Leader Gale Fritsche, departments contemplating new computer purchases should look for machines with at least one gigabyte of memory. As the year progresses LTS will continue to inform staff of the timeline for review and implementation of Vista.**



CAMPUS EVENT PLANNING: EMAIL FOR VISITORS
Lehigh visitors often want to check their email or do basic computing while on campus. LTS has secured its wireless and wired network to limit access to those with a Lehigh username and password. The library research stations can be used only for database searching -- they do not permit email access or Internet searching. If you want visitors to have temporary access to the Lehigh network to check email or perform other basic computing tasks, it must be arranged in advance. Contact Margaret
at 8-3830 or Kelly at 8-3990.



*WINDOWS TIP: ALPHABETIZE THE START MENU FOR EASE OF USE*
With a fresh installation of Windows XP, all of your programs appear in the Start Menu alphabetically. But as you install new programs, they are added at the bottom of the list. To reorganize the list alphabetically, click Start > All Programs (or Start > Programs, if you use the Classic menu view). Right-click any program in the list, then click "Sort by Name." This will sort your program groups first, then singular programs at the bottom, in alphabetical order.



*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

Four o'clock quizzes - Extended Hours:
Open 24 Hours
Tuesday, 3/28 open 7:30am to Thursday, 3/30 2:00 am
Monday, 4/3 open 7:30 am to Wednesday, 4/5 2:00 am

April 27, 2006

--BANNER SYSTEM UPDATE*
--SYSTEM UPDATE BANNER*
--LINDERMAN CONSTRUCTION UPDATE*
--LIBRARY HOURS*
--RECENTLY ACQUIRED LEHIGH PHOTOS ON EXHIBIT*
--USE OF EMAIL FORWARDING*
--BORLAND SITE LICENSE DISCONTINUED*

BANNER SYSTEM UPDATEBeginning at 7:00 am on Friday, May 5th, the Banner system will be upgraded. Banner 7.2 will move into production and should be available for general use on Monday, May 8th at 7:00 am. Many users have attended training. To review some of the changes, go to www.lehigh.edu/lewis/Ban7/



SYSTEM UPDATE BANNER
LTS is rolling out a new communications tool to alert Lehigh faculty, staff, and students of changes in availability of LTS systems -- this includes planned and unplanned downtime of major services, network outages affecting campus, etc. In the event a campus online service becomes temporarily unavailable, all LTS Web pages will display a system banner to that effect. To find more information, click on the banner. Of course you can always call the help desk to find out about downtime
(8-4357).



LINDERMAN CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
The renovation of Linderman Library is continuing at a good pace. Information about the construction phase has recently been updated at
www.lehigh.edu/lts/linderman/construction.html



LIBRARY HOURS
Exam Hours, May 1 though May 10
Open 24 Hours
The library will open on Monday, May 1 at 7:30 am and remain open until
Wednesday, May 10 at 10:00 pm.

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



RECENTLY ACQUIRED LEHIGH PHOTOS ON EXHIBIT
A new exhibition in Special Collections features selected images from Howard David Ginder's student album of 206 photographs taken during his student years at Lehigh, 1915-1919. These unusual photographs reflect the impact of World War I, and illustrate student life, athletics, and academic events in the Lehigh campus and South Bethlehem. The exhibition will run through August 30, 2006 in Special Collections, Fairchild Martindale Library 3rd Floor Room 625.

The accompanying online exhibition 'Photo Story of Lehigh: 1915-1919'
can be viewed at http://dig.lib.lehigh.edu/projects/exhibits.asp



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

Remember that passwords must be changed every six months. Some users may receive a reminder to change the email password over the summer. Reminders are sent via email in advance.

Call the Help Desk at 610-758-4357 with any questions.



*BORLAND SITE LICENSE DISCONTINUED*
Following a lengthy review, the BORLAND educational site license has been discontinued. This change will become effective on June 30, 2006. All BORLAND software must be removed from personal and campus computers and no further installs will be permitted. Packages affected are Borland Delphi Studio, Borland C++ Builder, Borland JBuilder and Borland Pascal.