Moodle Update Monday, May 24, 6-7pm

We will be updating Moodle on Monday May 24th between 6 and 7pm. This is a minor update, and we anticipate no service downtime and minimal disruption during this period.

After the update is complete, Moodle will have a new, more accessible look, but otherwise the update will be largely invisible.

If you have any questions about Moodle or this update, please contact the Help Desk at 610-526-7440 or help@brynmawr.edu.

Tripod Unavailable May 29 and 30

Tripod will be unavailable from approximately 9pm on Saturday, May 29 – 9pm on Sunday, May 30 so that our vendor can perform an essential migration to a new data center.

During this time, community members will be unable to log in to their patron records, search for titles in Tripod, or request items. EZBorrow and ILL services will not be affected by this outage.

Any books returned during this period will be checked in the following week.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Circulation Desk at circulation@brynmawr.edu.

Statement on Confronting the Legacies of Colonialism and Racism in Special Collections

Please see the Special Collections blog announcing the release of our “Confronting the Legacies of Colonialism and Racism in Special Collections” statement.

A link to the full statement as well as introductory material is available on the LITS Website.

Contact Special Collections with questions: speccoll@brynmawr.edu.

VPN Access: Fully Restored

Early this morning, LITS was able to restore full access to the VPN. Community members are now able to access their file shares by using either the Pulse Secure client or on the web via ingress.brynmawr.edu.

Anyone using Pulse Secure may be prompted to upgrade the client when they next log in. Please note that the upgrade, while brief, may require you to restart your computer before you can use the client again. You can postpone upgrading until you are ready to do so.

Thank you for your patience as we worked to resolve this issue.

If you have any questions or run into any issues, please contact the Help Desk: 610-526-7440 or help@brynmawr.edu.

BMC Libraries Summer Plans

emailed to service-updates@brynmawr.edu on 4/13/21:

Dear BMC Students, Faculty, and Staff, 

We are beginning to prepare the libraries for expanded summer access and for the gradual return to regular library services ahead of fall semester. I’m writing to share the schedule for this transition with key steps we anticipate in reopening of library spaces and on-site services. 

  • As usual during breaks, we will be open limited hours for materials pickup from the end of exams until June 7; details will be published on our hours page. 
     
  • Beginning the week of June 7, Carpenter and Canaday libraries will open to BiCo community members with regular daily hours, including evening and weekend hours in Carpenter. The specific opening and closing times depend heavily on the availability of student employees, and we will publish those to our hours page once they’re confirmed. We are welcoming student job applications now for summer and fall! 
     
  • Also beginning on June 7, the stacks will be open and accessible to anyone using Canaday and Carpenter libraries, and quarantining of returned books will end. HathiTrust ETAS (Emergency Temporary Access Service) will also be turned off on June 7 for Bryn Mawr as we are ethically bound to abide by the terms of the program, which allows remote access only when we’re in an emergency condition that precludes access to library stacks and regular access to library study spaces.  
     
  • We will also begin assigning socially distanced student carrels, by request. Those assigned carrels will be available for use beginning June 14.
     
  • The significant work required to prepare the building facilities will happen during the weeks of June 1 and June 7. 
     
  • Collier Library will remain closed this summer and fall as key elements of Park Science Phase 2 renovations take place in the two wings of the library. Books from Collier will continue to be paged for pick-up at either the Canaday or Carpenter circulation desk. 
We are delighted to be able to restore core facets of library access this summer, including the ability to work in the stacks and for student scholars to return to work in assigned carrels. These transition plans are parallel to what most academic libraries and peer institutions will be doing this summer, and our local plans build on what we’ve heard from BMC students and faculty about desired library access. We look forward to preparing the libraries more fully for fall semester and to seeing many of you soon at the libraries!
 
Please let us know via library@brynmawr.edu if you have any questions. 

All best, 

Gina 

Share Name Pronunciations in Moodle!

We’ve added NameCoach to Moodle!

NameCoach has developed a suite of tools that enable people to record the pronunciation of their name and share that recording with others. Anyone can use NameCoach’s free Personal Name Badge to create name recordings they can attach to their email signatures, online biographies, etc.

This new Moodle integration brings that functionality to our Moodle site: Teachers can add a NameCoach activity to their Moodle courses and course participants can use that activity to record their own name and hear each others’ names pronounced.

If you have any questions about using NameCoach or adding it to your Moodle courses, please contact the Help Desk at help@brynmawr.edu or 610-526-7440.

File Action Day: Spring 2021

Shreddy, a cartoon character consisting of a crumpled ball of shredded paper, wearing a mask and pointingShreddy is back to help you start the New Year right and to remind you about data security. Is a cartoon ball of shredded paper ridiculous? Yes! But, data security is NOT ridiculous, and as a member of the BMC Community you need to be familiar with the Data Handling Policy which may be found here:

https://www.brynmawr.edu/lits/about/policies/data-handling-policy

Working from home? How does your desktop look? Feeling good about your file maintenance, or wondering how everything got so cluttered? Take a break and do a little “tidying up.” 

Top 11 Tips for Cleaning Up Your Files

Complete even a few of these steps and give yourself a pat on the back. You deserve it !!!

More File Action Day resources: https://techdocs.blogs.brynmawr.edu/tag/fileactionday

File Action Day is brought to you by the Information Stewardship Council. Questions about any of these resources or tips? Contact the Help Desk at help@brynmawr.edu or 610-526-7440.

New Phishing Attempt, April 2021

The Internal Revenue Service is warning all educational institutions of an ongoing IRS impersonation scam targeting faculty, staff, and students.

The scam email displays the IRS logo and uses various subject lines with phrases like “Tax Refund Payment” or “Recalculation of your tax refund payment“.

Do not click links, download files, 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.

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, the Help Desk is happy to help verify messages.

Please contact the Help Desk with any questions or if you think you may have provided personal information to the phisher: 610-526-7440 or help@brynmawr.edu.

New Phishing Attempt, March 2021

Please be aware of recent messages that appear to be soliciting faculty evaluations via Microsoft Sharepoint and contain a link to a file. The email body may also include names of Bryn Mawr College community members. This is a scam.

Do not click links, download files, 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.

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, the Help Desk is happy to help verify messages.

Please contact the Help Desk with any questions or if you think you may have provided personal information to the phisher: 610-526-7440 or help@brynmawr.edu.