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Headline of the Week: Thoughts from EDUCAUSE 2009

Last week I traveled to Denver for the fall meeting of the CLIR (Council on Library and Information Resources) CIOs group and EDUCAUSE 2009.

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Over the past few weeks, I’ve been laying the groundwork for an upgrade to our website’s content management system. Now – with most of the issues ironed out, I will be upgrading the LIS site to Drupal 6 this weekend, Nov. 14-15. The LIS site will remain available for normal use throughout the weekend, however a brief downtime will occur on Sunday afternoon when I “throw the switch” from the old version to the new.

Credo Reference, an online collection of over 430 full-text reference sources from over 60 scholarly publishers, is now available.

Google has recently opened up a beta version of a new communication platform, called Wave, which serves as a mash-up of email, discussion forums, and real-time chat. Accounts are available by invitation only, and I have a number of invitations I’d like to offer up to members of the Luther community (students, faculty, staff). If you are interested, contact me directly, or send a note via the “Contact Us” link to the right.

For the past two and a half days I’ve been hiding away in Olin 301 with a number of other colleagues from LIS and other departments around the college, attending the EDUCAUSE 2009 conference virtually.

This marks the first time I’ve attended a multi-day/multi-session event online, and have to pass on major kudos to EDUCAUSE for giving us the opportunity to attend locally, and for pulling it off with only a very few hitches.

The GusDay 10 schedule is coming together, and you won’t want to miss it!

A reminder to all campus community members of the invitation to attend EDUCAUSE 2009 Online events, being held in Olin 301 this Wednesday – Friday. A full schedule of events appears at the bottom of this message. Feel free to attend any or all events!

EDUCAUSE has also created a social networking site exclusively for this group. Check out The Learning Commons to create your own profile; explore videos, photos, and resources uploaded by your peers; or add your own questions and content.

Present: Andi, Rachel, Ryan, John, Jane, Lindy, Germano, Rebecca.

Jane gathered reports from everyone about the status of lost books and their replacements.

Lindy brought a request to purchase the Encyclopedia of Communication Theory and the group agreed to purchase the print edition.

Andi & Germano led a spirited discussion of research modules and topics for the Paideia I research paper.

Jane informed the group that the staffing plan is in transition and will be discussed further at a future meeting.

In lieu of a meeting today, the following information is being shared:

• Windows 7 – At 11:00 this morning, there is a webinar titled, 7 Steps to Windows 7 Migration Success – A Tutorial Source: KACE.

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.