Subject: IRDIGEST December 15, 2000 Issue
From: Helen Zuercher (hlz2@Lehigh.EDU)
Date: Fri Dec 15 2000 - 13:01:33 EST
IRDIGEST DECEMBER 15, 2000 Lehigh University Information Resources CONTENTS: --UPLOADING WEB PAGES SECURELY --WEB AUTHORING SEMINARS TO BE HELD OVER WINTER BREAK --INTERNET BANDWIDTH EXPANSION --EMERALD LIBRARY ONLINE --ETOOLBOX GUIDE --ENDNOTE INSTALLED --NETSCAPE 6 WARNING --FINAL EXAMS AND HOLIDAY HOURS Subscription, archive and contact information is at the bottom of this digest. UPLOADING WEB PAGES SECURELY Due to our recent security upgrades, users will need to change the way they upload their web pages. Netscape Composer users need to change the publishing destination from http:// to https://. FTP users, and users of Dreamweaver and other web page management software, will need to switch to SSH Secure File Transfer for uploading. For details, please visit: http://www.lehigh.edu/~inhelp/faq/qa/secure_up.html. WEB AUTHORING SEMINARS TO BE HELD OVER WINTER BREAK To accommodate those whose regular semester schedules keep them from attending seminars, two of the most popular of LUIR's web authoring seminars will be offered over Winter Break. Introduction to Dreamweaver: Wed. Jan. 3 & Fri. Jan. 5, 10:10 AM-12:00 PM - EWFM 292 Introduction to Web Authoring with Netscape: Tues. Jan. 9 & Thurs. Jan. 11, 1:10 PM-3:00 PM - EWFM 292 Introduction to Web Authoring will help users start and/or edit their Lehigh webpages using Netscape's Composer function. Introduction to Dreamweaver is for those who have already started making webpages and who want to learn Dreamweaver, a more full-featured web-authoring tool. To register for either of these seminars, call Kelly Decker at x83990, or email insem@lehigh.edu. INTERNET BANDWIDTH EXPANSION In late November Information Resources increased Internet bandwidth from 9 to 45 Mb/s (megabits per second). Last year IR increased the Lehigh University bandwidth by 50% (from 6 to 9 mbs) because usage statistics showed frequent congestion. The expanded 9 mbs bandwidth was quickly congested as well, except during the summer and some "off hours" around 4 to 6 am. Bandwidth that is too narrow is experienced by the user as general slowness or sluggishness when using the Internet. There can, of course, be other causes of slowness such as the speed of one's computer and the complexity of a particular Web page being downloaded. Readers with a Lehigh University userid can view the changes that have taken place by navigating to http://www.lehigh.edu/network. After authentication, choose Network Statistics and then Throughput. This will show the old AT&T connection still in place for the time being and the new Fastnet, as well as a combination of the two. EMERALD LIBRARY ONLINE (MCB UNIVERSITY PRESS PERIODICALS) Lehigh has recently joined an agreement with other PALINET libraries to provide electronic access to periodicals published by MCB University Press, also known as the Emerald Library. Publications are focused on business and technology. Some better-known titles include the European Journal of Marketing; Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal; and TQM Magazine. All 107 journals can be retrieved by title from ASA, Lehigh's library catalog. The complete Emerald Library list is also accessible from the Libraries' Electronic Journals by Publisher/Program web page at http://www.lehigh.edu/library/ejournals/ejournalpub.html. ETOOLBOX-LINKING TO YOUR WEB PAGES EASY AS 1-2-3 A new step-by-step guide, eToolbox (http://www.lehigh.edu/~inref/guides/tools.html) will enable faculty to add links to library materials online directly from course web pages. By using the easy to follow instructions, link resources such as full text articles, journals, database search results, electronic books, government documents, ERIC reports, research guides, online searching, web evaluation guides and much more. Students will be encouraged to access the latest and best in academic resources from around the world, selected by your Lehigh CS Librarians. Check the eToolbox contents list and examples to see how you can enrich your course web pages. ENDNOTE INSTALLED EndNote (version 4.0.1) is now available to the Lehigh campus. Graduate students writing theses or dissertations and researchers writing articles or books will find it especially useful. EndNote enables users to organize citations; create bibliographies, insert citations into papers, record notes about citations, and import references from library databases. Seminars about EndNote will be offered in the spring as part of the IR seminar series. Library staff will be available to give presentations about the software for departments. The PC version of the software is currently available, while the MacIntosh version will be made available later. Further details about EndNote are available at the following webpage: http://www.lehigh.edu/library/EndNote.html. NETSCAPE 6 WARNING Since the release of Netscape 6 last month, some users have asked whether they should upgrade to this new version. Lehigh does not recommend upgrading to Netscape 6 for the following reasons: 1. This version lacks LDAP directory support, a feature that allows users to search the Lehigh directory for e-mail addresses. 2. Some users have reported problems with the display of certain web pages, including the Lehigh homepage. Web pages, forms or tags coded specifically for Netscape 4.x versions may not render well in Netscape 6. 3. Problems sending attachments have been identified. 4. The installation itself may cause problems on users PCs that may ultimately warrant removal of the software. For now, continue to use your current version of Netscape. If you have any questions, please contact any Information Resources computing consultant, or the Help Desk (x8HELP). FINAL EXAMS AND HOLIDAY HOURS December 12-20 (Final Exams) Library Hours Fairchild Martindale and Linderman Libraries Dec. 12 thru Dec. 19 Tuesday-Tuesday 8 AM - open continuously * Dec. 20 Wednesday 8 AM - 10 PM Dec. 21 Thursday 8 AM - 5 PM Dec. 22 Friday 8 AM - 5 PM Dec. 23 Saturday Noon - 5 PM Dec. 24 thru Dec. 25 Sunday-Monday CLOSED Dec. 26 thru Dec. 28 Tuesday-Thursday 8 AM - 8 PM Dec. 29 Friday 8 AM - 5 PM Dec. 30 thru Dec. 31 Saturday-Sunday Noon - 5 PM Jan. 1 Monday CLOSED Jan. 2 thru Jan 14 Monday-Thursday 8 AM - 8 PM (Winter Break) Friday 8 AM - 5 PM Saturday-Sunday Noon - 5PM *Linderman Library opens at 8 am and closes at 2 am ******************************************************************** 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>. 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