Blogs

Present: Matt H, Matt B, Bob E, Ryan, Bob P, Larry, Todd, Matt H, Laurel, Diane

• User Services Account Number – Team members are to use 34400 and not what has been used in the past. The old numbers are frozen and no longer accessible.
• Exit Procedures – Began review of exit procedures by discussing what data is needed and when is it needed in terms of faculty/staff/students who leave Luther.
• Printers – Reviewed how many personal printers and workgroup printers we have that work, that don’t work, where we store them, and discussed what to do with them.

The Encore library resource discovery tool will be upgraded Tuesday, Oct. 20. The upgrade procedure will require about 30 minutes of downtime at some point of the day. If you need to search the library collection while Encore is unavailable, please try the “Magnus” tab on the Library Research page, or visit Magnus directly at http://books.luther.edu.

Headline of the Week: Copyright: A Case Decided

This past Wednesday, Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated et al v. Miller was decided, offering further insights into legal interpretation of Fair Use for libraries. Such cases play important roles in helping us to discern how to legally and properly provide information services with copyrighted material.

The 20 drawings and 15 pieces of pottery by Marguerite Wildenhain which were exhibited at the Gera Art Museum in Gera, Germany, this past summer were returned to campus this past week. The crates were successfully scrutinized by Homeland Security and returned with all pieces unscathed. Nine paintings by Norwegian-American artists in the Fine Arts Collection are being prepared for shipment to the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway. The new U.S. ambassador to Norway, Barry White, and the curator for the Art in Embassies Program from the U.S.

Wish you could retrieve your voice mail messages from your e-mail or the web? Now you can! Come to a demonstration of Call Pilot Desktop Messaging in Borlaug on Thursday, Oct. 29 from 2:30-3:00 or Monday, Nov. 9 from 11:30-12:00. You can reserve a spot at http://lis.luther.edu/learn/schedule or just drop in. To learn about Desktop Messaging, go to http://lis.luther.edu/learn/desktopmessaging.

Network switches in the CFA will be upgraded over Fall Break. The wired network will be down on the east side of the building Monday (10/19) from 8am until approximately 11am and the west side of the building Tuesday (10/20) from 8am until approximately 11am. The wireless network will not be affected by this upgrade.

The database error Katie was displaying has been remedied.

Thank you for your patience.

We are currently experiencing problems with the Katie server. Users have reported an inability to log into any accounts. This is affecting Staff and Students.

LIBRARY PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEETING

October 12, 2009, 9:15 a.m., Hovde

The agenda for Scottie Cochrane’s visit, October 13th and 14th, is posted on the blog.

Chris reported on a meeting regarding the new faculty offices in the former Help Desk area. He will report later as more information is obtained and plans move forward.

All reported on visits they had had with department heads regarding senior paper/projects.

John gave out a handout titled “Annual Reviews 2010 Institutional Pricing”. Reviewed the usage of all for the past 2 years.

Headline of the Week: TWILIS Reimagined

Subscribers of TWILIS will recall we’ve conducted a brief survey over the past couple weeks to determine the parts of the newsletter that work particularly well, and areas where we could improve. Thanks to everyone who has offered their thoughts. This week I thought I’d share some of the collective wisdom and some thoughts on changes we’ll make in response now and in the coming weeks.

As of this afternoon, thirty-nine individuals have responded to the survey.