Tech Tips

  • Did you know that you can move the taskbar to the top, right, or left sides of your screen? Right click on the taskbar. Click on “Lock the Taskbar” (if it IS locked it will have a check mark next to it, if not skip to the next step). Left click on the taskbar and drag it to its new location. Then right click on the taskbar and click “Lock the Taskbar” select the new location. Also you can watch a quick demo video on Microsoft’s website: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Unlock-and-move-the-taskbar
  • There is a faster way to access your recently or frequently used documents and files. Windows 7 comes with a way to quickly access those files from different programs. If you click on the Start Menu a list of programs will come up. These are the most frequently and/or recently used programs for your computer. Any programs (such as Word or Excel) that have documents saved to them will have a right facing arrow on the right of the program name. If you hover the mouse on that arrow a list of frequently or recently used documents will appear. You can select the document you need and open it from there. You can also select and drag the document from the “Jump List” to your desktop, folders, and even into emails.

Director’s Calendar: June 18th – 22nd, 2012

Notable meetings from the calendar of Jim Cogswell, Director of MU Libraries

Tuesday, June 12th
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. – Library Management Team Meeting, Ellis Library

Wednesday, June 13th
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. – MU Librarians and Archivist Council, Ellis Library

Thursday, June 14th
9:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Jim to host visit from incoming Director of Washington University Libraries Jeff Trzeciak, MU Libraries

Members Wanted for New Employee Orientation Task Force

The New Employee Orientation Task Force was started end of May to assist newly hired employees to successfully integrate and transition into the work & community culture at MU Libraries.  The Task Force initially started with SDC and DAC committee members, but this is a committee that can always benefit from the views from a variety of staff members.  If you are interested in serving on this committee, please contact Darell Schmick at 573-884-3575 or email at schmickd@health.missouri.edu. Thank you~

 

Tech Tip, Moving Emails to the Server Share

You might already be aware that we have a new server share for Outlook so now there is more room for your old emails. Here is how you can move your existing email folders to the new server share:
Right click on the folder you want to move. A menu will pop up, select “Move Folder.” Under “Move Folder” select either your email address, or your inbox (depending on where you want the new folder to show up). Click OK after you make your selection. Now the old folders will be saved on the new server share.

HathiTrust May Update

Hello HathiTrust partners,

Just in time for summer reading, we’ve posted the May 2012 Update:

http://www.hathitrust.org/updates_may2012

So grab a comfortable chair and a refreshing beverage, and read on about the activities of our new Board of Governors, our new shared location for instructional materials, improvements to full text search, and many other infrastructure and project developments.

–Heather Christenson