Category: Announcements

Announcements/Updates to the BMC community

Warning: New Phishing Attempt 1/7/23

Please be aware of a recent attempt to gather login, password, and other secure personal or College data from Bryn Mawr College community members.

Be on the lookout for messages in which a community member sends you a file share. A recent example is “Kim Cassidy” sharing a file called “Assessments”. This type of scam occurs regularly and could come from any account and have any file name.

Do not open the attachment, click on links, or respond in any way. Delete the message or report it as Phishing in Outlook. If you believe you’ve given your information to a phisher, immediately change your password and contact the Help Desk: help@brynmawr.edu, 610-526-7440.

If you’re not expecting someone to email you a file, you should be cautious and question why you received it.

Contact the Help Desk with questions: help@brynmawr.edu or 610-526-7440.

 

Library Openings, Closings, and Services: 12/17/22-1/17/23

Updated 1/6/23 at 1:40pm:

Housekeeping plans to do work on the floor in the Lusty Cup this Saturday, 1/7 and Sunday 1/8 from 6am – 3pm. This means that the Lusty Cup and connecting computer labs will not be accessible during that time.
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Winter Break is Coming! 

All Libraries will operate with regular hours through Thursday, Dec. 15.  

On Friday Dec. 16th all libraries will close at 5pm and remain closed through the weekend (Dec. 17th-Dec. 18th).

If you need books from Haverford or Swarthmore, please request them before December 16th. There will be no van deliveries after December 16. Haverford Libraries will be open through December 22. Swarthmore Libraries will be open through December 16.

For the week of December 19th-22nd, all library services will operate out of Canaday Library from 9am-5pm. Carpenter and Collier Libraries will be closed to patrons due to limited staffing. Books and library materials can be requested from all libraries but all requests must be picked up from Canaday Library during this period. Printing (including color printing) will continue to be available on the A floor of Canaday Library (via Lusty Cup), Park Atrium (3rd floor) and outside of Collier.

All libraries will be closed from December 22nd at 5pm through January 2nd (including the Lusty Cup).

On Monday January 3rd, Canaday and Carpenter Libraries will open 9am-5pm. Collier Library will remain closed but materials can be requested from Collier to be picked up in either Canaday or Carpenter libraries. Access to Collier library will re-open on Monday January 9th.

Carpenter Library will be open on the weekend of Jan 14-15th from 12-5pm.

ILL/EZBorrow will close at 5 PM on Friday the 16th and will reopen on Thursday, January 5th.

Below is a summary of our hours but please visit LITS Libraries Hours for up-to-date information. 

  • Monday Dec. 19th – Thursday Dec. 22nd, 2022: 
    • 9am-5pm CANADAY only; Carpenter and Collier closed 
  • Monday Jan. 3rd – Friday Dec. 6th, 2023:  
    • 9am-5pm CANADAY & CARPENTER
  • Monday Jan. 9th – Friday Jan. 13th, 2023:  
    • 9am-5pm CANADAY & COLLIER;  
    • 9am-8pm CARPENTER
  • Saturday Jan 14th and Sunday Jan 15th, 2023:  
    • 12-5pm Carpenter

Contact circulation@brynmawr.edu with questions.

Spring 2023 Course Reserves

Emailed to the Academic Community list 1/4/23:

To place a book or video on reserve, please fill out the book reserve and/or video reserve form for the library you wish your reserves to be in, located in the LITS service catalog: https://td.brynmawr.edu/TDClient/Requests/ServiceDet?ID=279 Please note that you must submit a request in order for an item to go on reserve for your course. 

The library will accept requests for required course texts and videos from faculty, and you will have the option to indicate a preference for either digital or physical formats. For physical books, we will obtain one copy per 20 students enrolled in the course. Please note that while we will make every effort to acquire items in the requested format, not all titles are available as e-books and not all e-books are available for library use. If you request an e-book and we cannot acquire it, we will acquire a print copy of the book.  

Please include all e-books in your request even if you already see them in Tripod. We “rent” and do not “own” many of the e-book titles in Tripod, and books we don’t own sometimes disappear without warning. Unless we purchase the book (as an e-book or in print), we can’t guarantee it will be available for the entire semester. Similarly, if you have previously used library streaming video in your course, please submit the request again, or email Arleen Zimmerle (azimmerl@brynmawr.edu) to check that the videos are still licensed. Many of our video streaming resources are obtained on a limited time basis.  

