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Meeting Agenda Wed 9/23

Posted in LIS Website Teams Uncategorized
September 17th, 2009 by Elin Waagen

Proposed meeting agenda Wed 9/23
Announcements etc.
How to launch the one-blog (categories and terminology should be resolved by now) – communication; training
Quick links – finalize how many and terminology

From previous agendas/discussions:
How will the LIS landing page point to the Blog?
Timeline – CMS freeze date for changes/additions
Updates on work with our contacts
Curricular Technology – where in the IA?
Wiki training for our primary contacts?
Permissions for primary contacts access on web makeover folder in middfiles?

From project timeline:
9/15 – Finalize platform improvement recommendations
9/28 – Web Makeover Check-in with Project Manager
9/28 – Drupal Training for Project Managers
10/1 – Design staff workflow for moving content. Get feedback.
Week of 10/6 – Web Makeover – completed workbook due

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Blogging: Post and Theme Statistics

Posted in LIS Website Teams Uncategorized
September 15th, 2009 by Ian McBride

Alex Chapin wrote a neat tool to analyze stats in our wordpress database and came up with this information. This information will help show us which are the most active blogs and which themes people prefer to use. These are the most popular themes on the blogging server:

Theme # of blogs % of all blogs
WordPress mu Default 95 26.2%
MistyLook 56 15.5%
Tarski 28 7.7%
Blue Tarski 26 7.2%
Digg 3 Columns 19 5.2%
Middlebury 19 5.2%
Jammed Blue 17 4.7%
Blue Zinfandel Enhanced 14 3.9%
Blue Zinfandel Squared Enhanced 14 3.9%
Integral 10 2.8%
Feather pen 10 2.8%
Blue Box 8 2.2%
tonus 8 2.2%
CommentPress 6 1.7%
Oldschool 5 1.4%
WashMe Inverted 4 1.1%
Note 4 1.1%
PhilosophyTheme 3 0.8%
WordPress mu Default/home 3 0.8%
MiddTube_layout 2 0.6%
WordPress Classic 2 0.6%
schoolsinsessionA 2 0.6%
MiddEarth 2 0.6%
Feet 1 0.3%
NT-authory 1 0.3%
Feng Shui 1 0.3%
schoolsinsessionB 1 0.3%
Tarski for the Symposium 1 0.3%

And here are the blogs ranked by number of posts:

