Drupal Work Session Opportunity — Monday, July 15

In response to requests for a Drupal Work Session we are offering one on Monday, July 15 at 2 pm. Click here to sign up. Come join us and work on your web pages, uninterrupted, with someone right there to answer all of your questions and help you with any problems.

Be sure to visit go/lisworkshops periodically as we do add “special request” sessions in cases where others are welcome to attend.

Looking for some other type of training? We are happy to work with you to arrange “by request” sessions for your group, classroom space and staff resources permitting. Send a description of your workshop needs to: helpdesk@middlebury.edu.

Torrossa – full-text multi-language e-books and e-journals

The Middlebury College community now has trial access to Torrossa, an online resource with full-text in Italian, Spanish, French and Portuguese.

Browse arts, literature, and lots more.

From “El vidrio en la pintura del Museo Nacional del Prado” by José María Fernández Navarro y Francisco Capel del Águila

(Note that when you’re looking at an e-book (“monograph”), only a “sample page” displays . To see the full text, choose the full-text icon.

When viewing a journal (“issue”), select an article from the right-hand menu, then the full-text icon.)

Update July 17: Not all of the 160 publishers that provide content for Torrossa allow their works to be printed or downloaded. If you have trouble printing, it may be that it simply isn’t allowed. Disallowed functions are shown by minus-signs by the icon(s), as shown here:

Hovering over the icon will show “Download not allowed” for example.

The trial will expire August 16th. Please let us know what you think – email eaccess-admin@middlebury.edu

Caution: Recent weather may cause mold to grow on your books!

The weather we’ve been having so far this summer could encourage mold to grow in places it normally wouldn’t. Damp places like basements can be bad year ’round and should never be used to store books, but even the nice book shelf in your living room will be susceptible to mold growth after many days of rain, heat, and high humidity. Mold spores are everywhere, just waiting for the right conditions to sprout and grow, so be on the lookout. If you discover an infestation, read this excellent article from our friends at Cornell University Preservation Dept. to learn how to deal with it. http://www.library.cornell.edu/preservation/librarypreservation/mee/management/mold.html

Where is the LIS Summer Workshop Schedule?

We currently have just one open workshop on the horizon — Introduction to Drupal on Thursday, July 11 at 1pm. If you are a new content provider who needs to learn the basics of creating and maintaining a departmental web site (or are someone who would simply like a refresher), you’re in luck. Click here to sign up.

Be sure to visit go/lisworkshops periodically as we do include “special request” sessions in cases where others are welcome to attend.

We do not typically advertise many open workshops during the summer months as attendance is often limited due to vacations and classroom spaces are at a premium while the Language Schools are in session. We are, however, happy to work with you to arrange “by request” training for your group, classroom space and staff resources permitting. Send a description of your workshop needs to: helpdesk@middlebury.edu.

Don’t forget about — Middlebury’s fabulous online learning resource. Summer is the perfect time to learn something new, such as iPhone Photography, from Shooting to Storytelling or Managing and Analyzing Data in Excel.

Friday Links – July 5, 2013

Perspectives on Google Glass (the next big thing?)

From “the Ubiquitous Librarian”
From faculty members about Glass in the class

Sunday Morning Maintinance

This Sunday morning we will be making some modifications to our network security equipment. This will result in a couple of brief interruptions of a few minutes or less to our internet connection. This work will be completed approximately 6:30 to 7:00 in the morning EDT.

New Research and Instruction Librarian

I am very happy to announce that our new Research and Instruction Librarian, Stacy Reardon, will be joining us here at the Davis Family Library on July 8. Stacy was most recently a Learning Management System Analyst at Simmons College. She attended the Middlebury College Chinese Language School. Her office will be behind the Research Desk, LIB207.

eduroam

We are now offering a new wireless network in addition to midd_secure, midd_unplugged, and Midd-standard. The new network is called eduroam. If you’ve never heard of it, see https://www.eduroam.org/ for more information.

Eduroam has become very popular at Colleges and Universities in Europe as a way for faculty, staff and students to be able to access the Internet wirelessly while visiting other participating institutions. It is now starting to take hold in the US as well. By becoming a participating member of Eduroam, we can offer wireless Internet access in a secure and reliable manner to Eduroam-participating school members without having to have them register ahead of time. And our faculty, staff and students will have wireless Internet access while visiting at other participating institutions.

You will know you are at a participating institution if you see a network called ‘eduroam’ listed. To use eduroam when traveling, you will need to enter your full “username@middlebury.edu” and password. See https://confluence.terena.org/display/H2eduroam/endusers for documentation on configuring eduroam on your device.

While you are here on campus, there would be no reason for Middlebury folks to use the eduroam network. While it will work for you, it is designed for guests and will not give you the access or speed that you enjoy using midd_secure.