LIS Events

Datatel is providing ActiveCampus integration consultants to come to Luther on July 7th and 8th to work with the application development team to resolve ActiveCampus to Colleague integration issues. These two consultants have been working remotely from each other and LIS for over a year to provide the programming needed to make information collected from web site visitor personalization and the online application translate and update in the student records in the Colleague system.

LIS will host a reception this Friday from 10-11am in Hovde Lounge to thank Kate Rattenborg, Digital and Reference Services Librarian for her service to Luther over the past four years. All LISfolk are encouraged to stop by and wish Kate well in her future endeavors. Appropriate morning goodies will be served.

Have a question about Office 2007? Want to see how your Office 2000 files look and act in the newest version of Microsoft Office? Bring your questions and files to the Olin RTR on Thursday, March 27th from 3:45-4:45 to find out. As seating is limited, contact the LIS Technology Help Desk to make a reservation. For more information, go to http://lis.luther.edu/learn.

To gain hands-on experience using Publisher 2007, attend the training session scheduled for 2:30-3:30 on Thursday, March 27th in the Olin RTR. This introductory session available to faculty, staff, and students will guide you through creating a flyer and other predefined publication types. Publisher 2007, unlike the other products within Office 2007, continues to use the menus and toolbars that you are used to from Office 2000. As seating is limited, contact the LIS Technology Help Desk to make a reservation.

Come
to the Mott Room on Wednesday, March 26th, 12:15-1:15 p.m. to see the new interface and improved functionality of Office 2007, the latest version of Microsoft's Office suite of products for the PC. We'll also share the timeline for installing Office 2007 on campus. This show and tell of Office 2007 is open to faculty, staff, and students. For more information, go to http://lis.luther.edu/learn.

LIS and Dining Services are planning a server swap on Thursday March 27th with the remote help of CBORD technicians. CBORD predicts it will take 4 hours to complete the procedure. We do not have a start time set with them but we will let you know as soon as we do. The system will not be available to users during this time. The Micros terminals and cash registers will work off-line during the upgrade.

Norse Key passwords must now be changed every 180 days and must be 8 characters in length. Come to the Mott Room on Wednesday, March 19th, 12:15-1:15 p.m. to learn more about the new requirements for Norse Key passwords. This demonstration is open to faculty, staff, and students. For more information, go to http://lis.luther.edu/learn.

IAICU is hosting a conference later this month in Des Moines that is now open for registration. It would be good to have some Luther-folk attend if possible. The following is from the conference website:

What is a TIKI Conference? Well… it is a Technology, Innovation, Knowledge and Ideas Conference. Of course it is likely obvious the real purpose of another acronym is to inject a theme into the conference. I hope it is something we can have a little fun with.

Listed below is the March 10-14th Live Meeting schedule. Please register via the links below and distribute to your colleagues/staff as you wish.

*Central Standard Time*

March 10th

Tomorrow morning, Friday Feb. 29, from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Preus Library will be the site of a "happening" produced by a group of Theatre/Dance students who are enrolled in a Performance Research class. Something will occur near the front entrance which should be pretty interesting, thought-provoking and entertaining but (we have been assured) won't create a disturbance or be overly noisy. So be on the lookout if you're passing this way.