Problems with wireless?

Categories: LIS Staff Interest, Middlebury Community Interest

There are just under 600 wireless access points (WAPs) in buildings across the main Middlebury campus, in college-owned buildings in town (e.g. Marble Works and the old Court House), as well as at the Breadloaf campus and the Snow Bowl.  The demands for robust, ubiquitous wireless service have increased dramatically in recent years, and the sheer number and variety of devices accessing our wireless infrastructure can present challenges to both our budget and our Help Desk staff.

As LIS plans to improve and expand wireless coverage to meet these demands, we are seeking help from the community.  If you are aware of a particular area where the wireless service seems consistently sub-optimal, please use this form (Login required) to report it to us.  (Note: if you experience problems with wireless access in multiple buildings, please see the LIS Wireless Troubleshooting page.)

This new form is not a substitute for the Help Desk; you should continue to report specific problems to them.  We may not personally respond to every problem reported via this form, but we will definitely use this information, in conjunction with other tools, to identify under-served areas of the campus as we plan improvements in our wireless services.

A busy lab

Categories: LIS Staff Interest, Middlebury Community Interest, Post for MiddNotes
a busy lab

a busy lab

Students fill the Wilson Media Lab in the Davis Family Library, completing media projects for the end of the semester. A good number of students in this picture are finishing up posters for their theses.

Area 51 notes – Apr. 25, 2013

Categories: LIS Staff Interest

Present:  Terry Simpkins, Mary Backus, and Doreen Bernier
Guests: Bryan Carson, Joe Antonioli, Carrie Macfarlane, Joy Pile

The Language School task force joined us to discuss their proposal for providing curricular technology support for this summer’s Language School programs. More

Friday Links – May 3

Categories: LIS Staff Interest, Middlebury Community Interest
Makes you want to be an archivist!
How long can you work on making a routine task more efficient before you’re spending more time than you save? http://xkcd.com/1205/

April 2013 Social Media Stats

Categories: LIS Staff Interest, Middlebury Community Interest

The following stats refer to activity on the Middlebury College Facebook page, the Middlebury College Twitter account, and share buttons on the main Middlebury College website. For trend comparison, the previous month’s statistics are included in parentheses, where appropriate.

Facebook Insights

  • 232 (326) new people liked our Page, while 54 (94) people unliked our Page.
  • 1032 (1286) unique people shared stories about our page. These stories include liking our Page, posting to our Page’s Wall, liking, commenting on or sharing one of our Page posts, answering a Question we posted, RSVPing to one of our events, mentioning our Page, phototagging our Page or checking in at our Place. [Daily People Talking About This]
  • 33979 (34072) unique people saw one of the items shared in that way. [Daily Viral Reach]
  • 74593 (84316) unique people saw content associated with our Page. [Daily Total Reach]

Top Five Facebook Posts

“Reach” is the number of people who saw the post. “Engagement” is the number of people who clicked on the post.

  1. New York Times notes Middlebury’s pioneering Feb program in this story about mid-year admissions. Reach: 8927, Engagement: 804
  2. The Burlington Free Press offers high praise for Middlebury athletics. Reach: 7436, Engagement: 399
  3. Political science prof. Erik Bleich offers a new take on diversification in higher ed. in today’s Atlantic Wire. Reach: 6795, Engagement: 377
  4. Vote for Middlebury to win the Climate Leadership Award from Second Nature. Midd is a finalist for this prestigious award, but we need your help to win. Click the link below and VOTE for Middlebury’s video. Please SHARE this with your FB friends, and let’s spread the word about Middlebury’s climate leadership! Reach: 6255, Engagement: 242
  5. Check out U.S. Army Lt. Emily Núñez ’12 in Bloomberg Businessweek! Emily and her sister just launched a business venture with help from Middlebury’s Center for Social Entrepreneurship. Emily will be deployed to Afghanistan later this year. Reach: 6252, Engagement: 353

ShareThis

ShareThis is a service that tracks the clicks on the sharing buttons on our website. These buttons are shown on news postings, which are primarily found in the News RoomArtsSustainability, and Athleticssections of the site.

