The Mystery of Sound...Solved!

Perhaps this has only been a mystery for me, but if not...

At times a student will be trying to listen to a DVD/CD on a computer using headphones and there will inexplicably be no sound, although all volume is turned on. Try closing the program and starting it up again. It seems the headphones need to be plugged in and the sound turned on BEFORE starting the DVD/CD in order for the sound to work. If you start the DVD, then turn on the sound, it will not work.

Wireless Access on Campus

The Wireless Agreement Form is now available online for students, faculty and staff at http://www.raritanval.edu/admin/MIS/TSHome/TSGuide/WirelessForm.html. This is also linked from the Technology Services webpage (in the A-Z list on college website), select Wireless Access from the menu on the left of the screen. After completing the form, users will receive an email in their Lion Mail/campus email in 24-48 hours with the network login. Apparently there is still no immediate access to the wireless network. There are also no printers on the network.

World Civ Assignment - Soldiers who fought in Iraq/Afghanistan

Last semester there was a World Civ Assignment that required students to find memoirs written by soldiers who fought in Iraq or Afghanistan. Thanks to Alyssa for providing the information that there is a subject heading for "Personal Narratives American Iraq War 2003" 

http://catalog.somerset.lib.nj.us/search~S9?/dpersonal+narratives/dpersonal+narratives/1%2C80%2C237%2CB/exact&FF=dpersonal+narratives+american+iraq+war+2003&1%2C14%2C

Word order in Google searches

There is a great SHORT video on the importance of word order in Google searches. The demo searches and explanations are pretty fast, so students might have a hard time grasping it in the classroom, but it could be used for a quick Google lesson. He points out that Google looks for "bigrams," pairs of words in a particular order, and if there are multiple words in a search, results will emphasize the most common bigram. Check it out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcUuNORncN0. 

Public copiers scan in color

Both the library office copier AND the public copiers can scan in color. 

For the public copiers, the user will need to insert a copy card (available at Check Out if they don't already have one) and a USB drive (also available at Check Out).

Select Scan and Store
Select the memory device (USB) from the list
Select the Edit File option
Select to Add Files (Scan and Store)
Then use the Select Color option to select Full Color