Learning Commons Weekly Calendar

November 5-11, 2007

Security Clinic

Give your computer a check up! Bring your computer to the Learning Commons and OIT Help Desk staff will step you through the simple processes used by OIT and other industry professionals to fix compromised computers and protect them in the future.

Tuesday, November 6, 1:00 to 4:00 pmLearning Commons, Northwest Corner

Are you waiting in line for a computer so you can print out a document?

Did you know that you can print to Learning Commons printers from your dorm room or the campus wireless network?

OIT’s Remote Printing Service is here!

• Install a small plug-in on your own computer

• Send print jobs from your dorm room or the campus wireless network to Learning Commons printers

• You have 8 hours to come pick up your print job.

Want to learn more?Want to learn more?

•Ask at the Learning Commons & Technical Support Desk, orAsk at the Learning Commons & Technical Support Desk, or

•Visit the Learning Commons website at http://www.umass.edu/learningcommonsVisit the Learning Commons website at http://www.umass.edu/learningcommons

Sample question from OIT Copyright Quiz

What is the minimum the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) can make you pay for infringing copyright on just one song?(Choose one)

• a. $0.99 per song

• b. $75.00 per song

• c. $100.00 per song

• d. $500.00 per song

• e. $750.00 per song

Sample question from OIT Copyright Quiz

What is the minimum the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) can make you pay for infringing copyright on just one song?(Choose one)

Inform yourself. Protect yourself.

Take the OIT Copyright Quiz:

http://www.oit.umass.edu/copyright/quiz.html

Get help with…• Hardware & software

questions• Accounts, passwords,

connections • Navigating the library and

Learning Commons• Open 24 hours!• Stop by, call, or instant

message us

Learning Commons & Technical Support DeskServices: LC & Technical Support Desk

Printing files from SPARK?

Avoid problems! Before you print,

SAVE YOUR FILE TO THE DESKTOPSAVE YOUR FILE TO THE DESKTOP

THEN, open it and print.

RefWorks WorkshopsFALL 2007Save time! Organize your citations and create quick bibliographies. For one paper or a whole career’s worth of research.

Last workshop of the semester:•Tuesday 11/20, 2:30-3:30

All workshops held in the Calipari Room (ground floor of the Du Bois Library)

To register: refworks@library.umass.edu For questions: Madeleine Charney 577-0784 / mcharney@library.umass.edu

Reserve, Media & Microforms DepartmentServices: Reserve, Media & Microforms Department

3rd floor, Du Bois Library

•Get readings that your professors have assigned for class

•Borrow or view DVDs, audio recordings, and other media

•Explore the retrofuturistic world of Microforms

Borrow one of 24 tablet PCs or a digital projector to use in the library

Is the item you need unavailable at the UMass Amherst Libraries? Get it from other collections!

Current and retired UMass Amherst faculty, and current students and staff may use a variety of Interlibrary Loan services to borrow or obtain copies of materials from other libraries at no charge.

If you need a BOOK or other loan

First try the Five Colleges Libraries, use the Request Item feature within the 5 College catalog. Delivery is within 2 – 3 days

For Books not held in the 5 Colleges or for loans of other types of materials go to the

Library’s Interlibrary Loan page http://www.library.umass.edu/services/ill/index.html. Log in and fill out the ‘Request a Loan' form and the Interlibrary Loan staff will do the rest. Delivery is in 7 - 10 days

If you need an ARTICLE or other copy

Go to the Library’s Interlibrary Loan page http://www.library.umass.edu/services/ill/index.html. Log in and fill out the ‘Request a Copy' form and the Interlibrary Loan staff will do the rest. Delivery is in 1-3 days

http://www.library.umass.edu

30,000 online journals

300+ researchdatabases

Connect instantly to millions of dollars’ worth of quality, scholarly resources!

Start your academic research with the Libraries:

One-click access to FREE Interlibrary Loan & help

Reference & Research AssistanceServices: Reference & Research Assistance

Find the perfect sources for your papers and other research—work with a librarian!

•Stop by the Reference & Research Assistance Desk anytime it is open…

•Make an appointment to work with a subject specialist librarian…

•Or, ask a question via phone, email, instant messenger, or 24/7 web chat reference

http://www.library.umass.edu/ask

Writing CenterServices: Writing Center

Stop in with your writing project and get assistance from trained experts. All levels and disciplines welcome!

Writing Center Fall 2007 hours begin Sunday, September 23

Career ServicesServices: Career Services

Career Services helps students and alumni identify and pursue satisfying careers through a variety of programs and services.

• Career advice and workshops

• Resume review

• Internships

• More!

Academic Advising LinkServices: Academic Advising Link

Academic advisors can connect you with the right academic programs and opportunities and support your journey to academic success.

•Advising resources •Campus-wide academic support •General Education Requirements •Registration rules & regulations •Special Learning Opportunities •Degree Progress Audit •SPIRE

Learning Resource CenterServices: Learning Resource Center

• Tutoring and supplemental instruction for many difficult first and second year courses.

• Drop-in help and weekly sessions

• Students helping students!

(10th floor of the W.E.B. Du Bois Library)

Looking for quiet?

•Quiet study areas on 2nd and 3rd floors provide comfortable seating, electrical outlets, and wireless Internet access

•Drop-in carrels on floors 7 and 10 offer individual study space; day-use lockers also located on these floors.

•To report problematic or disruptive behavior in the Library, call 1-2272 from a phone in any elevator lobby, or go to the Building Operations Desk on the entrance level.

Did a slide go by too quickly?

Visit the Learning Commons website:

http://www.umass.edu/learningcommons

and click Weekly Announcements (under News)

View these announcements on the Web!