Posts Tagged ‘LIS’Preview of Next Version of Shadowbox ThemeNovember 18th, 2009 by Alex ChapinI attended part of the LIS website team meeting today and gave a presentation of the ShadowBox theme and some of the new features that will be available in the next version including updates to author pages, more custom header options and most importantly, higher contrast text in comment fields. I also gave a preview of some new ShadowBox variations based on the new college website design. Below is a screencast from that meeting:
Go link for LIS BlogNovember 5th, 2009 by Elizabeth Whitaker-FreitasPresenting the new LIS BlogSeptember 28th, 2009 by Elin WaagenThe LIS Web Team is pleased to announce the unified LIS blog, a new and effective way to communicate with both our colleagues in LIS and with our community of users. LIS Website Team – RecommendationsSeptember 14th, 2009 by Elin WaagenSubmitted 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. Curricular Technology Team Progress ReportSeptember 14th, 2009 by Alex ChapinSubmitted by Alex Chapin Part of the re-organization of LIS was the introduction of “teams.” Teams consist of individuals from different areas within LIS who are brought together to take on a particular project or initiative or area of activity not covered by a single functional area. Last June, LIS introduced three teams, one focused on the LIS website, another on digitization and another on curricular technology.
The Curricular Technology team has been meeting once a week since its formation. The team spent a fair amount of time just figuring out its mission, “to research, evaluate and recommend technologies for teaching and learning” and to come up with some sort of vision, an elevator pitch if you will. Once these were in place we posted them to our blog and have been documenting our work ever since. Currently, we have a lot of projects we are working on simultaneously. Many of these are focused on gathering information about curricular technology needs at Middlebury. We’ve already began to document what we think we know about technology needs, what we think we need to verify and what we really don’t know. We have also been compiling a “matrix” of features we think are important for technologies that support teaching, learning and research and have been analyzing how technology is currently being used in the curriculum. What we really need to do now is talk to people, many different people, faculty, staff, students, administrators and find out what the community wants and thinks it needs in the area of educational technology. In doing so, we may need to educate people about what is possible with current technologies and what may be possible with emerging technologies. It is likely we’ll follow the lead of the web redo project. We hope to publish a survey soon that will begin to ask some basic questions. We likely follow up with invitations to join focus groups. We invite you to visit the Curricular Technology Team blog regularly or put it in your favorite RSS reader and join in on the conversation. Vote on LISterine WorkshopsAugust 14th, 2009 by Carrie MacfarlaneWe’re planning next year’s program for LISterine workshops , and we want your help. What do YOU want to learn? Use the LISterine Feedback Forum to suggest and vote on workshop topics. You get 10 votes–so vote early and often! You can come back later and change your votes, too. A note to the specialists in the audience: If you see a topic you could present on, please expect that we’ll come after you if that topic rises to the top of the list! Vote accordingly. Visit it now: LISterine Feedback Forum Fire Extinguisher TrainingJuly 16th, 2009 by Doreen BernierSubmitted by Joseph Watson
Your LIS Emergency Preparedness Committee encourages you to take a few minutes out of your busy day and take one of these training sessions.
Knowing how to put a small fire out is critical in fire loss prevention and in Life Safety. On Wednesday, July 22d
we will hold our annual fire extinguisher training for all College employees. Fires can occur any time and knowing
how to use a fire extinguisher can mean the difference of saving a life or a home. Please join us somewhere around McCullough (depending on construction) for a short presentation and hands on practice in putting a fire out.
Times: 9:00 am, 9:30 am, 10:00 am, 10:30 am, 12:00 pm, 12:30 pm, 1:00 pm, 1:30 pm
Each session should run about 20 minutes. Rain date will be July 29th, same times and location. Just show up, no reservations needed.
Contact Ed Sullivan, Environmental, Health & Safety at sullivan@middlebury.edu or x 5726
Mary Ruth’s Last Day – June 12, 2009July 16th, 2009 by Brenda EllisSubmitted by Brenda Ellis How do you create a disturbance in the collection management area? Sneak up on Mary Ruth on her last day of work upon retiring and catch her working! Boy was she surprised by the camera and sneaky photographer.
But wait, what’s that commotion? Kristin and Joanne can’t wait for their own retirment day and they get in on the celebration!
But wait…another retiree. Judy jumps in and now no one can keep a straight face. Ok stop clowning around – now its time for the (relatively) serious shot
And finally, Mary Ruth and her long-time colleague Bill Warren pose for their own photo.
