Daily Archives: May 9, 2022

PA Forward Basic Literacy

By: Lauren Reiter

Throughout the year, the Informed Consumer committee has coordinated programs for students, staff, and faculty aligned with PA Forward’s five literacies: basic, information,
civic/social, health, and financial.

PA Forward defines basic literacy as ‘’developing foundational competency including reading, writing, math, job application assistance, and overall life-skill development.” Examples of basic literacy programs in other libraries include everything from adult literacy classes that cover filling out job applications to story hours for children.

This year the Informed Consumer series provided Book Club Kits to encourage reading as a way to connect and engage with others. Kits include copies of the book, reader’s guides and book discussion prompts, as well as some fun goodies to get students started. Titles include: The Girl With the Louding Voice, I Am Malala, and Where the Crawdads Sing. -Megan Gilpin

Tech Tip: Zoom login changes starting on May 11

By: Ryan Johnson

Starting May 11, 2022, Zoom is activating their forced single sign-on (SSO), requiring all users to login with their Penn State ID and password. To improve Zoom security, this update ensures that all Penn State Zoom users are authenticated via SSO at login.

Users are encouraged to follow these login processes now instead of waiting until the deadline.

Note: The majority of Zoom users at Penn State are already logging in via SSO and will not be affected by this update.

Please refer to these knowledge base articles for more information:

To take advantage of the new features in Zoom, it is strongly recommended that users use the latest version of Zoom. Please update your Libraries Computer Via BigFix Self Service and remember the following guidelines to keep your computer updated:

1.) Leave computers Signed out and Powered on unless in-use to receive regular updates.
2.) Sign out of shared machines. If any user is still signed in, updates will not occur.
3.) Reboot computers (even Macs) once a week to apply updates. I would recommend a weekly calendar reminder.
4.) Check BigFix Self-Service frequently for updates. I would recommend a monthly calendar reminder.