Library and Computing at Bucknell

If the book you need is already checked out to another user, try E-Z Borrow. By using E-Z Borrow, you can quickly find and borrow books from many academic libraries in Pennsylvania. The service is available to Bucknell students, faculty and staff for books unavailable or not owned by our library. Because E-Z Borrow is a direct method, not mediated by staff, it is generally faster than going through traditional interlibrary loan.

If you have any questions, please contact Interlibrary Loan at 570.577.3249

Across from the Circulation Desk in the Library is a new Self-Service Check-out Station. Borrowers can use this self-service option for checking out circulating books. You will be prompted to scan your BUID and then the barcode of the book. The station de-sensitizes the book at the same time. You can then choose to have the date due receipt emailed directly to you or printed out. Attendants at the Circulation/Equipment Services Desk will be happy to help you with all other items (DVDs/videos, Reserves, Equipment, etc.).

If you have any questions, please ask at the Circulation Desk, or call 570.577.1882.

As the saying goes, we've got some good news and some bad news.

The good news is we've taken significant steps to address the slow e-mail delivery and server timeout problems that have occurred over the past several weeks. The changes were put into place over lunch today and have dramatically improved mail delivery speed on campus.

(Pause for applause).

The bad news is, now that these changes have been made, Windows users that are still using Eudora as their mail client may not be able to send e-mail at all.

(Pause for Eudora client's grumbling and general disdain for ISR).

There is a solution!

In Eudora, please go under the Tools menu, select Options, then Sending Mail. At the bottom where is says "Secure Sockets when Sending," choose NEVER from the drop-down list. Then click OK. That should resolve the issue.

Windows clients using Microsoft Outlook should not experience any problems sending mail as a result of this improvement.

As a reminder, if you are using a Bucknell-owned computer off-campus and intend to send and receive e-mail please remember to enable the VPN software to ensure a trouble-free experience and a secure connection. For more information, please visit:

http://ask.bucknell.edu/Scripts/rightnow.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=222&p

Further questions or concerns will gladly be addressed by contacting ISR Tech Support at 7-7777.

Thank you!

Students:

Recently there have been some bandwidth issues concerning online gaming platforms, such as XBox Live. ISR and KRAID (the student gaming organization) are working together to try to find a solution to this problem.

If you have questions about online gaming, you may contact Sam Colburn, from KRAID.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Students: Do you have library research that you need to do from off campus? This is just a reminder that you can access many of the library's research databases from off-campus. When you click on a database link from the Databases list or a Research By Subject page, you will be prompted to log in with your Bucknell username and e-mail password.

Once you do that, you can use many of the databases like you can on campus!

Now that we've gotten "friendly" with our e-mail addresses, we need to know which address you would prefer to use.

Why do we need to know? The Faculty e-mail list will only allow you to post messages from ONE address, which is the one that people see as your "From" address. For example, my "From" address is rob.guissanie@bucknell.edu on this message. If my address were not properly subscribed I would not be able to send any messages to the list.

So if you have recently changed your "From" address to your "Friendly" address in your e-mail application, please let us know of that preference by logging in to the following form:

http://www1.bucknell.edu/script/email/friendly.aspx

If you have made no changes to your "From" address in your e-mail application (and are thereby using your old address for e-mail correspondence), there is no need to log into the form or take any action at all. Your old address will continue to be used as it always has.

We would like to finalize any changes to the list by Friday, October 5th to avoid any unnecessary interruption of service. Your prompt action (if necessary) is appreciated.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact Tech Support at techdesk@bucknell.edu or 7-7777.