Once again it is time for our annual

Holiday Food Drive

A collection box has been placed in the Main Library staff room for your contribution.  Donations will be delivered to ACCAG at noon on Wednesday the 25th (the day before Thanksgiving)

 Non-perishable foods only, please.

Thank you all for your support

Description:

Education in the Age of Cloud Computing:  Universities have served important functions in society for more than a thousand years. They have done so in part by creating places that promote reflection, discussion, discovery, and learning. For many people, the university-as-place is central to the purposes of the university. The university is also an idea and, increasingly, ideas—in the Internet—have enormous power to stimulate learning and discovery. Indeed, what many now describe as “Web 2.0” is a view that the web is evolving into a social environment that has the potential to extend the influence and reach of institutions and individuals. This talk will address the co-evolution of higher education and the Internet and will explore the roles of place, expertise, and even truth—in a world of abundant information and changing academic expectations.

Explore Related EDUCAUSE Resources:  Follow the link(s) below for articles, conference materials, blog postings, and more in the EDUCAUSE Resource Center. Wherever you see the icon in the upper right of a page (make sure you’re logged in to see it), click on it to receive e-mail alerts when related resources are added.

• 7 Things You Should Know About Cloud Computing
• Cloud Computing for the Academic Institution
• The Tower and the Cloud
• Cloud Computing Resource Page
• Cloud Computing Policy Resource Page 

For more information, please visit http://net.educause.edu/live for event
details, including program and speaker.

Timekeeper?

Announcements

Discussion on workflow planning

Set agenda for next meeting

 

Friday, 10/9 – close at 8 pm

Saturday,  10/10 – open 9 am – 5 pm

Sunday, 10/11 – open 9 am – 5 pm

Monday,  10/12 - CLOSED for in-service day

Tuesday,  10/13 – open regular hours day prior to classes resuming 7:30 am – 1 am

 

To view a calendar indicating recess hours for each library, click on the link to the library webpage below and select “Exceptions to Normal Summer Hours”. 

 

http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/lis/about/hours_maps/hours_lib/default.htm

Add Link to Library/Technology Support pages

Add Link to LIS blog and Essentials

Should Emergency Procedures be included on the landing page or is this a function of Public Safety’s page?????

Hours, Locations, Maps

• Library and helpdesk hours
• Library locations (street maps)
• Computer Labs

Do you know about…? (LIS weekly updates) (where do updates come from?)

News from LIS (update from R25 Live)  should old content go to the wiki?

• Lectures & Readings hosted by LIS
• Current Lectures & Readings Past Lectures & Readings
• Current Lectures & Readings
• Past Lectures & Readings
• LIS eNewsletter (monthly) -newest issue.  Should the older issues go to the wiki?

LIS Departmental Directory (see Listings) links to directory

• Administration
  • Administrative Offices
  • Area Directors
• Collection Management
  • Acquisitions
  • Collection Development
  • Interlibrary Loan
  • Original Cataloging
  • Copy Cataloging
  • Government Documents
  • Media Resource Development
  • Preservation & Processing
  • Special Collections & Archives
• User Services
  • Library Circulation Services
    • Reserve Services
  • User Support and Services
  • Media and Technology Services
  • Senior Technology Specialist
• Academic Consulting Services
• Enterprise Technology & Infrastructure
  • Administrative Systems Operations
  • Central Systems
  • Curricular Technology
  • Database Applications and Systems
  • Web Applications & Systems
  • Library Systems
  • Telephone Services
  • Systems Integration & Effectiveness

Policies – make a link to the handbook

• Sharing Music & Videos Over the Internet
• Library Borrowing Guidelines
• Copyright & Fair Use Guidelines
• Respect for People and Property
• Responsible Use of Computing and Network Service and Facilities
• Computing Policies – General
• Computing Policies – Faculty and Staff
• Computing Policies – Students
• Network Policies
• Password Policy
• Privacy and Security of Files, Data and Communications
• Web and Email Policies

LIS Suggestion Box

Quick Phone & Email Contacts

Liaisons & Subject Specialists

Content Provider (LIS website)

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Move to wiki

• Academic Facilities: Classrooms with technology
• Driving directions and parking
• Displaying Materials in the Libraries

LIS Organization

• LIS Mission, Vision, Values (view Statement)
• LIS Organization (view Organization Chart)

Move to another page

• Computing Alerts and Updates (Helpdesk?)
• Exhibits and Displays – Create a page “Places & Space”
  • Artwork in the Library
  • Current Exhibits and Displays
  • Previous Exhibits and Displays
  • Middlebury’s New Library

