At 5PM today, books.luther.edu and encore.luther.edu will be down while maintenance is performed on the books server. Work is planned to be completed before 7PM.

I was in New York the past few days for the biennial meeting of the Lutheran Historical Conference. Attended by historians, theologians and archivists primarily from Lutheran institutions, we hear

Dedication of Luther’s newest outdoor sculpture, Meridian II, created by Edward McCullough, is scheduled for Thursday, October 16, at 9:45 am where the sculpture is installed in front of the

LIBRARY PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEETINGOctober 13, 2008, 9:15 a.m., HovdePresent: Chris, Andi, Ryan, John, Jane, Lindy, Germano, Rebecca.All the librarians reported on reactions

This week, the following updates were made to the LIS website:Proxy login page modified to match current LIS style

The Library is installing the first of several new copy devices today with the staff machine and archives machine being replaced with new equipment from IKON. The public coin-operated copiers will

Now you can search Encore from Facebook!The Preus Library QuickSearch Facebook application has been updated to be compatible with the new style of Facebook profile. PreusLQS can be added at

LIBRARY PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEETINGOctober 6, 2008, 9:15 a.m., HovdePresent: Chris, Andi, Ryan, John, Jane, Lindy, Germano, Rebecca, Rachel.All the librarians gave individual

As of 4:00 PM today, the books.luther.edu server is back up and running.

As we are still experiencing down-time on the books.luther.edu server, which supports Magnus, the library catalog, here are a few alternative methods for viewing materials held in Preus Library.

Some updates were applied to system modules.Common meeting rooms were added as options to the event location taxonomy. The format of existing options was standardized.

The books.luther.edu server is back in service. The library catalog, Magnus, and Encore should be functioning normally. (message added by goodinjo at 4:10)