Audio Books

Jon W. has created a page for Online Audio Books that is accessible from the library homepage. We have five different resources in this category.

The instructions for MyiLibrary include links to installers for Windows and Mac as well as an iTunes download that must be used for MP3 conversion. By following these instructions, downloading should be very simple.

Paper Supply

You will notice that we have a large stock of paper here at the desk now. In addition to what is on the shelf where the paper is normally stored, there is paper on the shelves behind the doors in the middle Ready Reference bookcase. Please use that paper before opening one of the boxes. This will keep things tidier as we enjoy having the paper supply within our immediate reach.

Installing personal software on the Ref Desk PC is a no-no ...

A reminder -- don't install software on the Reference Desk PC without checking with me first. The Reference Desk is a critical library service point, so it's important that the Ref Desk PC work smoothly for everyone.

Please borrow a laptop or netbook from the Circulation Desk if you have personal software that you need to use while you're at the Reference Desk. These laptops and netbooks automatically remove your software when rebooted.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Jon W.

(P.S. The software I removed today broke PDF viewing in Firefox and added crapware that was running on every Windows reboot.)

Last week Brian Becker approached us about finding images of the shoulder patch for the SWOSU ROTC Bulldog Battalion of the 1970s. He is restarting a ROTC program and wanted a patch for his cadets. The images I found where too small and in black and white.Serendipity: The day before yesterday Dean R. Townsend, military historian and insignia collector, spent a couple of hours in the Southwestern room doing research on the ROTC shoulder patch. He is writing a book on the history of ROTC insignias in the United States and is visiting every school that has had such a program.Below is a sheet from the Institute of Heraldry with the approved patch (1972) and the unapproved variants. He let me scan the page. I will place this page in my folder on the ref desk computer for if anyone needs it. The folder will be called Bulldog Battalion. It will also include an image from the 1978 yearbook showing the Bulldog Battalion symbol on the old ROTC building.I have sent this information to Brian Becker.

myITlab on the public PCs

We've had a handful of students who need to access a website called myITlab for a SWOSU computer-aided instruction course.

To use myITlab on the library's public PCs, do the following:

• Verify that the student is using the Internet Explorer (IE) web browser.
• Change IE's security settings to Medium:
  1. Click on IE's Tools pull-down menu.
  2. Click on Internet Options.
  3. Click the Security tab.
  4. Move the slider under "Security level for this zone" to Medium.
  5. Click OK.
• Click the myITlab link. Watch for a yellow bar at the top of the web page that asks permission to install an ActiveX control. OK the installation.
• The myITlab page will take a minute or so to load, so have patience.

Jon W.