The latest tech news in the Walker Management Library, for the first week of February 2005.

1) Rachel attended MetaLib Task Force meetings on Fridays , January 21 and February 4.  The group is reviewing the ExLibris demo site and the sites of at least some of the other MetaLib libraries so the group can discuss our experiences and better plan our trial.  There is also a place on OAK (Blackboard) where the team can review and share information.  They are also planning to do a usability test to see if MetaLib will meet the expectations of its users, including the library staff.

2) About 20 people attended the GIS webcast last week.  The Task Force met again to discuss future directions, and are working on an update report to present to Paul Gherman.

3) Brent  and Rachel  would  still  be collaborating on logo development for the website and other resources   if he had a computer.  His hard drive died, and a new one has been reordered. 

4 ) Mills came over this week and aided in the Public Workstation /Deep Freeze Implementation.  Danny has been swamped and is helping as much as his time permits.

5) Mills is also working with Rachel and Laura on configuring Ariel correctly.  Jim Toplin will also be involved with configuration, as well as training. 

6) Will from Expert Laser has visited WML several times this week.  All the printers seem to be working correctly once again.  The new printer, an OkiData printer, is fast and has stunning colors.  Any help on operating it, fixing jams, changing toner, printing transparencies, etc., please see Marie or Rachel. 

7) As for the "old" color printer, it is now hooked up to one of the student workroom computers.  It is no longer on the printer network.  To print, make sure the file you want to print is somewhere on the network (your private or public folders), and when you sit down in front of the printer, just find the thing you want to print and select the HP 4500 color printer.  Piece of cake.

8) On Friday, January 28, Rachel attended the University's Web Spiders Group meeting.  Jim Parker, THE webmaster for Vanderbilt University, lead the meeting and talked about ways to increase communication among all the technologists and web developers across campus.

9) As of today, all of the databases that we subscribe to are working correctly both on and off.  Rachel is still in contact with Dale about finalizing some additional configurations.

Have a good weekend, everyone! Thanks for your attention and time!