LIS Websites

LIS Website Updates -- 11-26-2008

This week the LIS website was transferred to a new server. Users will still access the site at http://lis.luther.edu.

The new server should provide us with increased flexibility as we continue to develop and improve the LIS website.

LIS Website Downtime -- 10:00 am, 11/26/2009

Starting at 10:00 am, Wednesday November 26, 2009, a brief downtime will be scheduled for http://lis.luther.edu (the LIS homepage) while the site is transferred to a new server. Service is expected to be interrupted for 30-60 minutes.

LIS Website Changes - 11/13/2008

Several website modules were updated.

LIS Web Usability Testing

LIS is seeking volunteers to participant in usability testing of the LIS website.

Input from both students and faculty/staff is sought. A $10 gift certificate will be offered as compensation to participants for a 30-40 minute interview. For more information, and to sign up, visit http://lis.luther.edu/usability/

Linking to EBSCO articles from KATIE

For users of Academic Search Complete, Business Source Elite, PsychInfo, and other EBSCO databases, a change has recently been made which will make it easier to link directly to citations and full-text articles from KATIE or other websites.

Most entries in EBSCO databases will include a field labeled “Persistent link to this record (Permalink).” This field includes a link that will allow authorized users to access the citation and/or article via our proxy server.

LIS Website Changes - 10/31/2008

Security updates were applied.

LIS Website Change - 10/24/2008

Text size of search box descriptions on Library Research page has been increased.

LIS Website Changes - 10/09/2008

This week, the following updates were made to the LIS website:

Customize your LIS Blog notification frequency

It is now possible to customize how often you receive email updates from the LIS Blog!

If you click the link to “My Account” in the right-most sidebar and then select the “My Notifications” tab, you’ll see the options depicted below.