Blog # of Posts % of total posts
Evolving Forms of Literacy 362 4.19
Circulation Services 331 3.83
Media Technology 2008 318 3.68
Peer Writing Tutors at Middlebury College 299 3.46
The Language Wars 289 3.34
Middlebury Headlines 276 3.19
Graphic Novel 267 3.09
MIIS@work 219 2.53
A blog @ all things LIS 214 2.48
Presidential Power 164 1.9
Fast Food/Slow Food 154 1.78
William Tell Coleman Library 138 1.6
Office of Student Services 120 1.39
Stories from a Vermont Town 113 1.31
Office of International Services 107 1.24
Watching The Wire 106 1.23
Policy Career Development Newsletter 105 1.21
Jane Austen and Film 101 1.17
MIIS DMC 98 1.13
Geospatial Technology in LIS 86 1
Monterey Institute MAP Peer Mentor Program 83 0.96
Random Roamings 77 0.89
LIS Website Project 76 0.88
Quinde Journey to the Past 75 0.87
LIS Restructuring 72 0.83
Slices of Cake 71 0.82
One Dean�s View 64 0.74
LIS Suggestions 63 0.73
Jane Austen 06 63 0.73
International Political Economy (Spring 2009) 60 0.69
Beowulf Parallel Computing Cluster 59 0.68
Winning the Race Together at Middlebury 57 0.66
De Middelbury � Poitiers : Le Blog 56 0.65
Computer Science Systems 56 0.65
Brendan Owens Test 54 0.62
Name of the Rose 54 0.62
Theories of Popular Culture 54 0.62
Biomass at Middlebury 53 0.61
Middlebury Web Makeover 52 0.6
Film and Media Culture at Middlebury 52 0.6
Anthroposophy in Art 49 0.57
Web Makeover Docs 47 0.54
Ian’s Web Services 47 0.54
How Did You Get Here? 47 0.54
Global Warming Solutions – the FYSE1239 blog 46 0.53
The Middlebury Trailrunner 46 0.53
kade collaborati 43 0.5
Shweta’s Space 41 0.47
Learning to Write College Papers 41 0.47
Tomorrow is another day 40 0.46
RIDDIM World Dance Troupe 39 0.45
Power Strip 38 0.44
Academic Consulting Services 38 0.44
SGAFC Minutes Blog 38 0.44
The home of the Grille Ghost 37 0.43
Global Justice 37 0.43
One Dean’s View 37 0.43
Sticks and Stones Magazine Submissions 37 0.43
International Law (Spring 2009) 35 0.4
Middlebury College Rugby Club 35 0.4
Middlebury Outdoor Guide 34 0.39
Writing to Heal 34 0.39
Transmedia Storytelling in Television 2.0 34 0.39
Ron on Middlebury 33 0.38
saijai’s space 32 0.37
Brett’s Class Blog 32 0.37
Digital Media Tutors 32 0.37
Curricular Technology Team 32 0.37
The one best thing that happened today. 31 0.36
angeow 31 0.36
International Political Economy (Fall 09) 31 0.36
Student Symposiums: Resources for Presenters 30 0.35
Staff Book Groups 30 0.35
Disability in a Global Context 30 0.35
meanderings of a hungry mind 28 0.32
Ross’s Retreat 28 0.32
blog, jj, blog. 28 0.32
Emily goes to Middlebury! 27 0.31
geography of islands 27 0.31
Middlebury Christian Fellowship 26 0.3
LIS Advisory Groups 26 0.3
Jared’s Narrative Media Musings 26 0.3
Nick Bestor’s “Narration Across Media” Blogtacular Extravaganza 25 0.29
19th Century Russian Literature 25 0.29
film and online video 25 0.29
During the life 24 0.28
James Ashley Morrison 24 0.28
Teaching with Technology 24 0.28
A Stonebraker Narrative 24 0.28
Brainerd Commons 24 0.28
Spotlight/Focus on MIIS 23 0.27
James’ Blog 22 0.25
International Order in the 20th Century (Fall 09) 21 0.24
CSO: Career Services Media Archive 21 0.24
The Terra Project 21 0.24
New Media @ MIIS 21 0.24
Macroeconomic Theory 21 0.24
Mehdi Prevot 20 0.23
MiddEarth 20 0.23
Language School Video Contest 19 0.22
THE ECONOMICS COURT JESTER 19 0.22
431 – Matt Leonard 19 0.22
Narration Across Scott 19 0.22
Vermont Campus Compact 18 0.21
EC265 – ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS 18 0.21
Middle East Studies at Middlebury 18 0.21
Alumni & Parent Programs 18 0.21
Aaron Smith’s Response Journal 18 0.21
Getting to 350: Building Strategies for 21st Century Aspirations 18 0.21
