Subject: IRDIGEST February 25, 2002 Issue
From: Helen Zuercher (hlz2@Lehigh.EDU)
Date: Mon Feb 25 2002 - 16:28:34 EST
IRDIGEST February 25, 2002 Lehigh University Information Resources CONTENTS: --LEHIGH SELECTS A PORTAL VENDOR --WINDOWS XP SUPPORT ANNOUNCEMENT --DATABASES ON TRIAL --SPARC INVITATION - THURSDAY, MARCH 21 --CREATING LINKS TO PROQUEST --NEW PUBLIC SITES --WANT TO GO WIRELESS? --DIGITAL DISSERTATIONS -- FIRST 24 PAGES ONLINE AND FREE! --PRODUCTIVITY TIPS --VIRUS AVOIDANCE TIP --IR SEMINAR SERIES REMINDER --SPRING BREAK HOURS Subscription, archive and contact information is at the bottom of this digest. LEHIGH SELECTS A PORTAL VENDOR Lehigh has entered into an agreement with Campus Pipeline to provide portal software for the campus. Campus Pipeline is enterprise integration software that serves as a foundation for the digital campus. The software will bring together a number of elements such as web-based mail, calendaring, targeted announcements, web content management, and group communication tools. The overall goal of the project is to give campus constituents anytime, anywhere access to an institution's information, services, and communities. It is envisioned that the portal will replace Lehigh's current internal web page and provide a central point of access for information. During the month of February focus group sessions were held with faculty, staff, and students to determine the current needs at Lehigh and the types of information that client would like to see incorporated into the portal. The initial plans are to pilot test the software in the spring of 2002 and roll out Lehigh's first campus portal in July. For a portal overview visit http://www.lehigh.edu/~inhelp/faq/qa/portal1.htm WINDOWS XP SUPPORT ANNOUNCEMENT Windows XP is the latest Microsoft operating system, replacing Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Windows ME. Over the next six months, IR will add support for Windows XP Professional. This summer IR will be upgrading all public site and classroom computers to Windows XP. Please review the information below for more details. The upgrade will particularly impact the management of IR-maintained public sites. Instructors are encouraged to pay close attention to the section on these changes. Windows XP at Public Sites http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/xpannouncement.htm#Public Windows XP on Faculty/Staff Computers http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/xpannouncement.htm#FacultyStaff Windows XP and Students http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/xpannouncement.htm#WIRED IR Recommendations for Running Windows XP http://www.lehigh.edu/computing/xpannouncement.htm#Recommendations DATABASES ON TRIAL The Trials page, http://www.Lehigh.EDU/%7Einref/databases/trialspage.html established last year features new library databases of potential interest to the Lehigh community. At the present time, four services are featured, one each in history and education, and two of a more general nature. It's a frequently changing descriptive list and should be visited often. Faculty and students are invited to make comments and suggest new database possibilities for this page. See if there's something for your courses or research! Purchase decisions are heavily influenced by trial input from the community. SPARC INVITATION - THURSDAY, MARCH 21 In fall 2001, Lehigh University became a member of SPARC, (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, http://www.arl.org/sparc/) an organization that has undertaken several bold initiatives to "return science to scientists." Julia Blixrud, SPARC's Assistant Director/Public Programs, will visit Lehigh on Thursday, March 21 to meet with faculty, staff and students in two public events. 1. At noon, in the Bayer Family Room, Linderman Library (3rd floor west), Ms. Blixrud will outline SPARC'S efforts to restore ownership of scholarly information to the people who create it -- university faculty. This brown-bag lunch is sponsored by the Friends of the Lehigh University Libraries. 2. At 2PM, also in the Bayer Family Room, Ms. Blixrud will lead a more detailed discussion of new programs for disseminating scholarship. Faculty who edit journals, who have been involved on editorial boards of journals, or who are active in the publication arena of scholarly societies are particularly encouraged to attend. SPARC's most visible activity to date has been the Alternatives Program, which "encourages and supports projects that represent a direct and strong competitive alternative to existing high-priced titles ." CREATING LINKS TO PROQUEST Faculty members, wouldn't it be helpful to be able to put links in your web pages that instantly take your students to the full electronic texts of articles? The Proquest databases (Periodicals Abstracts and ABI Inform) have recently made some changes to their process for doing just that. To create persistent links it is necessary to use their Site Builder feature and a passworded account. These links will then endure for several years. (Proquest/ABI has a generic method of creating durable links, but these only last for 30 days.) Contact a Client Services Librarian to obtain the account number and password and then follow the steps in the Guide to Creating Durable Links we have prepared. NEW PUBLIC SITES Several new public sites have been completed by Information Resources recently. Some were cooperatively funded with other campus departments and some are "kiosk" sites limited to one URL. 1) 4 PCs in Admissions areas in the Alumni Memorial Building for use by prospective students and other visitors -- funded by IR, Admissions, and the Vice Provost for Research. 