Tag: ★ The Essentials

More GO Info

Since we moved GO to its new home last week I’ve been busy fixing a number of bugs that have come up, as well as made a few improvements that I hope will be helpful.
Today’s big improvement is that the GOtionary now provides info pages for every shortcut.

The info page will tell you who […]…Continue Reading More GO Info

Featured Library Resource: CQ Researcher Offshore Drilling Report

Interested in weekly reports that analyze current issues?  Check out the latest CQ Researcher Report:
“Offshore Drilling: Is tougher federal oversight needed?”
Each CQ Researcher report provides an introduction to an issue along with overview; background; current situation; outlook; pro/con; chronology, and more. Other recent reports include Water Shortages; Health Care Reform; Jobs Outlook; and U.S. – China […]…Continue Reading Featured Library Resource: CQ Researcher Offshore Drilling Report

Another way to find language related music CDs

Here’s another short video that uses a link on a subject guide in order to search for music CDs in a foreign language.
                               
Already have a performer or band in mind? You can also search in Midcat using the name of the performer or band.
If we don’t own it, try NExpress or ask us to order […]…Continue Reading Another way to find language related music CDs

Faculty Authors – Retaining Your Author Rights

Faculty, before you sign that next publishing contract, read the information about retaining your author rights by adding an addendum to your publisher’s contract.  Links to this information may be found at the bottom of the LIS for Faculty page (shortcut  http://go/lis4faculty).   Or you can use these direct links:

Retaining your rights as an author
Author rights […]…Continue Reading Faculty Authors – Retaining Your Author Rights

LIS Social Science Advisory Group Meeting Notes

The notes from the LIS Social Science Advisory Group May meeting have been posted:
http://sites.middlebury.edu/lisadvisors/2010/06/09/social-sciences-advisory-group-notes-from-may-2010-mtg/
The agenda included:

Information Literacy Standards and Proposals (Review of the Research Skills document)
Effect of the new printing rules for students on classes…Continue Reading LIS Social Science Advisory Group Meeting Notes

GO is moving to a new server

Over the past few years the GO shortcut and redirection application has become central to the college’s web infrastructure, allowing easy-to-remember permalinks that can be updated as resources are moved.
Tomorrow morning we will be migrating GO from a multi-use Windows server to its own RedHat server. The primary impetus for this move is to resolve […]…Continue Reading GO is moving to a new server