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November 2004
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Announcements from the Bulletin, Today, Notification-L

11/30/04, Update on NIH Proposal
Congress again affirmed its support for the National Institute of Health (NIH) to enhance public access to NIH-funded research information. This support was expressed via language in the Conference Report accompanying the FY 2005 Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 4818, H Rept 108-792), legislation that includes nine appropriations bills.

The conference report language restates the NIH proposed policy of making research articles based on NIH funding available to the public free-of-charge. These articles would be publicly available via in PubMed Central within six months after publication in a peer-reviewed journal. The language also requests that NIH provide an annual cost accounting for implementing this policy as well as work with publishers of scientific journals to maintain the "integrity of the peer review system." The text is included below and is available via Thomas (page 104 of the Statement of the Managers). The report will also be available in the Congressional Records in the next day or two:

FY05 Omnibus Appropriations Conference Report (NIH, Office of Director, excerpted from the Statement of the Managers)

"The conferees are aware of the draft NIH policy on increasing public access to NIH-funded research. Under this policy, NIH would request investigators to voluntarily submit electronically the final, peer reviewed author's copy of their scientific manuscripts; six months after the publisher's date of publication, NIH would make this copy publicly available through PubMed Central. The policy is intended to help ensure the permanent preservation of NIH-funded research and make it more readily accessible to scientists, physicians, and the public. The conferees note the comment period for the draft policy ended November 16th; NIH is directed to give full and fair consideration to all comments before publishing its final policy. The conferees request NIH to provide the estimated costs of implementing this policy each year in its annual Justification of Estimates to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. In addition, the conferees direct NIH to continue to work with the publishers of scientific journals to maintain the integrity of the peer review system."

A link to Thomas: http://thomas.loc.gov/ [Bulletin], also 12/3

11/23/04, How to Remove or Change Your Default BCC: Message
One of Mulberry's sending options is BCC:, Blind Carbon Copy. This permits you to send a message to recipient A and carbon recipient B without A's knowledge. When you do this, person B gets a copy of the message with some text pasted at the top. By default, the text reads this way:

IMPORTANT! This message has been blind-carbon-copied to you. Do not reply-to-all or forward it without the author's permission.

If you want to turn this text off completely, open Mulberry and follow these steps:

  1. Under the 'Mulberry' menu (on a Macintosh) or the 'File' menu (on a PC), choose the Preferences command.

  2. On the right-hand side of the Preferences window, make sure the 'Advanced' button is chosen (rather than 'Simple.')

  3. Click the 'Outgoing' tab.

  4. Uncheck the box marked "Separate Bcc Message with Caption." Then click OK.
Be warned: if you do this, recipient B may not realize that your message has been blind-carboned to him or her.

Alternatively, if you want to change the default text on your BCC: messages, follow steps 1 through 3. Leave the "Separate Bcc Message with Caption" box checked, but click the 'Set' button to the right, and replace the default text with whatever you wish. You'll have to click OK twice, to close the window and then the Preferences window.

If you would like assistance turning off or changing your Mulberry BCC: text, please call the Help Desk at x.6525. [Bulletin, also 11/30]

11/20/04, E-Mail and Calendar
On Friday night 11/19, we experienced a problem with the server that delivers directory information to our e-mail and calendar services. C.I.T. staff fixed it early Saturday morning 11/20. Our systems depend on each other and so failure of a supporting service, such as directory information, manifests itself in more visible ones, such as e-mail. [Notification-L]

11/19/04, CARS, Web Info Systems down 11/26
The central Jenzabar/CARS administrative system and the Web Faculty/Student Information Systems will be unavailable Friday November 26 from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM. The systems are being taken down so that we may refresh crucial data. Because Web Registration is part of the Faculty and Student Information Systems, it will be unavailable as well. Please call Ramón Rentas at x.6633 if you have questions. [Notification-L]

11/19/04, CorporateTime Server Will Be Down 2:00 PM Today
This is a notification to let you know that we will be taking the CorporateTime Server down for unscheduled maintenance at 2:00 PM this afternoon. It has a configuration error which requires a restart to fix. It should be back up within 5 minutes. [Notification-L]

11/19/04, Phone Directories at Your Fingertips
You can have the local Qwest phone directories available on your computer. If you are a PC user, go to http://www.dexpages.com/indexnn.htm; Macintosh users, go to http://www.dexpages.com/. Either way, you should see "click here to begin download." Follow the prompts and in just a few minutes, you should have the phone books ready to use from your desktop. Not every computer or search engine works the same way, so if you have any questions or experience difficulties, please call Telecommunications at x6566. [Bulletin, also 11/23]

11/19/04, Micro Fund Information Update
You may be wondering about computer replacements through the Micro Fund. In the coming weeks, people will be contacted directly via e-mail if they have computers or workgroup printers that are eligible for replacement in the first round of this year's Fund. You will also be contacted directly if you have equipment that is not eligible for Micro Fund replacement, so that you may make other arrangements. Full details about the Micro Fund are on the Web:

http://www.macalester.edu/cit/basics/funding.html

If you are considering requesting a replacement for a computer that is not yet at the end of its duty cycle, or if you want to request new equipment (for needs that have newly arisen), you can do so using a Web form linked from the pages above.