Writing College Papers 18 0.21
On That Note 18 0.21
In the Middle 17 0.2
Duna Tatour 17 0.2
MiddTube 17 0.2
History and Philosophy of Science 17 0.2
Birth of the Cool: American Culture at Mid-Century 17 0.2
Blogging at Middlebury 17 0.2
Ioana’s “Narration Across Media” Blog 16 0.19
MIISpoken 16 0.19
Andrew’s Blog 15 0.17
ES380 – 21st Century Global Challenges 15 0.17
Charlie’s thoughts on Narration Across Media 15 0.17
David Ellis’ Narration Blog 15 0.17
narration across media 15 0.17
Facilities Services 15 0.17
Asmedia 15 0.17
Test Blog 14 0.16
Midd:day 14 0.16
Helena’s Home 14 0.16
Virtual Worlds at Middlebury 14 0.16
Reserves Information 13 0.15
More than The Fourth Estate 13 0.15
Careers in the Common Good 13 0.15
Narration Across Media 13 0.15
The Middlebury Landscape 13 0.15
51 Main 13 0.15
AcaTechie 12 0.14
Bid Chaos Welcome 12 0.14
Farming in Starksboro Vermont 12 0.14
alexblog 12 0.14
^~^ 12 0.14
ES SENIOR SEMINAR 12 0.14
Jue’s 12 0.14
Web Communications 12 0.14
Matthew Kimble’s Lab 12 0.14
Middlebury College Women’s Rugby Club 12 0.14
DJCElektropage 11 0.13
A Teachable Movement 11 0.13
To Kill a Mockingbird 11 0.13
Alliance for Civic Engagement 11 0.13
End Beginning and Middle 11 0.13
Middlebury en Guadalajara 11 0.13
Talha’s Roamings 11 0.13
Orientation 2009 10 0.12
MiddFund 10 0.12
Honor Code Review Discussion Boards 10 0.12
Jason Narrating Across Media 10 0.12
Trees are Nice 10 0.12
Research Blog 09 10 0.12
SGA Comprehensive Fee Committee 10 0.12
H.Schuerger 9 0.1
blog 9 0.1
Digital Driving 9 0.1
middlebury meta-confessional 9 0.1
A(twater) Log 9 0.1
Shel’s Blog 9 0.1
LIS Project Directory 9 0.1
The Board 9 0.1
What’s Happening in Special Collections 9 0.1
Middlebury College Organic Garden 9 0.1
LIS Forms 8 0.09
Institutional Planning & Diversity 8 0.09
Peter’s world 8 0.09
SporkTV 8 0.09
Stroblpeter’s Abenteuer 8 0.09
Environmental Affairs Information 8 0.09
Career Services Internship Programs 8 0.09
Quincy’s Blog 8 0.09
US-Mexico Relations 8 0.09
New England Review 8 0.09
AccuTrack Administration Notes 8 0.09
A Brief History of Lake Champlain 8 0.09
The Keys to Angels and Demons 8 0.09
Mero Sansar 7 0.08
untitled 7 0.08
Event Scheduling & Information 7 0.08
Test Public Safety 7 0.08
Voices Along the Way FYSE 7 0.08
Multimedia Tutor Training at Midd 7 0.08
English at the Monterey Institute 7 0.08
Allison Stanger 7 0.08
Middlebury Schools Abroad 7 0.08
Mexico-US Relations 7 0.08
LISterine Workshops 7 0.08
Middlebury Class of 2011 7 0.08
FYSE’s blog for learning about learning 7 0.08
Test Kimble Lab 6 0.07
Revelations Run Amok 6 0.07
Dolci 6 0.07
Aspirationalism 6 0.07
ACS Liaisons 6 0.07
M2 IPMS 6 0.07
UMOJA Election 6 0.07
Facilities Furniture 6 0.07
Microphilanthropy 6 0.07
6 0.07
The Pizza Process 2009 6 0.07
The Malleable Human 6 0.07
CCAL 6 0.07
Jeffrey Byers 6 0.07
“What does Middlebury mean to you”? 6 0.07
Maple Falling in Vermont 6 0.07
Kiewit Scholarship at Middlebury 6 0.07
world can be more beautiful 6 0.07
Administrative Systems 5 0.06
Test of CommentPress 5 0.06
Advanced Beginning Dance 5 0.06
Vermont Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission 5 0.06
Student Fellowships and Scholarships 5 0.06
DPS Telecom Blog 5 0.06
Public Affairs test 5 0.06
INTERNET ART 5 0.06
middlebury squash 5 0.06
Flat Tire 5 0.06
Media Services 5 0.06
Alex Chapin 5 0.06
Teaching & Learning Collaborative 5 0.06
Midd East Action 5 0.06
Internships ‘R Us 5 0.06
Digital Media for Change 4 0.05
Middlebury College Blogs 4 0.05
MMLA Faculty Site 4 0.05
Another Dean’s View 4 0.05
Captains, kings and caudillos 4 0.05
Chris’ blog 4 0.05
Parenthetical Phase 4 0.05
Creative Process 4 0.05
Career Services Office 4 0.05
Keith’s blog 4 0.05
