SLIS Technology Orientation Tuesday September 7, 2010

Introduction Joyce Yu (slides provided by Michael Silver) RA Office (Room 1-15) Office hours: TBA Sign up for a time, or drop by If necessary, other times by appointment Slis tech website - http://www.ualberta.ca/~slistech/

Graduate Teaching Assistant New role to Assist students’ learning Assist school and faculty with technology Feedback welcome!

Personal Technology Cell phones, pagers and other things that go BEEP Turn off or set to vibrate during classes Interrupts class Disturbs other students SLIS main office number can be given for emergencies - (780) 492-4578

Technology and Libraries Technology skills required in library work Some example uses of technology: Integrated Library Systems Web based information Documents and presentations Bottom line: computers are the hammers of our trade!

Computing Resources at U of A Computing labs Email Site-licensed software University Wireless Service (UWS) Storage space / web space

Campus Computing ID U of A tracks network and computer use CCID used for everything Email Storage space Course registration Library access Do not share your CCID and password

Computing Labs Windows, Mac and Unix labs on campus AICT maintains a web page with a list of labs and installed software at http://www.labs.ualberta.ca/ Must authenticate using secure shell (ssh) For Windows computers, this means PuTTY Icon on desktop labeled Authentication

Authenticating in Labs Locate the icon labeled Authentication Double-click Enter your CCID as the username Enter your password Minimize the window – don’t close it until you are done! When finished, make sure you close it

Storage Space / Web Space U of A provides students with 1G of storage HUCO students also have HUCO space Used to store files

Why Use the Storage Space? Accessible anywhere Secure Backed up regularly Can be used to backup local files

Setting Up Web Space Setting appropriate permissions Creating needed files Not expected to understand commands used AICT maintains a page of instructions at http://helpdesk.ualberta.ca/storage/websites etup.html We’ll do it now!

Connect to GPU Using SSH Most people do not use secure shell (SSH) access often AICT instructions at http://helpdesk.ualberta.ca/storage/ loggingon.html

PuTTY Connection Open PuTTY Choose GPU in list Icon on desktop or University of Alberta 2004 folder Choose GPU in list If not there, enter http://www.ualberta.ca/~slistech/ in Host Name field and select SSH Click Open Enter CCID and password when prompted

Commands (Order Matters!) Create directory for web pages mkdir public_html Set access for all directories fs setacl . webservers l Set access for web pages fs setacl public_html webservers rl Exit the terminal session exit Done!

Using the Web Space Anything placed in public_html is available on the Internet Address will be http://www.ualberta.ca/~ccid/filename Can create additional folders Name the main file in each folder index.html File is served by default Avoid spaces and special characters in file and folder names

Uploading Content Secure copy (scp) and secure ftp (sftp) most common methods WinSCP is installed in the labs FileZilla is another alternative Cyberduck on Macs See http://helpdesk.ualberta.ca/storage/ for details and instructions

Alternative Transfer Methods OpenAFS allows you to map a drive letter Samba allows you to map a drive letter See http://helpdesk.ualberta.ca/storage/ for details and instructions

ONEcard Printing ONEcard is used for printing, photocopying and payment at various locations on campus – see http://www.onecard.ualberta.ca/ Printer in SLIS computer lab Photocopiers in Rutherford Library Cheap photocopying at GSA office in Triffo Hall – cash only

UWS Access UWS available throughout most areas of the university Requires your CCID and password Connection information available at http://helpdesk.ualberta.ca/UWS/ uws_connect/ Information on all Internet connection options at http://helpdesk.ualberta.ca/internet/

Questions?