December 8, 2010

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

—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/google 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.html. 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.html.



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

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

—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

--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

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

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

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

1. Never open an attachment from someone you don't know.
   
   
2. 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.
   
   
3. 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.
   
   
4. Most companies (including Microsoft and Mozilla) do not send patches or updates to you via your e-mail account.
   
   
5. 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.