April 5th 2019
On Saturday, April 20, scheduled maintenance for ProQuest Ebook Central will occur. This maintenance will take place from 12:00pm to 2:00pm (lasting approximately 2 hours). During this time Ebook Central will be unavailable.
March 18th 2019
Across campus, printing may be unavailable the evening of Tuesday, March 19th between the hours 5:30 and 6:30 due to scheduled maintenance.
If you experience issues printing after this time, please contact the InfoDesk at Pelletier Library at x3768 or email infodesk@allegheny.edu .
February 22nd 2019
We have received reports recently of another identified phishing attempt. Continue to keep up this great level of awareness!
February 14th 2019
A recent phishing attempt was brought to the attention of LITS by several in the community. The message used more sophisticated language than a typical phishing email. The fact that the message did not come from allegheny.edu is what helped to identify the phishing attempt.
This was a good reminder to the Allegheny community to be cautious when receiving unexpected emails.
If you get a message you think is phishing/spam you should:
Please do not hesitate to contact the InfoDesk at infodesk@allegheny.edu or by phone to report phishing attempts or obtain more information.
LITS always encourages safe account practices and would encourage you to visit the LITS website to change your password if you ever feel that your account credentials have been compromised. In addition, two-factor authentication is an added layer of protection against this possibility.
January 30th 2019
Count Day is complete. LITS has made Colleague accessible as normal to staff today, 1/30/2019.
January 10th 2019
Sakai now uses Google’s authentication to log you into the system. If you are logged into your Allegheny G Suite account, clicking the “Allegheny login” link in Sakai will automatically log you into your Sakai account. If you are logged into a personal Gmail account, you will need to log out of that account before logging into Sakai.
Initially, you may need to clear your browser’s cache and history, and relaunch the browser, to make the new login method take effect.
January 10th 2019
LITS will be conducting rolling restarts of network equipment around campus from 9:30pm to roughly 10:30pm this evening. This will result in loss of internet access lasting no more than 10 minutes at a time for those affected.
January 9th 2019
Sakai will be unavailable campus-wide Thursday, January 10th, from 9am to 10am, in order to perform system changes. Thank you for your patience.
January 4th 2019
Sakai is scheduled to be updated on Monday, January 7th and will be unavailable during the morning. All Sakai services should be restored by noon.
December 7th 2018
A recent phishing attempt on campus from the Provost requesting gift cards is a good reminder to the campus community to be skeptical of any email that comes in appearing to be from someone requesting money or valuables transferred to them. If in doubt, it is wise to use an alternate means of communication to confirm, either a phone call or other response you initiate on your own.
Receipt of today’s email does not indicate that your account or password has been compromised in anyway. LITS always encourages safe account practices and would encourage you to visit the LITS website to change your password, if you ever feel that your account credentials have been compromised. In addition, two-factor authentication is an added layer of protection against this possibility.
Phishing can be reported to Google by clicking the triple dot options button on the email, and choosing “Report Phishing”. Deleting the email is also appropriate. If you responded to the email, report any further communication related to your response as phishing and do not respond further.