February 4, 2009

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. ******************************************************************