LIS is making changes to our default replacement charges for lost library materials. We calculated the average cost of both books and DVDs over the past three years. To that average, we have added $20 for processing and labeling. The … Continue reading →…Continue Reading New replacement charges for lost items
Tag: User Services
Renewals now allowed on overdue books
Circulation is pleased to announce that renewals are now allowed on most items, even if they are overdue. Renewals are possible online via My MIDCAT or in person at the Circulation Desk. This new policy does NOT apply to equipment, inter-library loans, items on reserve, or items with holds. So that these restricted items will […]…Continue Reading Renewals now allowed on overdue books
Online carrel booking
Starting this fall, students will be able to book their thesis carrels via MIDCAT. We are still working out the kinks and the workflow, but an announcement and instructions will be coming out in the next few weeks.
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New Access to Software
Over the next few weeks I will be working on consolidating all of the software installers that are currently on the college servers into a new server folder structure. All software installers that we have in electronic version will be on middfiles\Software2 and then once the permissions are in place will rename the folder to […]…Continue Reading New Access to Software
New Delivery Options for NExpress and ILL: Armstrong Library Pick up.
We have made the Armstrong Science library an official pick up location for ILL and NExpress materials. If you select Armstrong delivery, your requested materials will be automatically sent to the Armstrong Science Library for pick up when they arrive at Middlebury.
This is now possible for both NExpress and interlibrary loan materials. However, selecting this […]…Continue Reading New Delivery Options for NExpress and ILL: Armstrong Library Pick up.
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
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