Move to Library page

• New Library Acquisitions
• New Books, Music and Other Materials (all subjects)
• Finding New Acquisitions (customized searches)
  • New Books, Music and Other Materials (all subjects) Finding New Acquisitions (customized searches)
  • New Library Indexes, Databases, and Research Resources
  • Palgrave Connect E-Books (trial access until 8/31/09)
  • Business & Management 2007
  • Economics & Finance 2007
  • History 2007
  • Language & Linguistics 2007
  • Literature & Performing Arts 2007
  • Political & International Studies 2007
  • Religion & Philosophy 2007
  • Social & Cultural Studies 2007
  • Periodicals Archive Online (more journals added)
  • World Shakespeare Bibliography
  • NExpress
  • New Acquisitions

Libraries and Collections

·        OVERVIEW

·        Armstrong Science Library

·        Music Library

·        Davison Library (Bread Loaf Campus)

·        Midd’s Digital Initiatives

• New Library features and planning
• Artwork in the Library
• New Library Indexes, Databases, and Research Resources
• Armstrong Science Library
• Music Library
• Special Collections
• Digital Initiatives
• Government Documents
• Vermont Collection
• Departments

——–Doreen

Here’s the high-level summary; many other details in the above link, explaining thinking/research leading to these recommendations.

We recommend that the LIS Website consist of the following elements:

• A landing page with contact information, location information, hours, and links to our content offerings.
• A blog that contains information about the organizational mission and structure as well as news and articles from LIS staff.
• A wiki that holds the technical and procedural documentation maintained by LIS staff, chiefly the Helpdesk and Telephone Services documentation.
• A website in Drupal for access to Library resources.
• Subject guides for academic departments and disciplines in SubjectsPlus.
• A search portal for Library resources

We also recommend that there be some consistency across all sections of the LIS Website.  Every page should have a unifying graphic element (eg, a logo) to make it clear to the user who has arrived via search that they are on a Midd-LIS page.  Every page should invite feedback (”Was this page helpful?).

General questions, comments and discussion continued.

• Blog consolidation issues were discussed with the possibility of maintaining one blog for all of LIS or possibly one for internal and one for external audiences.  Ian McBride suggested using one blog with various categories to assist in this issue.
• White Whale will assist in developing a unifying theme for the Library landing page.
• Concern was addressed regarding White Whale’s home page design only showing Library and not including technology links.  Should they prepare two links for Library and Technology?
• We should streamline services to utilize more self-service features and contain them in one place.
• Should we include things like:
  • where can we find a free computer? 
  • Link system status to show which printers are up and running
  • Room and thesis carrel availability
• A lively discussion occured regarding LIS Staff directory photos.  Discussion will continue at a future date
• Governance and advisory groups – access and structures should be made available to users
• New helpdesk software – Where are we going?  Software is currently being evaluated.  We need to choose a product to create web-based forms with seamless integration

 Recommendations were approved by the Area Directors

Info desk discussion:  it was decided to not continue staffing the info desk as of September 1^st. For the short term, the desk will remain.  Possible ideas for the space would be to place additional computers at the desk for walk up usage or possibly a large monitor.  Mary would talk to Joseph about reproduction of brochures and materials.  Gate statistics will no longer be monitored and the info desk phone extension should divert to Circulation.  Carol will prepare a write-up for discussion regarding the possibility of shifting room reservations to Scheduling.  An announcement needs to be prepared stating the info desk closure.  Mary agreed to write something for LISt.

The Undergraduate Research Office (URO) has moved!  It is now located in Library 215.  Pat Manley of the Geology department is the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Research and Colleen Converse is the administrative assistant for the URO.   The URO supports and promotes undergraduate opportunities in inquiry-, creativity-, and experience-based scholarship through research experiences with Middlebury College faculty and other non-Middlebury professionals.  Its mission is to integrate undergraduates more fully into the research life of the College.  By relocating to the Library, the URO will now be able to collaborate more readily with the staff of LIS and, especially, of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Research.

Please feel free to drop in and introduce yourself.  Colleen is in the office every day from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and her extension is 3026.

Here’s an illustration of some of the benefits of our new Bookeye scanner and BSCAN software.  With this software ILL staff will now be able to scan two very large pages at one time–with the BSCAN splitting them into two distinct, reasonably sized images.  The program automatically corrects errors, smoothes the curvature of the book, straightens crooked pages, and even removes fingers from the image. With the addition of cover sheet recognition, automatic updating and color imaging, this new setup will streamline the ILL scanning process and permit readers to read more easily.