Changes to College Web Servers (And What That Means to Us)

OIT split the GPC web server into three distinct servers (www.gpc.edu, facstaff.gpc.edu, and student.gpc.edu) on Sunday, March 30th. This will have no affect on the library webpages, but, if you maintain an individual page, your URL will have changed to facstaff.gpc.edu/~yourname. For example, my webpage used to be:

http://www.gpc.edu/~tminchew

And now it is:

http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~tminchew

You'll need to make the necessary corrections to your links and images within your websites to point to the correct server.

Also you'll need to change the FTP host in Frontpage, Dreamweaver, CoreFTP, etc. from www.gpc.edu to facstaff.gpc.edu.

OIT will be doing automatic redirections until April 29th. Redirections will be discontinued on April 30th. Therefore, any web sites not corrected prior to April 30th may contain broken images and links.

OIT has also prepared a handy document to help us with the transition.

Repeat: This does not affect the URLs of the library webpages, but it may affect links within those pages, so please report anything you see to that page's webmaster.

Thanks! Let me know if you have any questions.

New GALILEO Interface

Reminder that the new GALILEO interface goes live this coming Monday, March 17th.

I've written a little bit about the new interface on the Clarkston Reference Blog (see link on this blog page) trying to encourage input from others about how they plan to teach it either in one on one or classroom settings. So now, I'm encouraging the rest of you to add your input here.

Let the Database Trials Begin! (FY09 Edition)

Hi everyone. I just wanted to remind you that the official trial period for the databases has begun.

http://www.gpc.edu/library/technicalservices/db/databasetrials.htm

I checked them all when I got in this morning, and they all appear to be working properly, except for BioOne. It will let you do searches, and it seems to be recognizing our IP range, but it won't show you the full text of articles. This may just be the way their trials work, but I have a call in to the rep to confirm this.

You will also notice that the Proquest trials have a limited number of logins (700), it should be plenty for the month, but if you see we're running low, just let me know and I'll see if I can get a few more.

If you'd like to offer input on the databases, but won't be able to make the meeting (April 8, 10:00am, JCLRC-2220), please fill out an evaluation form for each database you'd like to comment on and give them to one of your colleagues who will be attending.

Please let me know if you have any questions or problems. Happy evaluating!