LIS Websites

Now you can search Encore from Facebook!

The Preus Library QuickSearch Facebook application has been updated to be compatible with the new style of Facebook profile. PreusLQS can be added at this address: http://apps.facebook.com/preuslqs

To add to your wall, click the “Add to Profile” button on the page linked above.

Also available is a link to resource guides by subject featured on the Library Research page.

As of 4:00 PM today, the books.luther.edu server is back up and running.

As we are still experiencing down-time on the books.luther.edu server, which supports Magnus, the library catalog, here are a few alternative methods for viewing materials held in Preus Library.

• WorldCat — Available to current students, staff and faculty via Norse Key, this source lists Luther holdings along with holdings for other libraries around the world. From the search page, select “Limit availability to: Items in my library,” at the bottom of the search form.

• Some updates were applied to system modules.
• Common meeting rooms were added as options to the event location taxonomy. The format of existing options was standardized.

During this week’s maintenance window, routine OS patches will be applied to illiad.luther.edu. This will likely result in brief downtime of the server, which provides access to interlibrary loan functionality for the library. Access will return by the end of weekly maintenance window.

The library catalog server, books.luther.edu, will be rebooted on Thursday, Sept. 25 at 1:00 am, during the weekly maintenance window.

Naxos Music Library has released version 2.0 of their web interface. Users will notice that the main page layout has changed slightly.

The most noticeable difference in the new version is the addition of support for the Microsoft Silverlight media player. Our early experience has been that Silverlight provides a more consistent end-user experience across platforms and browsers.

Naxos remains compatible with Windows Media Player, but users will be invited to install Silverlight the first time a track is played in the new interface.

As of Sept.

Direct on-campus access to licensed databases has been restored.

Off-campus access remains available through the LIS website, and requires users to enter their Norse Key.

LIS and our vendors continue to work on restoring direct on-campus access to electronic journals we acquire directly from the publisher. During this time, complete access is available after entering Norse Key information at the proxy login screen that appears after clicking the link in Magnus to full text access.

The LIS website is sporting a redesigned theme for its default as of this afternoon. This theme takes into account feedback we’ve received from many over the last several weeks since the new site launched. One other notable change is the search engine on the site now defaults to the integrated search engine for our publishing system Drupal. This will accurately return authenticated search results and provide some enhanced Drupal-specific search features that are not possible currently with our Google engine.

LIS and our vendor Innovative Interfaces have now made available Research Pro, a federated search tool allowing multiple source searching across nearly 30 different data sources. A portion of this product is now also available in our new discovery services platform Encore.