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Headline of the Week: Library Renovations: Phases Two and Three

This past summer, LIS completed work on Phase One of a multi-phase project to reconfigure space on the main floor of Preus Library. Visitors to the library this fall found a relocated Technology Help Desk directly opposite the main library entrance and co-located with our Research Help desk. Late in September, Luther’s Writing Center moved from the lower floor of the library to be adjacent to the new Technology Help Desk Call Center, our main library computer lab, as well as our technology and research help desks.

In the coming week, LIS will launch a recruitment for a Web Programmer/Analyst on the Application Development team. Full information regarding the recruitment is available on the LIS Recruiting website. Anyone with questions regarding the recruitment or interest in the position should talk with myself or Marcia Gullickson. Further updates on the recruitment will be shared as they are available.

A new painting by Fridtjof Schroder (1917-1990), LC alumnus of 1943, has been donated by a family member. Many of Schroder’s colorful, abstract paintings can be seen around campus but a comprehensive collection is installed in Hovde. He also drew the wonderful pencil and charcoal drawing of the shell of Old Main as viewed the morning after it burned. That drawing hangs in the display case on the main floor of Main. The new painting, entitled “Opus 325: The Mystery,” is a self-portrait of the artist created while he was contemplating retirement.

A new significant artists’ book by Christine Kermaire of Belgium has been cataloged for Special Collections in Preus Library. It consists of a textile panel (42 × 62 cm.) with 2 grommets at the top for hanging and velcro strips at the bottom. It includes four 22 × 31 cm. laminated cards (description of cemetery, layout of cemetery, two pictures of shadow of monuments on grass in cemetery) with velcro tabs at the top so that they may be hung from the bottom of the textile panel.

Wish you could retrieve your voice mail messages from your e-mail or the web? With Desktop Messaging, now you can! Faculty and staff may request the service or learn more about it by going to http://lis.luther.edu/learn/desktopmessaging.

There will also be a demonstration in Borlaug on Monday, Nov. 9, 11:30 a.m.-noon. Reserve a spot at http://lis.luther.edu/learn/schedule or just drop in.

Luther’s sustainability coordinator is developing a page for departmental initiatives in which LIS is the first to be listed. Additional departments will be added as content is developed. See https://reason.luther.edu/sustainability/deptinitiatives/.

In lieu of our normal LIS General meeting for November (next Wednesday November 4), we will meet in the Olin Round Table room to participate in a live video event from EDUCAUSE 2009 in Denver. The session will be Collaboration Is Strategy led by Brad Wheeler, the Vice President for IT, CIO and Professor at Indiana University.

His talk will begin at 9:15. Refreshments will be available in the 3rd Floor faculty lounge.

A number of users this morning are being prompted to run McAfee Security Scans on their workstations. The Technology Help Desk believes this software is being installed without users consent or being aware after visiting websites.

While McAfee is a legitimate anti-virus software, it is not used by Luther or LIS. It can be safely uninstalled.

EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. Each Fall, EDUCAUSE hosts a conference bringing together classroom teachers, librarians, administrators, and IT professionals to consider current challenges and share recent successes.

This year EDUCAUSE is offering a portion of the conference online, and LIS is inviting the Luther community to join us in attending

The online conference will take place from Nov. 4-6, in Olin 301 (Round Table Room). Below is a listing of sessions.

Recently, a few on campus have called in to the Help Desk because they can not print from Norse Mail in Firefox. After doing some research I have found that this is a known Google issue and is also occurring in other browsers such as Google Chrome and Safari.

If this problem is encountered I have come up with a few options that seem to be temporary solutions. First, at the bottom of your Norse Mail page you can switch the view to Basic HTML. Although this view is a little ugly it does allow you to print again. Second, switch to Internet Explorer for your mail.