News & Updates

Please note: As of March 2022, we no longer provide keyserver access to computers.

You may have noticed that many Macintosh computers have been removed and many Windows computers are missing keyboards and mice. 

As we approach the start of the fall 2020 semester, we want to make you aware of some changes in Burke Library hours and access, and LITS services.  

LITS has been busy of late adding capacity to our campus Wi-Fi network to include more outdoor spaces.  This is being done, in part, to help with courses that will be held outside and to provide enhanced coverage in popular outdoor locations.   

LITS is thrilled to announce that Hamilton College has now college-wide licenses for Mathematica (which has many mathematical software tools) and Overleaf (a technical typesetting platform).

LITS is pleased to announce the availability of a new digital collection, World Echo, a publication by Father Divine's International Peace Mission Movement. Father Divine's International Peace Mission Movement is based at Woodmont outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The LITS Audiovisual Team has been quite busy installing articulating arms with meetup cameras in many of the classrooms across campus. Forrest Warner, Video Support Specialist on the Audiovisual Team, has put together a fantastic instructional video on how to use these arms and other new technology in the classroom. 

Working remotely brings new issues to light in regard to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and it is critically important that we remain committed to these issues while normalcy is interrupted.

Here are some ideas for maintaining our commitment to DEI while using Zoom. 

Library and Information Technology Services is offering twenty grants of up to $300 each to faculty interested in participating in online educational opportunities focused on teaching and learning in a digital environment. Grant awards may be used to offset the costs of registration for workshops and classes.

One of the myriad of questions LITS has received regarding teaching this fall is what kind of technical assistance will be available for faculty. The professional staff will simply not have the bandwidth or person hours to help each one of you individually for each class, and we are working on how we can best support you in other ways. 

LITS and our work in XR is featured in this new report out from Educause. For two years, we have participated in the HP/EDUCAUSE Campus of the Future project looking into the benefits of virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) for teaching, learning, and research at Hamilton.