Subject: IRDIGEST April 1999
From: Sue Cady (sac0@Lehigh.EDU)
Date: Wed Apr 07 1999 - 08:29:34 EDT
IRDIGEST - April 1999 - Lehigh University Information Resources CONTENTS -NETWORK CHANGES FOR FALL -IMAP AT LEHIGH UNIVERSITY -SCANNING MATERIAL -GETTING VOICE MAIL "ENVELOPE" INFORMATION -ENGLISH SHORT TITLE CATALOG (ESTC) -JOB HUNTING RESOURCES - SITE CHANGES FOR FALL Subscription, archive and contact information are at the bottom of this digest. NETWORK CHANGES FOR FALL by Blair Bernhardt Beginning in the Fall semester, Information Resources will be making a number of changes to provide enhanced capabilities and enhanced security of network and computing resources. These changes include: - Logins Required for Computers on IR Networks - each student will need to open a LAN account in order to use IR public site computers or access the LAN through the WIRED residential networking project. The LAN account name (and password) will be the same as the AFS account for each student. Faculty and staff will be able to use their existing LAN accounts to log into IR public site microcomputers. - Synchronization of Passwords - LAN and AFS passwords will be synchronized. It will no longer be necessary to either manually synchronize passwords or to remember different passwords for LAN access and access to e-mail, the Network Server, or the compute servers. Student accounts will be synchronized upon creation of each student's LAN account. A Web interface is being created to allow faculty and staff to synchronize these passwords and to allow everyone to change these passwords once synchronized. - Remote Access to E-mail - roaming profiles will be implemented to allow public site access to e-mail through Netscape Messenger. Address books, mail preferences, and mail messages will be stored remotely to allow access to e-mail through Netscape's graphical user interface from any IR public site microcomputer. Remote access to e-mail is just the beginning. In addition to enhanced network and computing security, these changes provide a base upon which new services can be provided. Watch for future announcements. IMAP AT LEHIGH UNIVERSITY by Sandy Edmiston Often faculty and staff need to read their email from various locations such as from home and office. Logging into the network server allows you to access your mail from any location, but does not support attachments or Web URLs. POP (Post Office Protocol), used by mail programs such as Netscape, allows you to read and send attachments and launch web URLs. However, it stores mail local to your computer's hard drive and not on a server so you cannot access your mail from another location. IMAP (the Internet Message Access Protocol) is a newer standard for email in which all of your mail is stored on a central server and is easy to access from any location. Currently, Netscape 4.0 and higher are IMAP compatible. Detailed information on configuring Netscape 4.0x and 4.5 for IMAP is available in PDF format. PDF files can be read by using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Faculty and staff should contact their computing consultant for assistance. Student use of IMAP is not recommended at this time but may be available next year. Connect to the URL below for these PDF documents plus one called usingimap. http://www.lehigh.edu/ludoc/seminar/imap/ SCANNING MATERIAL by Elia Schoomer and Steve Lichak Scanning flat artwork for printing, web pages, or presentation graphics begins with a few simple choices. The first web page below offers basic guidelines and suggestions for scanning documents or slides. A link to a PDF document on how to scan through PhotoShop is also provided. http://www.lehigh.edu/~inmed/scan.html http://www.lehigh.edu/~inmed/www.pdf GETTING VOICE MAIL "ENVELOPE" INFORMATION by Monica Herrera Did you ever receive a voice mail message and you were unsure what time the message came in or who left the message? It's easy to find out! Anytime during message review, or right after the message is played, you can press 5. The voice mail system will tell you the time and date the message was received, the length of the message, and the mailbox number of the person who left the message. If it was from a person who does not have voice mail, or the call was from off campus, the system will tell you it was from an "outside caller". This feature is called "Envelope Information". For additional Voice Mail Hints & Tips please refer to the Voice Mail Frequently Asked Questions page at: http://www.lehigh.edu/~intcom/vmfaq.html ENGLISH SHORT TITLE CATALOG (ESTC) by Christine Roysdon The English Short Title Catalogue 1473-1800 on CD-ROM, issued at the end of last year by the British Library is available in the Reading Room, Linderman Library. The catalog lists works printed in any language in England or its dependencies from the beginning of printing through the end of the eighteenth century, as well as works printed in English anywhere else in the world during that period from materials processed up to December 1997. The ESTC now includes not only the former Eighteenth-Century Short-Title Catalogue, but also the short-title catalogues covering 1475-1640 (Pollard & Redgrave) and 1641-1700 (Wing). For further information at Lehigh, contact Kathe Morrow at kem6@lehigh.edu. Web information about this resource is available at: http://www.bl.uk/collections/epc/cdflier.html. JOB HUNTING RESOURCES by IR Help Desk Staff Check out "Life After Lehigh: Resources for Finding a Job and a Place to Live" at the web address below. For graduating seniors and other job hunters, this document highlights some Lehigh University resources for finding a job and the best places to live in the U.S. http://www.Lehigh.EDU/~inhelp/faq/careers.html SITE CHANGES FOR FALL by Carol Lidie The site change work described below will begin May 17 and be completed summer 1999. Rauch Business Center-- Rooms 50, 60, 70, 171, 184 and 271 100baset network - The new computers in these facilities will be connected to a switching Ethernet 100baset hubs which provide a non-shared 10MB connection per systems. This network will be connected to the gigabit backbone network (1000baset) which will also be under development this summer. All systems will be a Pentium 400 with 17" monitors. New projectors and upgraded AV controls for RBC 50, 70, 171 and 271 classrooms. Perella auditorium, room 184, will also update the controls and we are looking to redesign the instructor's podium to accommodate changes faculty have requested. Some items include providing a more functioning space and adding multiple microphone jacks required for panel discussions. Other Computer Site Upgrades These lecture classrooms will be upgraded with faster computers which are DVDrom capable (same as described above): Chandler 248, Christmas Saucon 201, Neville 1 & 3, Lewis Labs 270 & 316, Packard 101, 258 416, & 466, Maginnes 480, Whitaker 203 & 303 and Imbt 101. A new technology classroom will be added at Drown 209. Also computers will be upgraded at these computer labs: EWFM 292, Maginnes 470. ******************************************************* Send your comments or suggestions for future topics by replying directly to the list. ******************************************************* TO SUBSCRIBE TO IRDIGEST: Send email to: listproc@lehigh.edu Type in the body of the message: subscribe irdigest <your name>. Call the IR Help Desk (84357) if you have any difficulty in subscribing. IRDIGEST archives are located at: http://www.lehigh.edu/lists/archives/irdigest
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