For a modest annual fee, our membership with PLOS has enabled our faculty to publish articles in PLOS journals for a discounted publication fee. Recently, the Oberlin Group was informed that PLOS is discontinuing the institutional member program – and its discounted publication fees. Please note this does NOT mean that PLOS will cease publication of its journals. PLOS Biology (the first PLOS journal), and the other PLOS journals will continue to be published, online, accessible to anyone, anywhere. If you have questions, please email eaccess-admin@middlebury.edu

Brief updates:

• Proposed Joy Pile and Kellam Ayres, respectively, as writers for the Language Schools and Bread Loaf end-of-summer reports, pending confirmation with them.  Terry will confirm with Joy and Mary will confirm with Kellam.
• Mike proposed that the ADs hold the 9:00-10:00 on Thursdays to create a space in the calendar to hold additional ad hoc directors’ meetings.  Doreen will send a calendar invite.
• Mary asked Mike to speak with the Michael Geisler about closing the library on July 4th.
• Jim asked if the Service Request Workgroup could assist with testing Eduroam.  Eduroam began in Europe, and allows visiting scholars, etc., to log in at participating institutions world-wide using only their local credentials.  Currently Eduroam is enabled in Voter and in Lib125 for testing purposes.  Jim will touch base with Lisa Terrier to request her workgroups assistance.  Chris requested more information about security issues.  Terry suggested that Joy Pile could help identify Language School faculty who might be interested in participating.

We discussed planning for the Middfiles production cutover. Jim and his group proposed cutover dates of June 15-16, which would mean limited access to Middfiles for approximately 4 hours (during which Middfiles would be read-only).  Because of the aggressive timeframe for this project, the directors requested that Jim distribute a draft change management document for their review.  There are concerns about how this will affect Language Schools and certain Banner processes that write to Middfiles automatically.  David and Jim will discuss further, and the directors also thought this should be discussed with John Stokes (Operations Director for LS).  This would also have an impact on lab setups.  There was strong sentiment that this timetable may be too aggressive and that it might be better to wait until after LS to  implement.  [6/17 update: The cutover is now likely to occur at the end of the summer after Language Schools].

The ADs discussed some of the more pressing office space recommendations prepared by the Space Team.  In the Space Team proposal, the new hire for Media Services would be temporarily located at the desk behind the circulation desk in front of Doreen’s office.  This is approved as a short term solution, but it would be preferred if all media staff worked in the same area.  Joseph will place necessary requests with Facilities Services to better prepare the area as a workspace.  Additionally:

• approved a move of Joseph from his current location in the 135 suite to Special Collections;
• approved new librarian hire going to DFL 207.

In addition to preferring to keep Media Services staff together if possible, we also expressed a desire to keep the Information Security staff in proximity to one another.  The Directors agreed to provide the Space Team with a list of desiderata regarding staff locations (these would be general requirements or wish lists, not specific room assignments; e.g., workgroup A needs quiet space to work, staff members B & C could double up in offices if necessary, etc.).  We will invite Joseph to meet with the ADs on June 20th for more discussion.

All area, workgroup and team goals are due at the beginning of July.  Mike has asked the directors to draft goals for themselves.  They are listed below with the AD who will act as lead.

Policy – (Chris Norris)
Internal Communication (Terry Simpkins)
Prioritization (Mike Roy)
Team Reassessment (Mike Roy)
Professional Development (Mike Roy)

Next week’s Directors’ meeting is canceled since several members will be traveling.  We have an retreat scheduled for June 21.  We will also try to reschedule that since several members will be out.

Agenda for June 20th

• Goals preview
• Budget
• Cloud Strategy
• Office Space
• Communications TF recommendations

Thanks for reading,
Terry & Doreen

We will be also be upgrading our wireless network infrastructure this Sunday morning from approximately 7:30 until 9:00 am EDT.  During this period each WAP on campus will reboot causing a few minutes service interruption for the area it serves – the WAPs will reboot across campus at different times as their supporting controllers are upgraded.

We appreciate your patience as this essential work is completed.

Best regards,

Jim

Google Reader Replacement
Attention, people saddened by the July 1 demise of Google Reader: I found a replacement that I (Carrie) like! The Old Reader. It’s in beta, but hopefully if enough people use it, it’ll last at least as long as Google Reader. I tried NetVibes but found it wasn’t syncing frequently enough. I tried Feedly but found that within categories, I wasn’t able to sort feeds manually (they sort alphabetically and it seems that can’t be changed). Here’s one blog  (among MANY) that describes these readers: LifeHacker: Five Best Google Reader Alternatives.

Open Access
The fox offering to guard the hen-house?
Jennifer Howard. “Publishers Propose Public-Private Partnership to Support Access to Research.”The Chronicle of Higher Education. Wired Campus, June 4, 2013.

To access JSTOR for Middlebury alumni visit http://go.middlebury.edu/jstoralum (go/jstoralum). Once you’re there, you’ll be instructed to log in with your alumni username and password.

(Note: The alumni username/password is different from the midd username/password used for students’ middlebury.edu email accounts. If the alum hasn’t yet created an alumni pasword, look for the link: “Not yet registered for the community? Click here to register now!” ). Then, enjoy!

JSTOR is a full-text archive of over 1000 scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. All Middlebury alumni can access our JSTOR archived journals, dating up to five years ago.

