Daily Archives: December 4, 2017

Events: Dec. 4

Fall 2017
Academic calendar information for all campuses is available online.

horizontal exhibit graphic for The Painted Photograph: Selections from the B & H Henisch Photo-History Collection, extended through September 30, 2017, room 201A Pattee Library, displays five black-and-white historic photo portraits and their encased frames

 

Extended 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.

book jacket front and back of novel "Sophie's Choice" by William Styron, plus black-and-white photo of author

 

 

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.

 

snowy black and white photo with label in front, text reads "The History of Pattee Library and Paterno Library," exhibit, Aug. 21, 2017 through Jan. 15, 2018, in Pattee Library central entrance exhibit cases and adjacent Sidewater Commons, first floor Pattee 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.

graphic of vertical book spines encircling exhibit title "Academic Libraries Around the World," exhibit, Diversity Studies Room, 203 Pattee Library, free and open to the public

 

 

 

Through Feb. 12, 2018: “Academic Libraries Around the World” exhibit, Diversity Studies Room, 203 Pattee Library, University Park.  

 

Sunday, Dec. 3–Friday, Dec. 15: End-of-semester/finals week extended hours, beginning Dec. 3 Pattee Library and Paterno Library open 24 hours, closing at 7 p.m. Dec. 15, and extended hours at McKinnon’s Café; extended hours at all locations available at https://libraries.psu.edu/hours-and-locations.

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.

Saturday, Dec. 16–Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018: Holiday limited hours, most locations (except Harrell Health Sciences Library), hours at all locations available at https://libraries.psu.edu/hours-and-locations.

Wednesday–Thursday, Dec. 27-28: Paterno Library cooling tower removal, all floors of Paterno Library will be closed to all individuals — no exceptions — to comply with federal OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) regulations. Large crane to be erected Dec. 26 and removed Dec. 29 to remove equipment on roof; expect sidewalk and Curtin Road closures Dec. 26-29. East Entrance (Paterno Library) may remain open, Pattee Library open and accessible during holiday hours. Details to be shared soon.

Please submit event information — and all Library News submissions — to Public Relations and Marketing via the Library News submission form.

Tech tip: Tips for freeing up storage space in UCS

By: Ryan T Johnson

image of a black mailbox with a flag that says "you've got way too much mail"

With the migration to Office 365 coming soon, Penn State is asking everyone to clean-up their  mail and make the migration more efficient.

Below are some helpful tips to get you started:

  • You can select multiple messages at a time by holding down the CTRL key on your keyboard while clicking on messages with your mouse. Please note: on a Mac, this is the Command key, instead of CTRL. After selecting multiple messages, you can delete them (or move them to another folder).
  • You can select a whole range of messages at a time by clicking on one message, then holding the SHIFT key on your keyboard and clicking a second message. By doing this the first message, the second message, and all in between will be highlighted. You can then delete or file away these marked messages.
    • Work on clearing out your oldest messages first. To do this:
      1. Go into a folder you wish to work on
      2. Click on the ‘Received’ column heading (above the date/times of the messages) to sort that folder in reverse order – oldest first.
      3. You can then delete or file away your oldest messages first – as opposed to the more recent mail which you may be more likely to need.
      4. When finished, you can click on the Received column heading again to switch back to the normal sort order (newest messages first).
  • Download and Remove attachments from your email messages. Attachments take up a lot of space in UCS. If you can remove the email entirely, do so. If you want to keep the email, simply download the attachment to your computer and then remove the attachment to clear up space while retaining the email.
  • Keep in mind– messages in the trash folder count towards your quota as well. When deleting messages normally, they are moved to the trash. Messages in the trash folder are not automatically deleted like the junk folder every 30 days. You should periodically empty the trash to save space( which you can do by right-clicking on the trash folder and choosing empty trash).
  • Review your Sent folder and delete some or all of your email from this location as well.