LIS News

With our current deployment of Reason as our new campus web content management system, Luther and LIS are working to realign staffing support to ensure a high quality of service to the product currently and going forward in the future. I’m pleased to announce that Steve Smith, Web Programmer/Analyst in LIS will be transitioning into the role of our primary Reason developer and coordinator this spring. He will also retain support of some web-based services for which he currently provides support.

On Friday, February 20th LIS configured Sophos Enterprise Console to monitor all Campus Workstations Sophos status. This will give LIS the capability to keep our Network free from Viruses and Trojans. The Sophos Enterprise Console will give us a new Tool for Network Virus Protection.

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1. Cost Cutting Measures: What Can We Do? (Notes from a December 12, 2008 videoconference | organized by Carleton College)

2. Responding to Challenging Circumstances: Information Services Camp at Smith College

3. Leveraging Talent in the Community: NITLE Technology Fellows

4. Hack/Doc Fest: Summary Report (Community-organized event held on January 7 – 9, 2009 | hosted by Reed College)

5. Low-Cost Digital Repository Solutions

6. Kuali Open-Source ERP: On-Going Conversations

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1. Cost Cutting Measures: What Can We Do?

All LIS staff are encouraged to attend the Opening Convocation for Luther’s spring semester next Thursday, February 5th at 9:40a in the CFL.

Diane E. Griffin, an internationally recognized expert in the field of virology and immunology, will speak on “A Global Approach to Infectious Diseases.” Spirit of Luther awards will be given to Phil and Ruth Reitan and Orv and Kathy Johnson.

Ithaka, a non-profit organization promoting innovation in education and scholarly resources (and incubator for NITLE as well as Portico) has announced it is merging with JSTOR, another Mellon-funded initiative. The new combined organization, which will include JSTOR, Portico, and NITLE will be known as Ithaka.

More information: http://tinyurl.com/cnqj53

From NITLE:

Professional Development Events

A full list of NITLE events lives at http://www.nitle.org/www/events. Register participants online from the event web page, or send an e-mail to participate@nitle.org with the event title and registrant’s name, job title, and e-mail address.

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We know there are many people with questions about the IKON implementation and what it means in practical terms. LIS has begun an FAQ page (http://lis.luther.edu/ikon/faq) to consolidate answers to questions that have been asked. This page will be updated regularly as questions are asked and answered.

Please forward any specific questions along to me and we’ll make sure they are added.

A new section on the LIS website has been setup to contain information regarding our transition to our managed services agreement with IKON. The site now includes the original announcement as well as a memo to budget center directors sent today. Additional information will be added as it is available. Visit: http://lis.luther.edu/ikon

The gallery talk of artist Marcia Wegman is now available as a podcast at http://itunes.luther.edu/. iTunes U is a free service that offers easy access to educational content from hundreds of colleges and universities. The podcast captures the artist’s reflections on her exhibit of Iowa landscapes, on display in Preus Library until Dec. 12. For those who do not have access to an MP3 player, the podcast can also be checked out at the library Circulation Desk for use while viewing the exhibit.

NITLE Spring 2009 conferences: calls for proposals

Thanks to all who offered input into the development of these calls for proposals, which are now open to NITLE participating institutions.

• Language and Culture: Finding, Assessing, and Exploiting Online and Media Resources for Language Teaching (March 13 – 15, 2009, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA)

Faculty, instructional technologists, and librarians who share an interest in teaching or supporting the teaching of foreign languages are invited to take advantage of this opportunity to share their knowledge and experience and receive va