College Advancement 4 0.05
MIDD Web2.0 4 0.05
Watts What 4 0.05
Brendan’s Blog 4 0.05
Firefly Project 4 0.05
Google Apps @ Middlebury 4 0.05
FYSE1121 Representations of Urban Italy 4 0.05
You Turn Radio 3 0.03
New England Afghan Community 3 0.03
La bit�cora de Carlos Jurado 3 0.03
Turtle Island Radio.com 3 0.03
Barnwell Project 3 0.03
Petar’s Blog 3 0.03
Economic Metaphors & Storytelling 3 0.03
In Hardwood Groves 3 0.03
Revolution, Intellectuals and the State 3 0.03
Midd CSO: Senior Program 3 0.03
catablogger 3 0.03
Urban Gardening 3 0.03
Salamander Rescues 3 0.03
Contemporary Moral Issues 3 0.03
Midd Musings: internet, strategy, et al 3 0.03
Kate Sullivan 3 0.03
Human Resources 3 0.03
Template for New Blogs 3 0.03
Digital Media Supervisor 3 0.03
Middlebury Printing Project 3 0.03
A View From The Basement 3 0.03
LIS Graduate Internship 3 0.03
Work 3 0.03
Database of Organisations 3 0.03
Cook Commons Council 3 0.03
Aesthetics of the Moving Image 3 0.03
testing 1 2 3 3 0.03
Computing Policy & Security touches us all 3 0.03
Daisy’s Dreamland 3 0.03
Timilsina Corp. 3 0.03
Public Saftey 3 0.03
Let’s Talk Poetry Now 3 0.03
Media Lab Tutoring from Erik Fendik’s point of view 3 0.03
The Wonnablog 3 0.03
Rohatyn Center for International Affairs 3 0.03
Just another day… 2 0.02
Adam’s Test Blog 2 0.02
Logblog 2 0.02
Business Intelligence 2 0.02
Programma Settimanale 2 0.02
International Law (Spring 2010) 2 0.02
FYSE 1278 Fall 09 Picturing Nature 2 0.02
Chris’ Blog 2 0.02
SpareTime 2 0.02
Middlebury Mountain Club 2 0.02
egullick 2 0.02
Middlebury Magazine 2 0.02
New England Young Writers Conference 2 0.02
WordPress @ Middlebury 2 0.02
raja 2 0.02
Russian for a year 2 0.02
chathaji 2 0.02
test 2 0.02
smurf madness 2 0.02
koalaZ 2 0.02
MiddBorrowing 2 0.02
qchong 2 0.02
Robyn’s Roamings 2 0.02
Theatre 2 0.02
Media Forms 2 0.02
omyomtov 2 0.02
Chaplain’s Office 2 0.02
Envisioning and planning transinstitutional work i 2 0.02
Student Employment 2 0.02
MoreMedia 2 0.02
My Sanctuary 2 0.02
Office Services-MIIS 2 0.02
The Segue from Segue 2 0.02
SIGHT AND SOUND l 2 0.02
Chemistry & Biochemistry 2 0.02
Emotion Expt 2 0.02
Chad Harris III 2 0.02
International Tax Questions 2 0.02
Commons Administration 2 0.02
Middlebury Career Services 2 0.02
Monterey Institute Student Journals 2 0.02
Ross Commons Council 2 0.02
Bread Loaf School of English 2 0.02
where I can create forms 2 0.02
MIIS Student Journals 2 0.02
Ten Votes 2 0.02
The Life of Vincent Jones 2 0.02
Judicial Boards 2 0.02
Code Simple 2 0.02
Digital Media Commons 2 0.02
Brendan Owens Test Blog 2 0.02
Captains, Kings and Caudillos 2 0.02
LIS User Services Statistics 2 0.02
the abcdarium 2 0.02
teaching & learning snippets 2 0.02
Adam’s Testing blog 2 0.02
Middlebury Planned Giving Conference 2 0.02
Midd Global Action 2 0.02
Anna Karenina in the 21st Century 2 0.02
musings 2 0.02
MIDD Confessional Forum 2 0.02
Middlebury Class of �85 2 0.02
sustainability 2 0.02
The Dissipated Eight 2 0.02
Ian’s Test 2 0.02
Innovation 2 0.02
scuola 2 0.02
Discussion Veguez 2 0.02
ACS 2 0.02
ETI 2 0.02
Arabic House 2 0.02
Middlebury Public Affairs 2 0.02
It’s a linguistic cadaver-all bones, no meat 2 0.02
Budget Suggestions 1 0.01
Honor Code Review Committee 1 0.01
Middlebury College Office of Gift Planning 1 0.01
Trustees of Middlebury College 1 0.01
Reprographics 1 0.01
The Music Library @ Midd 1 0.01
Middlebury Schools Abroad in Latin America (Chile and Mexico) 1 0.01
Banner Forms 1 0.01
LIS Accomplishments 1 0.01
Macky’s blog 1 0.01
Pedagogy and Technology Fair 1 0.01
Arts 1 0.01
Sui Generis 0 0
dhankerson 0 0
Banner Developers 0 0
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LIS Website Team – Recommendations

