ADA PC: New monitor and screen magnification software

The ADA PC has been given these updates to assist patrons who are vision impaired:

• a larger monitor,
• a shortcut on the Windows desktop for DesktopZoom (a screen magnification program), and
• a desktop shortcut for Windows Magnifier.

Jon W.

P.S. Windows Magnifier is available on all of the library's PC and laptops. From the Start menu, go to Programs > Accessories > Accessibility > Magnifier. Patrons who need DesktopZoom may download and install it from here.

Fiche Reader

The Director has temporarily repaired the Microfiche reader. He said we do not have a current maintenance agreement. It can be used now.

Microfilm/microfiche reader/printer is out of order

The microfilm carrier on the microfilm/microfiche reader/printer is broken. I've posted an out-of-order sign on the machine and asked Janet. G. to call the service technician.

Jon W.

P.S. The microfiche carrier may still be operable, but I recommend that we leave the machine as-is until a technician can look at it.

Public Printer Out of Order

The public printer went down this morning. A "Call Maintenance" w/ a numeric code appeared and would not allow printing. I turned off the printer and alerted Janet G. and she is calling the maintenance company. In the meantime, I've posted signs near the printer, directing patrons to use the Stafford Lab for printing.

Films on Demand: Updated interface and now iPad compatible

Read about the changes here ...

Try the new interface here ...

Jon W.

APA Journals Assignment Update

Please refer to American Psychologist and Journal of Abnormal Psychology as examples of APA journals.

(Click here for a list of all of our full-text APA journals.)

When to ask Janet G. to call the printer service technician

I've posted a short (and not necessarily comprehensive) list of public printer problems that need to be looked at by a service technician.

You can read the list in the LibAnswers knowledgebase …

When these problems crop up, please let Janet G. know so that she can make a service call.

Jon W.

How do I troubleshoot Internet connection problems at the hexagon table?

See these suggestions in the LibAnswers knowledgebase …

Jon W.

APA Journal Assignment is in da House

It's the time of year again - two common titles: American Psychologist & American Journal of Psychology.

( I stole the title and content from Jason's Post last semester......)

Cheers,

Tips for printing PDFs, PowerPoints, etc. from D2L

Update (8/24/2011): These tips have been added to the LibAnswers knowledgebase.

Here are a couple of tips for helping students print files from D2L:

• Be sure to click in the browser frame that contains the document you want to print. If another part of the browser window has the focus, the patron is likely to get a blank page instead of his/her document.
• When printing PDFs, be sure to use the Adobe Reader toolbar that floats over the bottom of the document. Don't use the browser's File > Print menu.
• Sometimes the only way to get a document to print is to save the document to the Windows desktop first. Then open the document in Acrobat Reader, PowerPoint, etc. and print it.

Jon W.


P.S. How's the new blog template? :-)