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Wednesday November 18^th from 12-2pm in the Rector Atrium.

Come out to celebrate GIS day! Learn about what types of GIS projects are being developed on campus. Play games & win prizes. Learn how to use GPS on your Iphone or Blackberry. Play with ArcGIS & Google Earth!

To the Dickinson College Community:

Library and Information Services staff will be working to upgrade the Dickinson Gateway and Banner systems during the period November 5-8.  This will result in the following campus technology services being unavailable or intermittently available during the upgrade period,  5 pm – Thursday, November 5 through 5 pm – Sunday, November 8:

*       The Dickinson Gateway

*       Banner Self-Service

*       Banner INB

*       Cognos

*       CLIQ

*       Nolijweb – Document Imaging

Please note that the Dickinson Gateway is expected to return to service at 9 PM, Thursday, November 5 but some systems or services located therein will remain unavailable for the duration of the outage.

We thank you for your patience as we work to improve these systems.

Regards,

Robert E. Renaud

Vice President and CIO

Library and Information Services

Location: Bosler 214

With the newest version of WordPress, individual students, faculty, and classes can have their own custom blog.  These are particularly useful for those looking to reach a wider audience than their classroom.  E-portfolios, community study projects, internships, study abroad, and student research are all good examples.  Blogs in each category will be demonstrated along with a quick how-to.

Location: Bosler Microroom (022)

You have seen the basics of Moodle and are now ready to jump into some of the extra features you may not have even know existed. We will cover blogs, wikis, gradebook, quizzes & assignments as well as any questions you may have. We will help you to prepare your Moodle courses for the upcoming Spring semester.

Congratulations to the winners in the cafe naming contest.  Professor Emeritus Enrique Martinez-Vidal and Staff Associate Barb McDonald will share the $100 prize.

The cafe new name?  Biblio Cafe

Thank you to all who entered!

Library Cafe serving a variety of delicious beverages, pastries, and snacks.

Monday – Thursday 8:30am – 1:30am

Friday 8:30am -  2pm

Saturday 10:30am – 2pm

Sunday 10:30am – 1:30am

Faculty whose classes are affected by the H1N1 virus can continue to communicate with students using simple and well-known tools. Learn more about how to stay connected using live, real-time (synchronous) and online asynchronous communication tools.

We are changing our borrowing policies and fines and fees structure to encourage our users to be responsible in sharing the library’s rich array of resources. However, we are also adding a second renewal to most of our borrowers profile types including Student and Faculty borrowers.  So in effect, most borrowers will be able to keep materials out *except reserves* a third longer than before: one check out, two renewals.  Don’t forget to renew online to prevent overdue fine from accruing. 

For a full list of policies: To Library Loan Periods, Fines, and Replacement Costs (link to) http://lis.dickinson.edu/Library/StudentServices/Policies/loan_periods.htm

From the enrollment of the first female students in 1884 to the contributions of Dickinson women today, this exhibit depicts the experiences and accomplishments of female Dickinsonians. 

For more information, contact archives@dickinson.edu. 

Archives, Lower Level, Library

There are numerous software packages available to detect and remove unwanted software. The College uses Symantec AntiVirus on all College-owned machines. Faculty, staff and public lab machines are updated with current antivirus lists automatically.Students who connect their personal machines to the Dickinson network are required to first have functional, up-to-date antivirus software installed. See the Virus Policy for more information.