Reference at Newman Library

Several Reports of theft in the Library

I’ve been here both Tuesday and Wednesday and on both days, students have had items stolen here in the Library. In one case a laptop was stolen, in the other case, a musical instrument. In both cases, these students left their valuables unattended for only  a few minutes. Not sure what we can do, but please warn students that if they have valuables, they need to keep them in sight at all times.

Spotting a Keylogger in Public Access Computers

A couple of librarian blogs (see posts at the Swiss Army Librarian and Librarian.net) have recently pointed to this story about a library in England where a couple of USB devices were found plugged into public access computers. Those devices were keyloggers that were able to record every single keystroke. Unlike a USB memory drive that stands by itself in a USB port, these keylogger devices also had the keyboard plugged into them. I suppose we should keep an eye out for anything unusual we see plugged into computers.