Facebook Insights

• 171 (232) new people liked our Page, while 61 (54) people unliked our Page.
• 802 (1032) 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]
• 30180 (33979) unique people saw one of the items shared in that way. [Daily Viral Reach]
• 80169 (74593) 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. Do you know a Midd alum in the food business? Tell us about farmers, chefs, bakers, brewers, vintners, and entrepreneurs for our upcoming food issue of Middlebury Magazine.. Reach: 9804, Engagement: 395
2. Midd alum Andrew Forsthoefel ’11 walked across the U.S. from Philadelphia to California. His story was just featured on NPR’s “This American Life.”. Reach: 9152, Engagement: 473
3. Midd’s Pranksters win D-III national title for Ultimate Frisbee!. Reach: 8804, Engagement: 597
4. Congratulations to the Middlebury class of 2013. Welcome to the alumni family! http://www.middlebury.edu/studentlife/events/commencement/congrats2013 Reach: 6996, Engagement: 383
5. MIDDLEBURY, VT – Middlebury College’s 2010 Commencement ceremony on the main quad of campus. (Photo © 2010 Brett Simison) Brett Simison www.brettsimison.com. Reach: 6444, Engagement: 280

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 Room, Arts, Sustainability, and Athleticssections of the site.

Shares By Channel

• Facebook: 62 (42) Shares, 4463 (3461) Clicks
• Twitter: 42 (29) Shares, 614 (366) Clicks
• Email: 36 (48) Shares, 370 (326) Clicks
• LinkedIn: 9 (5) Shares, 4 (0) Clicks

Top Five Shared Pages

1. Student Panelists Offer Diverse Perspectives on Divestment. Shares: 11, Clicks 174
2. Middlebury College Statement on Natural Gas Pipeline. Shares: 10, Clicks 54
3. Jonathan Safran Foer to deliver Middlebury College commencement address. Shares: 7, Clicks 14
4. Class of 2013 Celebrates Commencement. Shares: 6, Clicks 130
5. Men’s Lacrosse Knocked Off In NESCAC Tourney. Shares: 6, Clicks 9

Data Sets

• Facebook Insights Page Data May 2013
• Facebook Insights Post Data May 2013
• ShareThis Top Channels May 2013
• ShareThis Top URLs May 2013

Traffic

1. www.middlebury.edu: 419,244 (477,603) visits from 224,678 (262,735) people
2. sites.middlebury.edu: 49,502 (61,992) visits from 40,886 (50,683) people
3. menus.middlebury.edu: 31,735 (44,602) visits from 16,354 (23,930) people
4. mediawiki.middlebury.edu: 19,997 (19,982) visits from 18,693 (18,849) people
5. portal.middlebury.edu: 13,620 (18,434) visits from 10,243 (13,886) people
6. courses.middlebury.edu: 12,217 (22,032) visits from 8,727 (16,569) people
7. web.middlebury.edu: 10,247 (12,910) visits from 9,530 (11,965) people
8. biblio.middlebury.edu: 10,421 (12,485) visits from 8,640 (10,676) people
9. eres.middlebury.edu: 6,842 (11,465) visits from 5,261 (9,944) people
10. catalog.middlebury.edu 5,375 (23,923) visits from 5,145 (21,025) people

Top Pages

1. www.middlebury.edu: 234,755 (255,909) pageviews
2. menus.middlebury.edu: 32,427 (45,486) pageviews
3. www.middlebury.edu/athletics: 23,533 (31,097) pageviews
4. www.middlebury.edu/academics: 18,381 (25,502) pageviews
5. portal.middlebury.edu/home: 15,766 (21,443) pageviews
6. web.middlebury.edu/database/directory/Default.aspx: 14,103 (17,156) pageviews
7. www.middlebury.edu/admissions: 12,482 (16,541) pageviews
8. courses.middlebury.edu: 11,569 (18,973) pageviews
9. www.middlebury.edu/academics/lib: 10,802 (13,458) pageviews
10. www.middlebury.edu/studentlife/events/commencement: 10,225 (1,422) pageviews

Search Terms

1. Search Midd: 577 (576)
2. academic calendar: 166 (255)
3. graduation: 106 (42)
4. course hub: 91 (143)
5. menu: 87 (137)
6. banner web: 80 (50)
7. sites.middlebury.edu: 74 (71)
8. mojo: 68 (106)
9. moodle: 56 (123)
10. phi beta kappa: 53 (12)

Browsers

• Safari: 36.71% (37.25%)
• Chrome: 23.00% (24.30%)
• Internet Explorer: 18.91% (16.83%)
  • IE8: 9.99% (9.12%)
  • IE9: 4.03% (4.18%)
  • IE10: 2.72% (1.53%)
  • IE7: 2.07% (1.92%)
  • IE6: 0.11% (0.09%)
• Firefox: 17.67% (17.12%)
• Android Browser: 1.19% (1.13%)

Platforms

• Macintosh: 42.49% (45.28%)
• Windows: 42.35% (39.14%)
• iOS: 11.83% (11.15%)
• Android: 1.69% (1.51%)
• Linux: 0.38% (0.37%)
• BlackBerry: 0.12% (0.10%)
• Windows Phone: 0.07% (0.07%)

(1)    At approximately 8 am we will be upgrading our domain name servers (DNS) to support separate on campus and off campus views.  While we do not expect any service impact, we are preforming this change during our maintenance window.

(2)    At approximately 9 am we will be upgrading our database infrastructure behind our primary web sites (www.middlebury.edu, www.miis.edu).  While we do not expect any service impact, we are preforming this change during our maintenance window.

Thanks for your patience as this essential work is completed.

Brett Wells has accepted the position of Computing Specialist II in Service Request, he will start on June 4^th.  Brett is coming from the University of Vermont, College of Medicine where he has done similar work with the helpdesk as a Technical Support Specialist.  Prior to the helpdesk at UVM, he had his own business as a Master Electrician.  Brett will feel right at home with our new hardware team, bringing with him many certifications: Dell Technician, A+ Certification, Windows Enterprise Desktop Technician, and Network Administrator.  This local New Haven resident is looking forward to starting at Middlebury College and working with our team.