Please join me in welcoming Janine McDonald to LIS! Janine is a new Library Circulation Services Specialist II and will be working Sunday-Thursday evenings. She will be officially starting on June 21st, but will be around doing some training between now and then. Janine comes to LIS by way of the Career […]…Continue Reading New Circ Staff!
Tag: User Services
Website Performance: Pressflow, Varnish, Oh-My!
Executive summary:
We’ve migrated from core Drupal-6 to Pressflow, a back-port of Drupal-7 performance features. Using Pressflow allows us to cache anonymous web-requests (about 77% of our traffic) for 5-minutes and return them right from memory. While this vastly improves the amount of traffic we can handle as well as the speed of anonymous page-loads it […]…Continue Reading Website Performance: Pressflow, Varnish, Oh-My!
Technology Helpdesk Relocation
Come Monday May 17 the LIS Technology Helpdesk will be relocating from LIB135 to LIB125. Our actual move of Helpdesk functions will begin Friday May 14 at 3:00pm. While the Helpdesk functions are being relocated to LIB125 the Helpdesk Student Consultants located at our Walk-In Helpdesk Center in LIB202 will be open for business to receive calls […]…Continue Reading Technology Helpdesk Relocation
Wireless on campus
A new wireless network access method has been created on campus which promotes better connectivity to Middlebury resources.
The new wireless access (SSID) is: MIDD-STANDARD. Currently many users access our wireless network by turning-on their laptop and automatically connecting to midd_unplugged. Although this is an easy connection for many this particular wireless access point is becoming saturated with connections and […]…Continue Reading Wireless on campus
Enhancements to Millennium – balloting
The software/database that generates our library catalog, Millennium, is produced by Innovative Interfaces, Inc. Each year at this time, the Innovative Users Group (IUG) conducts balloting to determine which improvements to the software, of those proposed, its members most want.
This year, I will be collecting choices from local (Middlebury) users and submitting our collective ballot […]…Continue Reading Enhancements to Millennium – balloting
Media needed for screenings: borrowing policies
This is a reminder that on the day of a scheduled screening, films may not be borrowed prior to the screening. Students may borrow films immediately after a screening, or on any day prior to the day of the scheduled screening, and regular reserve loan guidelines apply.
This policy is […]…Continue Reading Media needed for screenings: borrowing policies
Course Reserves
With Spring Term about to begin, Library Reserves is busy preparing print, media, and electronic materials for course work. The best way to contact the Reserves Department with requests and questions is through the Library Reserve mailbox: libres@middlebury.edu. Email is the best way to ensure a timely response to all Reserve needs. Please don’t hesitate […]…Continue Reading Course Reserves