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Author Archives: Karina
New Closedown procedure on the Service Desk
IS have updated 3 of the Service Desk P.C.’s to Windows 7 (Counter 1 + 2, and the bookbin PC). When we closedown we now need to “Start – shutdown” (like we do on our own PC). This stops them going into hibernation mode.
If they are shutdown correctly the following morning we can switch the base unit back on and start up as normal. If the machine is left on overnight it will ask for a password in the morning which we don’t have.
MIMAS and ie9
There is a problem with MIMAS databases (which includes Web of Knowledge) and Internet Explorer version 9 – the search results are not displaying properly.
There is a temporary fix to this, please ask students to enable the compatibility mode by doing the following:
Click on Tools menu.
Click on Compatibility View Settings.
Type ‘webofknowledge.com’ in the text-box and click on Add.
IE9 is loaded onto all ISS clusters (but not the library PCs) so this may be a query we recieve a lot.
Network Cables Loan
Due to public demand we are going to loan out network cables to library members for use with their own laptop.
Marianne has put three cables in a box with a sheet to record the name/smartcard of the person and the time of issue and return. This box is next to the laptop cables. If demand increases, more will be supplied.
BBC Domesday Project Archive
In 1986, 900 years after the original Domesday Book, the BBC published the Domesday Project. The project an attempt to capture the essence of life in the United Kingdom. Over a million people contributed to this digital snapshot of the country & I was one of then at school in Bedlington at the time.
At the begining of May 2011, this information was given it’s own website in orer to add to the information agtered and (more impostantly for us library folk) make available an amazing archive of images and memories from the 1980’s.
Click on the title of this blog post to link to the BBC webpage http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday (KF)