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Two copier/printer changes are occurring on campus in the near future. Upward Bound now has a Ricoh Aficio MP C2800 that replaced their previous Canon copier/printer. The Dean’s Office will be getting a Ricoh Aficio SP C232SF copier/printer.

The controller for the wireless network in Main, Library, Valders, Sampson, Ylvisaker and Norby House has been made redundant. This will improve reliability of the wireless network. In the event that one controller crashes the other controller will take over management of the network and keep the network functioning.

Present: Matt B, Lynnette, Bob E, Ryan, Rebecca, Bob P, Larry, Matt H, Diane

• Recycling – September 24th we had Midwest Electronic Recovery come to campus to pick up a truckload of old equipment for recycling. To learn more and see pictures, go to Recycling of Equipment within LIS
• Power outage – During the September 23rd power outage in the library, the Help Desk moved to Olin and continued to provide service until 7:30 pm that evening when power was restored and they returned to the library.

During the week of Homecoming, several meeting space projection systems were upgraded because of the heavy use and high visibility these room had during the this past weekend. These projection systems were due for rotation and retirement this year and we decided to change them out now so visitors and alumni would have a better experience using our rooms. The rooms included Mott, Boulaug, Peace and Hovde Lounge. Also, two new projectors were issued to the Help Desk for setup services. The projector model was a Sharp PG-F312X 3000 lumens.

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Press release regarding grant opportunities:

WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that the Institute of Museum and Library Services is offering grant opportunities through the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Grant program and the 2010 Museums for America Grant program.

“Libraries and museums are building blocks for communities to learn and grow,” Grassley said.

Recently User Services organized a recycling day for our broken and dated electronic equipment. We collected everything we could from CRT computer monitors, overheads, circulation desk check-out dorm switches,to slide projectors. If it was broken and deemed unrepairable or simply unusable, it went to be recycled. We used a company called Midwest Electronic Recovery to facilitate the recycling. Due to the distance they have to travel, MER also made other pickups within the Decorah community. Our local county facility will no longer take Electronics from commercial businesses. See pictures.

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

Germano and Lindy presented their new language for Reference Services in the Emergency Response Planning document.

John presented the final decisions reached with the department liaisons regarding the print duplication/cancellation project for group approval.

Headline of the Week: Celebrating 40 Years of Preus Library

This week, Luther celebrates the 40th anniversary of the construction of Preus Library, highlighted by a public reception Saturday, October 3rd from 3:00-5:00p in Hovde Lounge. All are welcome. Preus Library has served Luther extremely well for the past 40 years, and we look forward to 40++ more years of bringing the Luther community together to share, use, and produce scholarship and information.

Email received from Jaye Lawrence at Carleton:

Every day you invent creative IT solutions and perform heroic acts of IT support. Now we invite you to share that expertise by submitting a proposal for the 10th Annual GusDay Conference on Friday, December 4th.

As always, the success of this event depends on YOUR participation.