If you have questions about the Micro Fund, please call David Sisk at x.6745. Faculty members, please call your Academic Information Associate, as follows:

Humanities: Mark Lewis, x.6887
Sciences: Barron Koralesky, x.6623
Social Sciences: Pete Rogan, x.6180
Fine Arts and Languages: Tom Browne, x.6336
[Bulletin, also 11/23]

11/15/04, New E-Mail System for Campus - Open Meetings Today and Tuesday
Please join CIT staff in the John B. Davis auditorium to give your feedback on a new e-mail system for the campus. We will have some examples to show and questions for you concerning what you want (and don't want) in an e-mail solution for campus. The sessions are open to all and are at 4:30 p.m. today, November 15, and again at noon tomorrow, Tuesday, November 16. [Bulletin Flash]

11/12/04, Laptops R Us
Going to a conference? Working from home? Have we got a service for you!

The DeWitt Wallace Library Reserves Desk will now circulate a limited number of Dell PC and Apple Macintosh laptop computers to faculty and staff for a checkout period of up to two weeks.

Faculty and staff members must sign a Borrower's Agreement the first time they wish to check out a laptop. They must present a valid Macalester ID in order to check out these computers.

In addition, there is a pilot program to "book ahead" or reserve a laptop for use at a particular time in the future.

Please contact Janet Sietmann x6545 (e-mail sietmann@macalester.edu) for more information about the laptop checkout and booking service. [Bulletin, also 11/16]

11/10/04, MacLinks Button Problems Resolved
The problems with the "MacLinks" button and interlibrary loan have been resolved. Again, we apologize for any inconvenience. Always let us know if you notice any interruption in library e-resources services. If you have questions, please contact Angi Faiks at x.6208 or faiks@macalester.edu. [Notification-L]

11/09/04, Problem With "MacLinks" Button
The Library is experiencing a problem with the "MacLinks" button and interlibrary loan. Certain library databases are currently not linking correctly to our interlibrary loan request form. If you receive an error screen while trying to request an item directly, we suggest opening a new window and entering your citation information manually via the ILLiad Interlibrary Loan system:

www.macalester.edu/library/about/policies/interloan.html

We are working on this problem, and apologize for any inconvenience. If you have questions, please call Angi Faiks at x.6208 or send e-mail to faiks@mac. [Notification-L]

11/09/04, E-Mail Migration: Open Meetings With The Community
A CIT selection committee has been working hard to identify a new e-mail system for campus, one that will replace Cyrusoft's Mulberry as the College's standard supported e-mail package. The selection committee has scheduled two open meetings so that you may meet them, hear about the group's goals and the decision's time frame, and understand some different capabilities of the e-mail clients under review. These clients include Lotus Notes, Microsoft Outlook, Oracle Collaboration Suite and Novell Groupwise.

We recognize that e-mail is critically important to the community. We want and need your feedback in order to choose the best possible solution - please come and tell us what you think. Both of our open meetings will be held in the John B. Davis Auditorium of the Campus Center:

[Bulletin, also 11/12]

11/05/04, Student Learning and Library Spaces
Yale University Librarian Emeritus Scott Bennett will be speaking at 4:30 PM Wednesday, November 17, in the OEC Auditorium at the University of St. Thomas. Bennett is the author of "Libraries Designed for Learning" published by CLIR in 2003 (copies are available at www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub122/pub122web.pdf). If you are interested in attending, please notify Terri Fishel at x6343 or fishel@macalester.edu. Deadline for RSVP is November 11. [Bulletin], also 11/9

11/02/04, New Telecom Web Page
Yes, it's finally available to you - a Macalester Telecommunications Web site! Go to: www.macalester.edu/Telecom/. You can also find it via the online directory, linked from Administrative Offices and linked from both the Information Services and CIT Web sites. Please check it out; we hope you find it informative. If you have any questions, find any misprints, or don't find the information you are looking for, please contact Telecommunications at x6566. [Bulletin], also 10/29


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