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GroupWise desktop services and GroupWise Web Access will be unavailable from 5 p.m. Friday, July 30 to 6 p.m. Saturday, July 31, while the system is upgraded to GroupWise 6.5. All e-mail that is sent to faculty and staff GroupWise accounts will be stored and delivered after the outage. GroupWise clients in University College and the College of Law will not be affected by the outage and will be able to continue to use their GroupWise mail system.

Faculty and staff who use GroupWise (except those in University College and the College of Law) should shutdown their computer before going home on Friday, July 30. When logging into GroupWise on Monday, Aug. 2, you will be prompted to upgrade your desktop GroupWise client. Clicking "no" will delay the upgrade. The upgrade will be automatic after a pre-set number of delays noted on the pop up box.

Because of a change in the way the "sent" folder works in GroupWise 6.5, clients who choose not to upgrade on the first prompt will not be able to access their old "sent" mail folder or their "task" list until they upgrade their desktop client.

GroupWise 6.5 demonstration classes are available through August 5. Registration information is on the Web at http://cms.syr.edu/training/workshops/staff.html . In addition, a "GroupWise 6.5 Preview" Power Point presentation is available on the Web at http://cms.syr.edu/email/groupwise

Posted by ljradiga at 11:20 AM | Permalink

Join the SULinks implementation teams on Tuesday, August 3 from 9 am to 11 am in the Hillyer Room as we celebrate and update staff on SULinks, our OpenURL server.

Over the summer, SULinks has grown from a few "enabled" index and abstract source databases to 77, in all subject areas and from many vendors. Over 7,000 of our online journals now link out from these databases, serving as full text "targets". In addition, thousands of titles are linked to full text article databases like ProQuest and EbscoMasterfile.

This session will provide an opportunity for the Implementation Team and the Public Services Team to demonstrate how the SULinks service works, listen to your input and answer questions.

Please join us!

Posted by nbturner at 03:30 PM | Permalink

Please join the OPAC Development Team for a brief Open Forum in the

1916 Room

on

Wednesday, August 4 at 2:00 p.m.

We will unveil a number of OPAC enhancements that will be implemented in advance of the fall semester.

We look forward to seeing you!

Suzanne, for the OPAC Development Team:

Eileen DeRycke
Michael DeSalvo
Bobbi Gwilt
Abby Kasowitz-Scheer
Maryjane Poulin
Suzanne Preate
Wendy Scott (Law)
Nancy Turner
Jane Verostek (ESF)

Posted by SMP at 01:12 PM | Permalink

WHEN: Friday, August 6, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (followed by the next SUL Happy Hour - see details below)

WHERE: The DISC, Room 045, Lower Level, E.S. Bird Library

WHY:
1.) "Tour" the new imaging center
2.) Learn about our services
3.) Meet Penelope Singer, our new Technical Specialist
4.) Eat good food
5.) Enjoy the company of your colleagues
6.) Walk away with a free gift:
Bring a favorite photograph (up to 54") and we will create a digital copy
for you to take with you on CD!
7.) Confirm your plans to attend the upcoming happy hour (details below)

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"SULip Out of Summer" - details below, courtesy of Greg Griffin for The C.O.o.L.E

"SULip Out of Summer"
Chuck's (formerly Hungry Charlie's)
Friday August 6
4:30 to 7:00pm

Juke box!
Drink Specials!
Free Wings ("the best in Syracuse!") and other munchies!
Free Soda!
The camaraderie of SUL colleagues!

This place is a reincarnation of Hungry Charlie's - new location and name (Chuck's), but with the original tables, art work and graffiti. Come and "hang out at Chuck's!"

--
Suzanne Preate
Digital Imaging Librarian
Syracuse University Library
315.443.4243 phone
315.443-9510 fax

Posted by SMP at 10:11 AM | Permalink

Trial access to Facts.com Reference Suite is established through July 31 for students, faculty and staff at Syracuse University.

Go to:
http://www.facts.com/joinrs/

Access Note: There is no need to log in with a user name or password, but trial access is only available on SU campus.

Facts.com provides full text access to reference works for research in news and current events, and includes a keyword-searchable encyclopedia and almanac. The Facts on File World News Digest is available from 1940 to the present.

Trial Contact:
Elaine Coppola
emcoppol@syr.edu

Posted by nbturner at 04:33 PM | Permalink

Computing and Media Services (CMS) is upgrading the GroupWise e-mail package to GroupWise 6.5. To accomplish the task, GroupWise desktop services and GroupWise Web access will be unavailable from 5 p.m. Friday, July 30 to 6 p.m. Saturday, July 31. All e-mail that is sent to faculty and staff GroupWise accounts will be stored and delivered after the outage. Specific directions about how to upgrade the GroupWise interface on individual desktop computers will be forthcoming.

While GroupWise 6.5 may look and feel a bit different, it functions very much the same as the GroupWise client currently in use. Faculty and staff should have no difficulty using the upgraded version as soon as it is installed on their desktops. However, GroupWise 6.5 has some new, exciting features that enhance the organization of e-mail messages. Demonstrations of the enhanced features will be presented beginning the week of July 19. A schedule of classes and registration information will be available on the CMS Training Web site the week of July 12.

Further news and information about the upgrade will be sent via e-mail throughout the month of July and will be available on the CMS Web site at http://cms.syr.edu.

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