Posted in Uncategorized ★ The Essentials
September 14th, 2009 by Elin Waagen

Submitted by Elin Waagen

The web team met recently with the LIS Area Directors and our team sponsor, Jeff Rehbach to present our recommendations for the new LIS web presence.
The recommendations incorporated many hours of research and discussion by team members – in meetings and on the team blog and wiki. The recommendations were informed by user patterns, surveys and statistics, feedback from our LIS colleagues and the recommendations from White Whale. We received the enthusiastic support of the AD’s to move ahead with our recommendations. Thank you Jeff and the AD’s! :-)
The recommendations document can be found here.
In addition, the team has identified primary contacts for the major content areas of the LIS web site and we are currently working with primary contacts to develop the major content areas of the LIS website. Please feel free to be in touch with your primary contact for more information relating to your specific area of the website. LIS primary contact information can be found here.
Many thanks to you all for your valuable input into the recommendations.
Stay tuned for exciting new developments!
We welcome your comments and ideas.
Thanks!
Ian, Barbara, Jim, Liz, Doreen, Jess, Carrie and Elin
The LIS Website Team

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The Undergraduate Research Office (URO) has moved!

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September 14th, 2009 by Doreen Bernier

Submitted by Jim Ralph

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.

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Help with Google Earth

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September 14th, 2009 by Carrie Macfarlane

Submitted by Carrie Macfarlane

This year, we will continue to support geospatial applications like Google Earth and Google Maps through student tutors in the Wilson Media Lab at the Main Library, but we’ve altered the scope of our services a bit.

Like last year, all tutors have been trained in Google Earth and related applications, and a few tutors have additional expertise.  Unlike last year, we won’t be able to do in-depth GIS (geospatial information systems) projects during the school year.  During the school year, we’ll only be able to help people with projects.  During the summer, as long as we have student tutors with GIS skills, we should be able to DO projects for people.

Anyone who would like assistance with geospatial projects can visit the Wilson Media Lab on the main level of the Main Library, or send a request for assistance to DigitalMediaTutors@middlebury.edu.

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Open Source ILS Koha and Evergreen “Sand Boxes”

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September 14th, 2009 by pliu

Submitted by Peter Liu, MIIS

Open Source integrated Library Systems (ILS) of Koha and Evergreen are rapidly gaining popularity in the public and academic library community around the country. As a result, the Pacific Library Partnership (PLP), which MIIS Library is a member, has set up “sand boxes” for member library staff to play with. Here is the URL:

http://opensource.califa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28&Itemid=50

Staff who interested in Koha and Evergreen ILS will be able to log in and explore the software hands-on. The site has log in information for circulation staff (Koha and Evergreen), cataloging staff (Evergreen) and patrons (Koha and Evergreen).

With a new relationship to their open source ILS, library staff at all levels can participate actively in making the online library experience better for staff and customers alike.

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MIIS Library Fall Semester Hours

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September 14th, 2009 by pliu

Submitted by Peter Liu, MIIS

August 31 – December 18
Monday – Thursday 8:30 AM – 11:00 PM
Friday 8:30 AM – 10:00 PM
Saturday – Sunday 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM
September 7 (Labor Day) CLOSED
November 26-27 (Thanksgiving) CLOSED

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Building the Digital Branch Webinar

Posted in LIS Website Teams Uncategorized
September 11th, 2009 by Elin Waagen

Just a quick fyi …
Building the Digital Branch webinar on Webjunction.

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Agenda for Wednesday 9/16

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September 9th, 2009 by Elin Waagen

Great news!
Tonya from White Whale will be able to meet with us next Wednesday at our regularly scheduled meeting time. I have changed the meeting location to Lib 221. Hope this works for everyone – this opportunity to meet with WW/Tonya came up rather suddenly. Thanks for arranging this, Ian!

Agenda
Information Architecture discussion with Tonya from WW

So that we can dedicate the full meeting to this topic, I propose that we vote on the One-Blog readiness at our Thursday meeting.

Please post suggestions for questions we’d like to ask Tonya about the site IA in the comments section of this post.

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More on blog categories

Posted in LIS Website Teams Uncategorized
September 9th, 2009 by Jess Isler

For discussion.
What should we call the External category instead of External? Suggestions in the running:

  • Did you know? (or some variation?)
  • Other ideas?

Do we need an All LIS category?

