Information Services Blog

News, Updates, and Information on Computing, Library, and other IS Resources and Services

Brief Network Service Interruption this Morning — Dalton and West

Posted May 11, 2012
We had a brief network interruption (both wired and wireless) this morning that affected West House and Dalton. It was unexpected and occurred during a routine, scheduled equipment move in Dalton Hall at the time. ... Read more»

Tri-College Libraries: Some Services Unavailable 5/4 7-9am

Posted May 2, 2012
On Friday, May 4thth between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., Information Services will be performing necessary hardware maintenance on a group of library servers.  The following applications will be unavailable during this time: SFX (Findit button ... Read more»

Virtual Bryn Mawr: Unavailable 5/9, 5-11:30pm

Posted May 2, 2012
Virtual Bryn Mawr will be unavailable on Wednesday, May 9th from 5:00 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. Information Services will be performing routine system maintenance during this time. Please contact the Help Desk with any questions.

Tri-College Libraries: Some Services Unavailable 4/30 7-9am

Posted April 27, 2012
On Monday, April 30th between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., Information Services will be performing necessary hardware maintenance on a group of library servers.  The following applications will be unavailable during this time: New Tripod Triarte (EmbARK ... Read more»

Pharos Server Maintenance 5pm Today 4/23

Posted April 23, 2012
Hi Folks, We need to perform some maintenance to the Pharos server today that will require us to stop the service for approximately 10 minutes.  During this time, users will not be able to login to ... Read more»

Pharos Server Maintenance 5pm Today 4/19

Posted April 19, 2012
Hi Folks, We need to perform some maintenance to the Pharos server today that will require us to stop the service for approximately 5 minutes.  During this time, users will not be able to login to the Ricoh ... Read more»

24 Hour Canaday & Extended Hours

Posted April 17, 2012
Extended hours 4/23 - 4/27: Monday, April 23rd - Friday, April 27th: 8am - 4am Saturday, April 28th: 8am - 12am Sunday, April 29th (May Day): 10am - 5pm 24 Hour Canaday 4/30 - 5/11: Canaday will open at 8am on Monday, April 30th and not close ... Read more»

Mac Java Vulnerability – Does it affect you?

Posted April 10, 2012
Several community members have asked about the Mac Java Trojan known as Flashback that has been covered in common computer magazines and blogs and in the mainstream press. What is it? The coverage has been ... Read more»

Errant Mac Reboot, 4/6/2012

Posted April 6, 2012
Today, April 6th, an errant policy was applied to some Macs on campus, causing them to notify via a pop-up windows about a pending reboot. Five minutes after closing the notice, machines were restarted. ... Read more»

Moodle: Transition Update & Training

Posted April 5, 2012
In June of 2010, the College decided to move to Moodle for course and organization management. Information Services is nearly through that transition, and is working to make the change as smooth as possible ... Read more»

Blackboard: Available

Posted April 3, 2012
Swarthmore was able to determine the source of the intermittent Blackboard access issues and everyone should again be able to reach the website and log in as normal. Thank you for your patience; please contact the ... Read more»

Blackboard: Intermittent Access Issues

Posted March 30, 2012
Some people may notice intermittent issues when attempting to access Blackboard. Systems administrators at Swarthmore are working on the issue, but at this time we do not have any information as to when it will ... Read more»
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