Your subject librarian would be happy to advise on resources for your courses (https://www.brynmawr.edu/inside/offices-services/library-information-technology-services/lits-staff/subject-librarians) 

All reserve requests are processed in the order in which they are received. All items will be kept on reserve until the end of the semester, unless otherwise requested. Please note that if the Library needs to purchase or recall an item, it may take time to arrive. 

Contact circulation@brynmawr.edu with questions.

Reminder: No Change in Adobe Service

On Monday, December 19 Bryn Mawr College employees will receive two emails from Adobe with the following subject lines:

  1. Get started with All Apps – Pro Edition – EDU
  2. You no longer have access to All Apps

These emails are auto-generated as a result of some work Adobe will be doing behind the scenes. No action is required and you can continue using Adobe services as normal.

Thank you for your patience! We’re sorry for any confusion these messages may cause.

Contact the Help Desk with questions: help@brynmawr.edu or 610-526-7440.

Domain of One’s Own maintenance 12/14-12/15

Reclaim Hosting will be performing maintenance on the Domain of One’s Own server from 9:00 PM to 1:00 AM EDT. During this time, users may experience brief, intermittent downtime. We recommend that you avoid making changes to your sites during this time in order to prevent those changes from being lost. 

Please contact the helpdesk (help@brynmawr.edu) with any questions.

RESOLVED: Trouble Printing from Personal Macs

Update, 12/14/2022 @8:30am: A fix is available for this issue and, once applied, community members should now be able to print from personal Macs to our public and departmental Canon printers.

If you require stapling options or would like to print to a departmental HP printer, you must print from a College computer.

Step 1: Remove any previously installed print queues.
Step 2: Install print queues with the following settings:
Print from a public printer
Print from a departmental printer

We are currently working to resolve a printing issue related to printing from personal Macs to our public printers. The best alternative is to print using one of our lab computers located in both Carpenter and Canaday libraries until the issue is resolved. LITS will post an update as soon as there is a resolution.

Please contact the Help Desk at help@brynmawr.edu or 610-526-7440 if you have questions. Thank you!

Adobe: No Change in Service

On Monday, December 19 Bryn Mawr College employees will receive two emails from Adobe with the following subject lines:

  1. Get started with All Apps – Pro Edition – EDU
  2. You no longer have access to All Apps

These emails are auto-generated as a result of some work Adobe will be doing behind the scenes. No action is required and you can continue using Adobe services as normal.

Thank you for your patience! We’re sorry for any confusion these messages may cause.

Contact the Help Desk with questions: help@brynmawr.edu or 610-526-7440.

Unscheduled System Maintenance TONIGHT: Tuesday, 11/22 at 6pm

Update, 6:25pm: All updates have been completed successfully and all systems can be logged in to. Please report any issues to the Help Desk.

Tonight at 6pm, LITS will be performing an urgent update to a number of our systems. During this update, logins to BIONIC, WordPress, ILLiad, and the Canon copiers will be unavailable. The update should last approximately 30 minutes.

Please contact the Help Desk with any questions or concerns: help@brynmawr.edu, 610-526-7440

Resolved: Problems logging into several Bryn Mawr services

Updated 11/15 at 9:00am: access has been restored to all services.

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Some community members are reporting problems logging into Bryn Mawr services including the VPN, Apporto, and OnBase.

If you’re having trouble logging in to Apporto, LabStats may be a good alternative.

LITS is investigating the issue and will post updates here as we know more.

Contact the Help Desk with questions: help@brynmawr.edu or 610-526-7440.

Reminder: Routine System Maintenance Thursday 6pm – midnight, including WordPress downtime

Routine system maintenance will occur tonight (Thursday) from 6:00 p.m. until midnight.

WordPress (blogs.brynmawr.edu) will be unavailable from 6-7pm.

For more information on LITS System Maintenance: http://www.brynmawr.edu/lits/system-maintenance-policy.

Please contact the Help Desk with questions, help@brynmawr.edu, 610-526-7440, or lits.brynmawr.edu.

Warning: New Phishing Attempt 11/8

Please be aware of a recent attempt to gather login, password, and other secure personal or College data from Bryn Mawr College community members.

Be on the lookout for messages that appear to share an important file with you, such as a memo about a salary increase. This is a scam.

Do not open the attachment, click on links, or respond in any way. Delete the message or report it as Phishing in Outlook. If you believe you’ve given your information to a phisher, immediately change your password and contact the Help Desk: help@brynmawr.edu, 610-526-7440.

Email scams come in many forms. While we work to keep you informed, attacks are increasingly diverse and sophisticated. It’s not possible for us to warn you of every message before you see it. Be cautious and suspicious. If you ever have a question or suspicion, don’t hesitate to contact the Help Desk.