Comments Off on Labor Day Hours – Changed Just FYI for those of you who interact with the public, our Labor Day hours have changed.
The Science Library will be opening at 10:00am instead of Noon. Irwin Library will remain Noon to 8:00pm.
Signs and the website have been updated.
Comments Off on New Printers in Reference If you have used the Reference Department computers recently, you will
have noticed that we now have two new printers! Gone are the old
printers, with their problems and difficulties and slowness; now we
have two FAST printers!
As referenced in a previous blog post, these printers are not only
blazingly fast, but they can print duplex. You can save yourself the
weight and the library the paper cost by printing duplex whenever you
can. Be sure to let the printers finish printing before grabbing the
papers, because sometimes it sucks the paper back in to print on the
other side.
Because they print quickly and duplex, if you’re looking for your print
job in the pile, please remove the pile from the printer output tray
before searching for yours. Otherwise you may end up getting someone
else’s print job out of order and mixed up with yours.
Thanks for helping us keep a useful new tool working well.
Comments Off on Virus Warnings — HOAXES! Almost any virus warning you get in your email is a hoax. Let’s say
that right up front. At Butler, if there is any serious virus threat,
Information Resources (IR) will email the campus, like they did just
last week.
The same is true for giveaways from Applebees, Disney, Microsoft, or
anything else. There IS no email tracking program and there is no way
anyone will know how many people you forward an email to, unless it’s
all sent, with headers, to the people who want to know.
When in doubt, DON’T FORWARD THAT EMAIL!!
Also, please check the HoaxBusters website if you want to be sure.
You’ll probably find that they’ve already documented the hoax you’ve
received, and you’ll be able to read the text of your email on their
site. That’s a pretty good tipoff. The URL for HoaxBusters is:
Comments Off on Duplex Printing from Blackboard, etc. The Irwin Library workstations now have duplex printing capability.
To clarify the process there are instructions next to the workstations which explain how to duplex print from Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office.
However, if you are trying to print a duplex copy of Power Point or
Word files from Blackboard you will need to take an extra step:
1) From the “Course Documents” display in Blackboard, right click on
the file (e.g., myslides.ppt or mydocument.doc) and select “Save As.”
2) From “Save As” choose “Save In” and select either your desktop or your space on Bocco.
3) Now open the file and follow the instructions for duplexing.
Still having problems? Ask for help at the Reference Desk!
-Brad
Comments Off on Mapping Network Drives Since getting new computers, or since some of the changes made on
Butler’s computer networks, you may find yourself needing to create a
link to a place on the network. For example, you may want to add a link
to BUFiles and the forms contained therein. Here’s how.
Start My Computer or Windows Explorer. Click on Tools – Map Network Drive.
Set the Letter to whatever you want. Maybe F: for forms. Doesn’t
matter, as long as you can remember it. In the “Folder” textbox, type \\bufiles\general\forms if you want to create a link to the Forms folder. Or maybe \\ben\library
if you want to create a link to the Library folder. Make sure you leave
the “Reconnect at logon” box checked, so it will be there next time you
want it. Then just click Finish and you’re done! 
It should open up automatically, and then next time you go to My
Computer or Windows Explorer, you’ll see that letter there, all ready
to take you to your new shortcut!
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