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)
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