2) Two PCs for student use on the southwest corner of the 2nd floor of the University Center, near the Peer Tutoring Center. 3) 5 PCs in Saucon Village for use of residents (Building 11, Room 121). WANT TO GO WIRELESS? If you have a laptop and are interested in Lehigh's wireless services, help is here! Just call (758-HELP) or email the helpdesk (helpdesk@lehigh.edu) for assistance. Helpdesk staff can answer general questions about wireless access locations and services. Or, make an appointment with one of the helpdesk specialists for assistance with installing/configuring wireless. For more information on wireless, visit http://www.lehigh.edu/wireless DIGITAL DISSERTATIONS -- FIRST 24 PAGES ONLINE AND FREE! The Digital Dissertations database available at http://www.Lehigh.EDU/~inref/databases/index.html is an authoritative source for information about doctoral dissertations and master's theses. This Web-based database allows users to purchase and download recent digital dissertations online. Dissertations published after *1996 are available in digital (TIFF or pdf) format, and Lehigh dissertations can be downloaded by Lehigh affiliates at no cost. On-campus users or those dialing in through Lehigh's modem pool will automatically be recognized as Lehigh affiliates. Off-campus users who are using another ISP (e.g., Fastnet, MSN, etc.) will need to set up a proxy server. Update on Digital Dissertations services: The first 24 pages of electronic dissertations can be viewed and printed for free. Recently, Lehigh users have reported problems printing the previews. Some combinations of browsers and printers do not seem to print the document correctly. If this happens, try this workaround: 1. Within the dissertation database, search for the desired dissertation. 2. When the desired citation is on the screen, select "24 page preview". 3. Select "Print all preview pages." 4. Select "File", then "Save As." 5. Name the page and save it in HTML format (this is the default). 6. Open MS WORD and call up the dissertation preview file that has just been saved. 7. Select print from the file menu and print as usual. For more information about this database, see http://www.Lehigh.EDU/%7Einref/databases/digdiss.html *some dissertations published in 1996 are also available PRODUCTIVITY TIPS Windows Tips: To calculate how much space is used by files/folders, select all the files and folders (shift+click to block, or ctrl+click to select one or more non-consecutive files/folders). Right click on the highlighted area and left click properties. Total size will appear in the next window. If you re like many owners of newer PCs, you ve probably wondered about the purpose of the Windows keys on the keyboard. In case you haven t noticed them, they re among the few keys adorned with icons, and they re located on either side of the ALT keys. While WIN keys dress up the keyboard, they serve a practical purpose as well, providing easy shortcuts for some basic Windows functions. Some Windows key combinations: Win+M minimizes all open programs at once. Shift+Win+M maximizes them again. Win+E opens Windows Explorer. Win+F opens the Find window VIRUS AVOIDANCE TIP Do not assume that an email is OK if it's from someone you know. Many virus authors exploit this assumption and write virus scripts to copy email addresses from your address book so they look like they are legitimate when they are passed to other people. Virus hoaxes are almost as prevalent as viruses themselves. If you receive an email warning you of a virus outbreak, either check with your computing consultant or look at the security web page at http://www.Lehigh.EDU/security/hoaxes.html to see if it's legitimate. Do not forward virus hoaxes. It needlessly worries others and can possibly cause more harm than good. IR SEMINAR SERIES REMINDER There's still time to sign up for many IR Seminars! Go to: http://www.lehigh.edu/ir/irhelp/seminars.html SPRING BREAK HOURS March 2 - 10 (Saturday-Sunday) Fairchild and Linderman Libraries Saturday, March 2 and Sunday, March 3, Noon to 5 pm Monday, March 4 through Thursday, March 7, 8 am to 8 pm Friday, March 8, 8 am to 5 pm Saturday, March 9, Noon to 5 pm Sunday, March 10, Noon to 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>. 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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