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Social Security # Goes Away!

8/30/05: Case Libraries drop the use of SS# to authenticate on the Case catalog and on the OhioLINK Central Catalog. Responding to requests to keep your personal information more secure when you work online, the Case Libraries will no longer request Social Security numbers on web pages.

Now you are prompted for your Case Account Number instead of your SS#. The Case Account Number pulls a unique number from the LDAP system, and it has no relation to grades, payroll, or other Case functions.

Lookup your Case Account Number and use it to renew books on your library account, or get remote authentication for OhioLINK resources, when your are off campus and not using VPN. More details on the KSL homepage news section.

Keep OhioLINK Books 4X Longer!

No more 21-day loan plus a 21-day renewal--people need OhioLINK books longer! One of the most important OhioLINK policy changes in the last ten years recognizes that the 21-plus-21 loan often interrupts research. Now, when what you need is not available on the 2.5 million item Case catalog, and you order it on the 44 million item OhioLINK Central Catalog, you may have up to as many as four renewals!

Owning libraries always have first call on their books when needed for Course Reserves, so occasionally a renewal request won't work. (In that case, simply order a new copy on OhioLINK, or through ILLiad Interlibrary Loan services.) While 4 renewals are not always guaranteed, most of the time you'll now be able to use OhioLINK books for a semester, instead of just 6 weeks. Maximize your research time, with OhioLINK books and more renewals!

More details on the KSL homepage news section...

Blog On @ the Freedman Center...

Catch the latest news about the KSL's new center for digital library, language learning, and multimedia services with the Freedman Center blog. This newest library blog posts a workstation availability chart which will be useful if you're elsewhere in KSL, or plan to drop in and use the center. You'll be able to see how busy it is, before you come over.

Watch for news (here and on the KSL homepage) about the September 9 campus Grand Opening of KSL's newest space and services!

Freedman Center on Wiki

Wiki features the new KSL Freedman Center with photos of the multimedia and language learning center. Contributors have expanded the audio, video, and scanning & imaging instructional guides, too. Take a look, and watch for the Center's Grand Opening for the campus on September 9!

CaseLearns (formerly KSLearns) Fall Classes Open

Register for a CaseLearns class, and upgrade your research, Microsoft Office, web publishing skills, and more. Expand your copyright awareness, learn more about the Electronic Journal Center, how to manage your citations, explore the possibilities of the new KSL Freedman Center, and more .

Fall schedule and registration are online...as well as a new CaseLearns Blog, for those who like to blog or use RSS Feeds.

Check Out A Chip--And Learn a New Language!

No time to learn French or Portugese, or just need to brush up on your rusty Russian? Check out a Pimsleur bookchip at the KSL Freedman Center and learn a language in a new way.

The postage-sized chips are alternatives to tapes and discs of years gone by. Check out a chip and head for one of the workstations in the Language Learning space at the KSL Freedman Center. Read more about why the chips are fun and can help you be an expert in one of a dozen languages!