Join Penn State student veteran Adam Hartswick for a talk titled DUSTOFF 68 and Beyond on Nov. 8 at 11 a.m. in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library.
The talk is free and open to the public to celebrate Military Appreciation Week.
Monthly Archives: November 2017
Maker Commons 3D printing – fall 2017 shutdown
By: Trace Brown
As of Friday, Nov. 3, Maker Commons will only be accepting course-related 3D print submissions from registered classes for the remainder of the fall 2017 semester. This is necessary in order to complete the printing of queued class prints by finals week.
Personal 3D printing and registration of class projects will resume on Monday, Jan. 8. Any additional information related to these changes will be posted to http://makercommons.psu.edu
Tech tip: How to change your defaults to open PDFs in Windows 10
By: Ryan T Johnson
By default, Microsoft Edge is the default for PDF files in Windows 10. To change this, follow the steps below:
Open the new Windows Setting App.
Select System then choose Default Apps.
Scroll down on the right-column and select Choose Default Apps by file type.
At this time any defaults can be changed or modified. To change your PDF defaults, scroll down until you reach .pdf and select the current program associated with PDF’s and change it to Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.
Close the settings app when finished.
Customer Service Training: When you’re done… you’re not done!
By: Shep Hyken
It happens all the time. As a customer, you interact with good people who don’t seem to deliver great customer service. They are nice, even knowledgeable, but they don’t seem to be what I call customer focused. So, I took a few minutes to talk to several people about how they were trained.
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Events: Nov. 6
Fall 2017
Academic calendar information for all campuses is available online.
Extended! Now through Saturday, Dec. 8, “The Painted Photograph: Selections from the B. & H. Henisch Photo-History Collection exhibit,” Pattee Library operating hours, Paterno Family Reading Room, 201A Pattee Library, University Park.
Through Jan. 7, 2018: “William Styron: Books and Biography” exhibit, guest curator Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English James L.W. West III, Styron expert and biographer, Eberly Family Special Collections Library Exhibition Room, 104 Paterno Library, University Park.
Through Jan. 15, 2018: “The History of Pattee Library and Paterno Library” exhibit, Pattee Library’s central entrance exhibit cases and adjacent Sidewater Commons, first floor Pattee Library, University Park.
Sunday–Sunday, Nov. 5-12: Penn State Military Appreciation Week and Homecoming Week.
Monday, Nov. 6–Saturday, Dec. 16: NLM/NIH Traveling Exhibit: Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Surgeons, Life Sciences Library, 4th floor Paterno Library.
Saturday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day.
Monday–Friday, Nov. 13-17: International Education Week, details TBA.
Tuesday, Nov. 14: Penn State GIS Day, 1:30-5 p.m. speakers and lightning talks with 9 a.m.-5 p.m. poster display, Pattee Library and Paterno Library, University Park.
Nov. 19-25: Thanksgiving week break, no classes Nov. 20-24.
Thursday, Nov. 23: Thanksgiving Day holiday.
Wednesday, Dec. 6: Docunight: Iran via Documentaries, 7 p.m. Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park.
Friday, Dec. 8: Last day of fall classes.
Sunday–Tuesday, Dec. 10-12: De-Stress Fest, University Park locations.
Tuesday, Dec. 12: Tech Update, by I-Tech, 10-11 a.m., Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, University Park.
Tuesday–Wednesday, Dec. 12-20: Hanukkah.
Saturday, Dec. 16: Fall commencement, University Park and other Penn State campuses; details and speaker information at multiple Penn State campuses TBA in December.
Please submit event information — and all Library News submissions — to Public Relations and Marketing via the Library News submission form.