LIS News / Blog

Present: Matt H, Matt B, Bob E, Larry, Todd, Ryan, Eddy, Jennifer R, Diane

• Adobe CS6 – We will be testing Adobe CS6 in the next few weeks to determine whether or not to include this newest version on the 2012-13 images beginning with the summer faculty roll. LISers interested in testing the product may contact Diane.
• Budget requests – We are beginning to collect User Services budget requests for the 2012-13 fiscal year.

In One Person: A Novel by John Irving – an intimate and unforgettable portrait of the solitariness of a bisexual man who is dedicated to making himself “worthwhile.”

Railsea by China Mieville – a gripping and brilliantly imagined science fiction story based on Melville’s Moby Dick.

The Family Corleone by Ed Falco – the prequel to The Godfather continues the saga of the Corleone family.

This week’s Suggestion of the Week appearing on the LIS digital sign in the library :

Suggestion: “Leave the library’s Rare Books Room open as a no-technology study room.”

Response: “We are working on several ideas related to quiet study space in the
library, with a focus on preserving the Upper Floor as a designated
quiet zone. This suggestion will add the idea of creating a
‘technology-free’ quiet study space to our conversation.

Headline of the Week: IT Risk

For the past several weeks a sub-team of LIS has been looking at some security issues; a specific focus has been on virus scanning on campus. Another group has been providing information as input into a discussion about coverage for cyber liability. An additional piece of work was done to package together a set of IT risk mitigation tools and projects. This was presented to the Cabinet on Monday. Why is there such a focus on security and risk management? What is behind this?

I see two important driving factors.

via Kace:

Are your top new features being planned for the next version of the K1000 or K2000? How can you make sure your feature requests are heard and prioritized? The KACE UserVoice forums are the best way to answer these questions. UserVoice allows you to easily see what KACE has planned for the K1100 and K2000, and to vote on your favorite new K1000 and K2000 features. Click on the links below to get started!

http://kace.uservoice.com/forums/82699-k1000 (aka help.luther.edu)

http://kace.uservoice.com/forums/82717-k2000

Library Services Meeting Minutes 5/7/2012

Review of Liaison Assignments: The departmental liaison assignments for 2012-2013 were reviewed and the changes noted. In addition to providing liaison representation to academic departments, there will be several academic support liaison relationships for the 2012-2013 academic year. The support centers that will have a library liaison are the Dean’s Office, Diversity Center, SSS and SASC, Speech and Debate, Wellness, and Writing.

At the request of the Student Senate, a handicap accessible, Internet kiosk has been added to the Union lobby. Pictured Below:

This week’s Suggestion of the Week appearing on the LIS digital sign in the library :

Suggestion: “It would be nice to have more outlets in the library.”

Response: “Dozens of outlets were installed along the exterior walls on the lower and upper floors of the library over the past few months. If there is a particular area where you think an additional outlet would be especially handy, let us know. Send a suggestion to library@luther.edu and we’ll check to see if placing an outlet in that location is feasible.”

Hi, I’m Bob and I’m a recovering “paper” book reader. I have tons of “pbooks” laying around the house, having long ago overflowed the banks of our various bookshelves and things that remotely resemble bookshelves. I admit that sometimes I like to take a pbook down and handle it, breathe in its used book fragrance, listen carefully as I flip quickly through the pages and just generally reminisce over a bygone age (its part of the recovery process). Pbooks possess a lot of character I find missing in an ebook…

What is Google+ anyway? I don’t have time for this. Another social network? * sigh * I’m still getting used to Facebook’s timeline thing.

Do the comments above sound like things you or colleagues have said in recent months?

If so, we get it. Technology changes at such a rapid pace that sometimes it can be hard to keep up and it can be hard to want to. Additionally, you may view social media as a way of connecting with friends, rather than colleagues.