Shares By Channel

  • Email: 48 (33) Shares, 326 (278) Clicks
  • Facebook: 42 (85) Shares, 3461 (6024) Clicks
  • Twitter: 29 (41) Shares, 366 (722) Clicks
  • LinkedIn: 5 (14) Shares, 0 (1) Clicks

Top Five Shared Pages

  1. Middlebury College offers 1,750 students acceptance to the Class of 2017. Shares: 27, Clicks 695
  2. Middlebury College mourns loss of Kathryn Wasserman Davis. Shares: 10, Clicks 906
  3. Men’s Lacrosse Sets Records, Advances To NESCAC Semis. Shares: 6, Clicks 52
  4. Hoffman Earns NESCAC Player Of The Week Honors. Shares: 4, Clicks 29
  5. Middlebury College Theatre Program Presents “Undressing Cinderella” April 10-13. Shares: 4, Clicks 26

Data Sets

April 2013 Web Stats

Categories: LIS Staff Interest, Middlebury Community Interest

For trend comparison, the previous month’s statistics are included in parentheses.

Traffic

  1. www.middlebury.edu: 477,603 (503,806) visits from 262,735 (271,839) people
  2. sites.middlebury.edu: 61,992 (59,798) visits from 50,683 (48,237) people
  3. menus.middlebury.edu: 44,602 (37,682) visits from 23,930 (21,004) people
  4. catalog.middlebury.edu 23,923 (9,128) visits from 21,025 (8,430) people
  5. courses.middlebury.edu: 22,032 (19,818) visits from 16,569 (14,217) people
  6. mediawiki.middlebury.edu: 19,982 (19,622) visits from 18,849 (18,237) people
  7. portal.middlebury.edu: 18,434 (14,251) visits from 13,886 (10,605) people
  8. web.middlebury.edu: 12,910 (10,257) visits from 11,965 (9,685) people
  9. biblio.middlebury.edu: 12,485 (9,974) visits from 10,676 (8,896) people
  10. eres.middlebury.edu: 11,465 (12,496) visits from 9,944 (9,971) people

Top Pages

  1. www.middlebury.edu: 255,909 (257,489) pageviews
  2. menus.middlebury.edu: 45,486 (38,390) pageviews
  3. catalog.middlebury.edu/schedules/index/catalog/catalog/MCUG/term/term/201390: 42,379 (7,306) pageviews
  4. www.middlebury.edu/athletics: 31,097 (40,349) pageviews
  5. www.middlebury.edu/academics: 25,502 (22,684) pageviews
  6. portal.middlebury.edu/home: 21,443 (16,932) pageviews
  7. courses.middlebury.edu/dashboard: 20,794 (18,449) pageviews
  8. courses.middlebury.edu: 18,973 (17,365) pageviews
  9. web.middlebury.edu/database/directory/Default.aspx: 17,156 (14,120) pageviews
  10. www.middlebury.edu/admissions: 16,541 (22,049) pageviews

Search Terms

  1. Search Midd: 576 (717)
  2. academic calendar: 255 (272)
  3. floor plans: 154 (29)
  4. course hub: 143 (149)
  5. menu: 137 (159)
  6. symposium: 131 (25)
  7. moodle: 123 (126)
  8. schedule planner: 109 (11)
  9. mojo: 106 (182)
  10. preview days: 98 (45)

Browsers

  • Safari: 37.25% (36.64%)
  • Chrome: 24.30% (22.38%)
  • Firefox: 17.12% (16.96%)
  • Internet Explorer: 16.83% (17.37%)
    • IE8: 9.12% (9.00%)
    • IE9: 4.18% (5.51%)
    • IE7: 1.92% (2.01%)
    • IE10: 1.53% (0.76%)
    • IE6: 0.09% (0.09%)
  • Android Browser: 1.13% (1.26%)

Platforms

  • Macintosh: 45.28% (42.04%)
  • Windows: 39.14% (39.16%)
  • iOS: 11.15% (12.25%)
  • Android: 1.51% (1.59%)
  • Linux: 0.37% (0.38%)
  • BlackBerry: 0.10% (0.12%)
  • Windows Phone: 0.07% (0.05%)

24/7 Exam period at the libraries

Categories: LIS Staff Interest, Middlebury Community Interest, Post for MiddNotes, Post for MiddPoints

The Davis Family Library will be providing extended hours during the last week of classes and the exam period.

24/7 hours will start at 9:00 am on Sunday, 5/5 and will end at 8 pm on Tuesday, 5/21. Bring your ID – card access is required between 11 pm and 7:30 am (9 am on Saturday and Sunday). Guest passwords for computer access will not be issued between the hours of 11 pm and 8 am.

Armstrong Library will have regular hours during this period, with later closing times on Friday 5/17 and Saturday 5/18.

Check here for up to date hours at all Libraries.