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Update from the Curricular Technology Team

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September 8th, 2009 by Ian McBride

The new Curricular Technology site will be built in Drupal using the templates to be delivered by White Whale. The site will feature largely static HTML content with descriptions of the services offered by LIS in this field, with some videos and RSS feeds to help explain the offerings. The Curricular Technology team will build out the site’s content, reusing already developed versions of these pages in several systems. Where documentation for these services already exists in the LIS Wiki, it will remain there and be linked to from the Curricular Technology site.

As there is not currently a place in the information architecture for the Middlebury web site for Curricular Technology, per se, it will be up to the LIS Website team to determine an appropriate place and confirm the location with the Curricular Technology team.

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One Blog to Pool them All

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September 8th, 2009 by Ian McBride

Here are my initial ideas of how this could be organized.

Existing Infrastructure

We’ll take the current LISt blog, rename it to just “LIS” and grant all staff in LIS Editor access to the blog. Student workers and LIS-related people like department advisory groups will have Author access granted as needed.

Porting Content

Users and groups with existing blogs may move their content into the LIS blog by going to Tools -> Export -> Download Export file in their blog, then Tools -> Import -> WordPress -> Upload file and Import. After doing so, they should go to Posts -> Categories and use the Category to Tag Converter to change any custom categories their blog had into tags on the LIS blog.

Categories

The LIS blog will start with this set of categories:

  • Audience
    • External
    • Internal
  • Areas
    • Academic Consulting Services
    • Collection Management
    • Enterprise Technology & Infrastructure
    • LIS Administration
    • User Services
  • Institutions
    • Middlebury
    • MIIS
    • Language Schools
    • Schools Abroad
    • Bread Loaf
    • MMLA
  • Teams
    • Area Directors
    • Curricular Technology
    • Digitization
    • LIS Website

All other existing categories in the LIS blog will be changed to tags. In general, we’ll encourage the use to tags to mark things like posts that have photos in them, posts about particular workgroups, posts about particular projects, or other things that tend to have a more temporally mutable quality to them. Categories will be used chiefly for broad categories that change infrequently.

Private Blogs

The LIS blog will not be used to store private content. Groups, such as ACS, who wish to have a private blog should continue to use and maintain their blog in its present form or create new private blogs if one has not yet been set up.

Internal vs. External

Posts that are likely to be interesting only to LIS staff should be marked with the Internal category. Examples of this content might include a notice about LIS goal setting. Note that these posts would still be readable by the public, but that those subscribed to the public feed wouldn’t see them in the feed. Posts that are likely to have broader appeal, like a cookie party for students, should be marked with the External category, or both the Internal and External categories.

There will be links to both the External and Internal feeds on the blog homepage with a description of the content featured in each so that site visitors can choose how they will read about LIS.

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Meeting Agenda Wed 9/9

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September 3rd, 2009 by Elin Waagen

leaves flowers
Agenda 9/9
Notes: Jim
Moderator: Liz?
Ian will be away; Carrie may be out
Announcements etc. (10 min)
One blog – discuss when and how; decide on categories (bring your list of possible categories); private v.public; external v. internal use (30 min)
Timeline – set freeze date/s for changes/additions to current LIS site. (10 min)
Agenda for Thurs? (5-10 min)

Upcoming/continuing project timeline items:
9/1 (continuing) – Build non-drupal content as time allows
9/1 – Middlebury finalizes homepage (+ top-tier) designs
9/2 – Work with LIS website contacts to complete Web Makeover Workbooks (and incorporate supplemental sources of input) for LIS website. Set freeze date/s for changes/additions to current LIS site.
Week of 9/7 – Web Makeover Start Building Site (Content Build Out)
Week of 9/14 – Web Makeover Follow-up meetings with Primary Contact and Project Manager
9/15 – Finalize platform improvement recommendations
9/28 – Web Makeover Check-in with Project Manager
9/28 – Drupal Training for Project Managers
October 2009
10/1 – Design staff workflow for moving content. Get feedback.
Week of 10/6 – Web Makeover – completed workbook due

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Agenda for Thurs 9/3

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September 2nd, 2009 by Jess Isler

Announcements, etc. (5 min.)

Manage overlapping URLs/existing website content (20 min.)

Discuss when & how moving to 1 Blog will happen (15 min.)

Set freeze date for changes/additions to current CMS content (5 min.)

Other items?

