University computers and other equipment in the 24-hour study area in Hale Library have been offline since the space closed for renovation July 16, with plans to add an Einstein Bros. Bagels shop.
The 24-hour study area is planned to re-open Monday, Sept. 13, according to Roberta Johnson, senior director of administrative and IT services for K-State Libraries. Until then, K-Staters can use the Dickens 1 lab (east of Hale Library) as a 24-hour study area.
When sending e-mail to multiple recipients, consider using the “blind carbon copy” (Bcc:) option. Posting individual e-mail addresses in the Bcc area eliminates the long list of e-mail addresses that the viewer wades through to get to the body of the e-mail and makes for a more professional looking e-mail.
Other benefits include:
Information Technology Services (ITS) welcomed Kenneth Stafford as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Vice Provost for Information Technology Services at K-State on Monday, Aug. 9.
As CIO, Stafford leads a staff of about 200 technical and nontechnical professionals. He has strategic oversight of services including networking and server/storage infrastructure and services; academic, administrative, and instructional technologies and support services; desktop support; technology training; information and technology security; infrastructure for research computing; data and information management; communications; and university IT policies, standards, and procedures.
Before you purchase that TV, monitor, or other hardware, check out Nari Ward’s Airplane Tears (2005) currently on exhibit at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art at Johnson County Community College.
This signature wall art is constructed with found TV backs and handkerchiefs. It is 39 feet wide, 16 feet high, and 2 feet deep.
Continue reading “Spotlight: Re-Presence exhibit with discarded technology”
Criminals seem to be working overtime in their efforts to steal eID passwords, which is no surprise since their efforts are paying dividends: Since July 18, 77 K-Staters have been tricked into giving away their eID passwords via phishing scam e-mails! The count since January 1, 2010, is 255 K-Staters!
When stolen e-mail accounts are used to send massive amounts of spam to recipients all over the world, other e-mail service providers view K-State as a source of spam and start blocking ALL e-mail from K-State by putting us on their “spam block-list.” Continue reading “Phishing scams + stolen passwords = problems for everyone”
OffiSync is a plug-in for Microsoft Office 2003, 2007, and 2010 that allows you to easily access your Google Docs or Google Apps right from within Microsoft Office. After the plug-in is downloaded, it adds an OffiSync toolbar to Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
From the OffiSync toolbar you can:
Continue reading “OffiSync merges the worlds of Microsoft Office and Google Docs”
This year the SIDLIT conference Aug. 5-6 will be broadcasting sessions live from Johnson County Community College. The SIDLIT Live webpage will list available sessions and links for the webinars each day. The web address (URL) for the live stream will be available from that page and provided during the days the conference is in session. To get a jump start on the conference, see twitter.com/sidlit.
Upcoming training events have been posted on the IT Training site. All classes are free for K-State faculty, staff, and graduate students, but require pre-registration. Details are on the specific registration pages. Courses include:
Aug. 1-Sept. 8 is the timeframe for all K-Staters to change their K-State eID passwords for the fall semester. This mandatory password change occurs each fall and spring, and applies to both individual eIDs and group eIDs. After Sept. 8, those with unchanged passwords will lose access to K-State webmail, iSIS, K-State Online, free laser printing, university computing labs and InfoCommons computers, and more.
An e-mail reminder is typically sent to K-Staters with unchanged passwords prior to the password deadline. But K-State will never ask for your eID password via e-mail. Continue reading “Password-change timeframe starts Aug. 1”
Scott Rice Office Works has made a node chair (from manufacturer Steelcase) available to K-Staters for a test drive until Tuesday, Aug. 3; come over to iTAC (212 Hale Library) and try it out.
The node offers a flexible seat with no pneumatic adjustments; an adjustable workspace; swivel seat; and casters or gliders. The mobility allows for ease of room configuration — in rows of seats, or small and large group configurations.
Continue reading “Node chair available for test drives until Aug. 3”
