Subject: LTS Digest January 28, 2010 Issue
From: Terry McGinley (tam5@Lehigh.EDU)
Date: Thu Jan 28 2010 - 09:13:27 EST
*LTS DIGEST -- January 28, 2010 Lehigh University Library and Technology
Services*
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*CONTENTS:*
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*--NEW BOOK SCANNER IN LINDERMAN LIBRARY*
*--WINDOWS 7 INSTALLED IN SOME PUBLIC SITES*
*--THE FRAUDULENT UPS E-MAIL VIRUS SCAM*
*--TIPS FOR E-MAIL SECURITY*
*--E-BOOKS: ARE WE THERE YET?*
*--NEW LINDERMAN EXHIBIT*
Subscription, archive, and contact information is at the bottom of this
digest.
*NEW BOOK SCANNER IN LINDERMAN STACKS SCANNING AT YOUR FINGERTIPS -
LITERALLY!*
Over the holiday break, Lehigh LTS installed a new iVina workstation and
book-edge scanner in Linderman library, which is available to all
students, faculty and staff. This turnkey system is simple to use, and
is completely touch-screen driven. No login is required. Simply walk up
to the station and begin your scanning session. Since this is a
stand-alone unit, it does not have access to network drive space, so
users are required to have a USB flash drive to receive their scans. If
you don't have a USB flash drive, one can be checked out at the
Linderman Library circulation desk.
A book-edge scanner was selected so the larger art books housed in
Linderman could be scanned without damaging the bindings. It is also
equipped with a sheet-feeder for scanning short stacks of single-sided
sheets. The scanner has many options for users, and is a breeze to use.
After accepting a reminder about copyright laws, users simply select
what format they would like their final output to be in: PDF, Searchable
PDF, Word, TIFF, JPG, or HTML. Users then have the choice to select
color and resolution options depending on their requirements. One more
click and the scanning begins. The scanning software also allows users
to zoom, crop, and rotate images after scanning, allowing users to take
away only what they want from the scan.
The workstation and book-edge scanner is located on the L0-Lower floor
of Linderman, just outside of Lucy's Cafe and down a short flight of
stairs. It complements two other flatbed scanners connected to
workstations located on L0-Upper, directly above the new book scanner.
LTS also provides standard flatbed scanners in the E. W.
Fairchild-Martindale library behind the Help Desk, in the EWFM Media
Center, and the Digital Media Studio.
*WINDOWS 7 INSTALLED IN SOME PUBLIC SITES*
Windows 7 has been installed in the following public site locations:
-- E.W. Fairchild-Martindale Library, the 400 level, north end of the
building (all PCs)
-- Rauch Business Center Room 60 (about 1/2 of the PCs)
-- EWFM Computing Center 100 level ("pit area") adjacent to the WIRED
help office (most of the PCs are now running Windows 7).
Autocad is not yet available on Windows 7 PCs, and selected other
applications that run on Windows XP will not run on Windows 7. Go to
http://www.lehigh.edu/win7 for more information.
*THE FRAUDULENT UPS E-MAIL VIRUS: A DEBRIEFING AND TUTORIAL*
Last week a number of Lehigh staff, faculty, and students downloaded an
attachment from an e-mail message purporting to be from UPS.com -- this
e-mail contained a virus. If you'd like to learn more about this
hoax/virus and how to avoid similar threats in the future, view this
video tutorial - http://screencast.com/t/ZjNmYjNkND
*TIPS FOR E-MAIL SECURITY*
1. Never open an attachment from someone you don't know.
2. Be cautious when opening attachments with the file extensions of:
..exe, .vbs, .bat, and even .zip. All of these types of files can contain
malicious software. If you receive a file from someone you know, but
were not expecting the file, contact the person and verify that they
intentionally sent it. Many different kinds of viruses are spread this way.
3. Never follow links in an e-mail that request that you update or
verify your account information. This includes requests to update or
verify your security questions. Many of these types of e-mails come from
people trying to get access to your Bank, Brokerage, Ebay, or PayPal
account. If you receive one of those e-mails, open your browser and
manually type in the web address of the company that supposedly sent the
e-mail (e.g. www.ebay.com <http://www.ebay.com>) and log in that way. If
there is anything that needs to be updated in your account, you will see
that information when you log in.
4. Most companies (including Microsoft and Mozilla) do not send patches
or updates to you via your e-mail account.
5. If you receive an e-mail that looks like it might not be legitimate,
you can check to see if it's a known hoax here: www.snopes.com
<http://www.snopes.com>
*E-BOOKS: ARE WE THERE YET?*
Hardly a day passes without another article about e-books in the
national media! Did you know that the Lehigh University Libraries has a
growing number of e-books? And more to come. At 12 noon on Thursday,
February 4^th Lehigh librarians Jean Johnson and Heather Simoneau will
present an overview of the devices, the platforms, the business plans,
and the categories (from textbooks to university presses to trade
books). The program takes place in Linderman Library's Scheler Family
Humanities Forum (Room 200) and refreshments will be served -- bag
lunches are welcome.
*NEW LINDERMAN EXHIBIT: THE ROYAL SOCIETY & THE ORIGINS OF SCIENTIFIC
COMMUNICATION*
On this, the 350^th anniversary of the Royal Society [of London], this
exhibit will examine publications inspired by the Society's
/Philosophical Transactions/, the journal of the Society, first
published in 1665. The exhibit illustrates how scientific communication
changed in the subsequent centuries, looking at scholarly and
experimental communications throughout Europe and America. The exhibit
opens on January 22^nd and ends May 26^th and is located throughout the
Library, including in the ground level cases opposite Lucy's caf .
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