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Headline of the Week: Into Each Life a Little Rain Must Fall

Be still sad heart and cease repining;
Behind the clouds the sun is shining,
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life a little rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.

   — (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

I’ll admit I’m something of an information junkie (big surprise there I know). Going a few hours without the news feed reader can make me start twitching.

This fall, administrative management of the Round Table Room will move to LIS. This has formerly been coordinated out of the President’s Office by Karen Martin-Schramm. LIS has already partnered to provide technical support for the room, and recently Rebecca Sullivan and Diane Gossman have received facilitator training. The room coordinator Ann Mansfield will continue to provide assistance with outside groups using the space. LIS will continue supporting other needs for the facility as they arise.

The library will close for a brief period at 5:00pm this afternoon for a planned power outage related to yesterday’s outage. The facility will reopen as soon as power is again restored. Thank you for your patience as we work to ensure power to the facility.

The campus fiber optic network backbone has been extended to Gjerset House. This upgrade has allowed us to provide an improved wired network, and to extend coverage of the campus wireless network to include Gjerset House.

Google is aware of an issue that is currently affecting some users and making their Norse Mail inaccessible. You can find updates on the status of this issue at: http://www.google.com/appsstatus#rm=1&di=1&hl=en

Everyone is invited to a Homecoming Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Preus Library on Saturday, October 3rd in Hovde Lounge, 3:00 – 5:00 pm. Join us at 3:30 pm to hear David Hovde, son of former Head Librarian Oivind Hovde and librarian at Purdue University, speak briefly about his father and the building of the library. Christopher Barth, Executive Director of Library and Information Services, will follow with comments about the future of libraries.

Temporary power has been restored to the library facility. Normal hours have resumed and the building is open for use.

Thanks to everyone who provided input to our recent survey on international studies. Based on participants’ feedback, NITLE has developed and is pleased to announce: “From Planning to Practice: Using and Assessing Technology in Teaching Language, Culture, and International Relations.” Early registration for this conference will be open until Friday, October 23, 2009.

We are awaiting delivery of power cables to connect a generator to the building wiring to temporarily power the library. Provided cables are delivered and installed on time, we will attempt to open the facility at 7:00pm this evening.

A temporary transformer has also been located and will be delivered to campus very soon. Our time on the generator should therefore be relatively short.

We will update with additional information as it is available.

The power went out in the library at around 7:30 am. Until temporary power can be restored, the library facility is closed. Individuals needing access to the collection can come to the main door and request assistance. The Help Desk remains open via telephone at extension 1000. The facility will reopen once power is restored.