What a day! We will miss all our retires – it won’t be as fun here without them. More photos can be found on the server in the path N:\Orgs\LIS\LISstaff\People & Social\MaryRuth Crawford Retirement. LIS Website Team BlogJune 25th, 2009 by Ian McBrideI tweeted a bit earlier about how I’m now a member of the LIS Website Team. We’re still in the very early stages of this project, but we’ll be firming up our vision and charge in a meeting later today. The concept of teams is also the topic of the next LIS Staff Meeting in July. I have to say, as someone who is typically very cynical about these types of activities, I’m actually feeling good about how this project will work out and hope the Team model is one we repeat in future LIS projects. You can follow all of our team’s updates through our team blog and keep informed of our notes and documentation through the team wiki page. We’ve also enabled email subscription to the blog, for those who would prefer to receive updates using that rather than RSS. EXH!BITED-LIS Staff Arts and CraftsJune 15th, 2009 by Doreen BernierSubmitted by Doreen Bernier June 10th was the opening day of “Exh!bited”, the LIS staff arts and crafts exhibit. Special thanks to all the LIS artisans for their truly beautiful contributions. This was a great opportunity to showcase our special talents and interests and bring the community together – and also surprise and delight users and visitors.
The opening reception was graced with beautiful live music, courtesy of Dan Frostman.
Early arrivals enjoyed the only edible craft piece - chocolate dipped strawberries.
Included below are some photos from the reception.
The exhibit organizers, Morgan, Doreen and Elin, would like to thank Joseph for his invaluable assistance in setting up the space. Thanks also to Scott and Rachel for their contributions, and with thanks to all for taking the time out from your busy schedules to assist in bringing this exhibit to life.
The exhibit will run until June 26th.
Nelinet IT Conference 2009: Open Source in Your LibraryJune 15th, 2009 by Cynthia Watters
New Wireless Access PointsJune 5th, 2009 by Doreen BernierSubmitted by Howie McCausland
We have just completed installing Wireless Access Points to provide full coverage throughout Coffrin and Stewart dorms, and have installed an extensive new network infrastructure (wired, and wireless) throughout the newly-renovated Proctor to support the new expanded College Book Store.
Good wireless signal is now available in about 90% of campus building interior spaces, as shown on the accompanying map.
Getting to Know DrupalJune 5th, 2009 by Bryan Carson
This session requires no technical knowledge of our website, content management systems, or programming, but is a great opportunity for you to ask questions on those topics. When: Monday, June 15 from 3:30-5 pm Thank You!May 29th, 2009 by Doreen Bernier
Heartfelt thanks to all of you in LIS for your good wishes and for Wednesday’s lovely send-off breakfast for the four of us! I feel fortunate to have been able to work with you all these years. With fond best wishes, Jean Simmons
Video of Mashups WorkshopMay 22nd, 2009 by Carrie MacfarlaneSubmitted by Carrie Macfarlane Thanks to Jack Cuneo for leading this week’s LISterine Workshop on mashups, and thanks to all who attended. Thanks also to Scott Witt for recording the session! If you weren’t able to attend, you can watch the video; there’s a link in the LISterine blog. Library Massage ParlorMay 15th, 2009 by Doreen BernierSubmitted by Joseph Watson  “Did you see the massage parlor in the library?” a colleague asked…
In coordination with the Gus Jordan, Dean of the College, two students, Mariella Saavedra and Ann Selvadurai, working as volunteers for a nationwide group promoting wellness called Active Minds http://www.activeminds.org/ sponsored stress breaks with massage therapists in the Harman Periodicals Reading Area during exams this week. The two local professional massage therapists were kept quite busy!
COOKIE NIGHT – MAY 12THApril 24th, 2009 by Doreen Bernier
As we did this past winter, once again we plan to hold another Cookie Night during final exams. This event is always such a success, providing a wide assortment of cookies for students to munch on while studying. So, please help to make this Cookie Night just as successful by making your favorite recipes for all to enjoy. Cookies can be brought to Library 250E throughout the day. Video Hosting Services ExpandApril 24th, 2009 by Joseph AntonioliSubmitted by Joe Antonioli Announcing a new video hosting service, MIDDMedia. This service allows for the streaming and downloading of mp4 and flv video, and mp3 audio files for people with Middlebury and Monterey accounts. In addition, we have integrated this service with our web platforms- the college CMS, Segue, WordPress and Mediawiki. Log into your site, blog or wiki and manage your media, allowing you to add the media to a page. Is there ONE place that I can go to to see videos created by people at Middlebury? In answer to this question, we have been working with Communications, and are now beta-launching MIDDTube, a place where we can pull together video from many places, whether the video is hosted by MIDDMedia, YouTube, or any other service. Be on the lookout for White Whale!April 24th, 2009 by Joseph AntonioliSubmitted by Joe Antonioli White Whale Web Services will be coming to campus on April 26th, meeting with faculty, students and staff from all areas of the college. Monday the 27th and Tuesday the 28th will be full days, with meetings and activities from 8:30am until 9pm. Wednesday, the 29th, there will be a couple short wrap up sessions before they fly back home to Oakland, CA. During this visit, they will be meeting with faculty represntatives from Film and Multimedia Culture, Economics and Chemistry. Students will be able to share their thoughts as White Whale sets up camp during dinner at Atwater Dining Hall on Monday, and Ross Dining on Tuesday. Meetings have been scheduled at McCardell Bicentennial Hall, Chip Kenyon ‘85 Arena, and various places in between. If you miss your chance to spot White Whale, fear not! They will be returning to campus at a later date, more information to follow. |
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