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Library Information Desk

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September 1st, 2009 by Mary Backus

Submitted by Mary Backus

LIS Administration is continuing to evaluate what services we should stop as we move ahead with reduced staffing, and we have reached the decision that we can no longer offer a staffed Information Desk in the Library throughout the year. We will want to offer a human presence for the first week of each semester, and will look forward to providing more information tools at the desk for users of the library, but as of Friday, September 11th, there will no longer be staff scheduled at the Information Desk. Doreen Bernier will become the primary person to assist with room reservations in the library, and to answer ext. 2200 when Circulation Services cannot. We will continue to put a high value on providing a welcoming library with services that are easily found, but will look for ways to serve our visitors without having a staff person sitting at that desk.

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New Printer Status Boards

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September 1st, 2009 by Joseph Watson

Submitted by Joseph Watson
printer status board.jpg

The person who some day invents a completely reliable high volume printer will make a fortune.  Until then, we all know that printers sometimes break down and go off line.  Communicating printer status to our users has been a challenge and we hope this recently installed “printer status board” will help.  The Helpdesk will simply change out the green dots for red ones when a printer goes off line.  The sign is in a high profile location in the Atrium of the Main Library and we expect that our users will grow accustomed to noticing it.  Joseph Watson came up with the brainstorm and was able to use spare signs and left over scraps to put it together, so it cost nothing to implement.  A similar sign will be installed at the Armstrong Library soon.

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Meeting Agenda Wed 9/2

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August 28th, 2009 by Elin Waagen

Feel free to edit! :-)
Proposed agenda for Wed 9/2
Meeting notes: Elin
Moderator: Jess?
Announcements etc. (5 min)
Update/review timeline? (5 min)
Primary Contacts – updates, questions, new page on wiki (10 min)
Recommendations – review meeting with AD’s – any edits based on AD feedback? Ready to post on LISt blog? (30 min)
Set agenda for Thursday (10 min)

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Answers from Joe (paraphrased)

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August 26th, 2009 by Ian McBride

1. Can we have a folder in middfiles for documents related to the LIS web redo?

Sure. Just create a new folder in the Web Redo Project Managers area for LIS.

2. When will the next round(s) of Drupal training be offered?

A second round of test training will be offered to the Project Managers group starting the week of 9/21. LIS Website Team members may request to attend as may the LIS Project Managers, though it would be a good idea to ensure that any who do attend are caught up on the current process, workbook, etc. Also, all involved should understand that they probably won’t be able to immediately go back and edit their site in Drupal after these sessions. There will be training work shops and sessions offered later in October for content editors at which point people should be doing content editing in the Drupal CMS.

3.  Can we schedule a meeting with White Whale during their visit?

Probably. Joe is, at the (not so) very least going to schedule a meeting with Tonya, who is responsible for the IA & Content Recommendations documents. I have a feeling that most of our questions will involve her. Joe will try to have the others from White Whale present for this meeting, if schedules allow. We should have a list of questions we want to ask going into the meeting. They will be on campus the week of 9/14.

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Questions from primary contact meetings

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August 25th, 2009 by Jess Isler

I thought I’d share with the team some questions my primary contacts had (or I had) after our initial meetings. Some of these questions are easily answered, and some raise other questions. I just thought I’d get them out to see what other people have been thinking about and discussing in their meetings. Maybe I’ll put a new section in the Wiki for LIS primary contact meetings FAQs…

  1. Will a link to my department/content exist on the LIS landing page?
  2. Will there be a “featured departments/events/exhibits/goings-on” spot on the LIS landing page?
  3. If I have an exhibit or event or online project being launched, can I advertize it on the LIS landing page?
  4. Can I name my part of the LIS site whatever I want? (What if I want to name it something other than what my department is called?) Can I separate out parts of my site as I see fit?
  5. Is creating my content in a Drupal page the best way to display and organize my department’s dynamic content (video, images, audio, etc.)?
  6. What if I want to use blogging tools than Wordpress as part of my department’s web presence?
  7. How can I use MiddLabs, and other tools of the new College website to best communicate my department’s services and collaborative activities?
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Agenda Wed 8/26

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August 21st, 2009 by Elin Waagen

Proposed agenda Wed 8/26 – feel free to edit as needed
Map out new information architecture

Upcoming timeline events:
8/26- Map out new information architecture
8/27ish – Share new (proposed) IA with sponsor
8/27 – Assign project managers for LIS content, create folder structure for content in middfiles
8/31 – Initial discussion with primary contacts should happen by this date

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