Lehigh Library & Technology Services

Ready to level up your Zotero skills? Join us for a one-hour session exploring advanced features and the latest updates designed to make research and literature reviews more efficient.

🗓️ Tue, Jun 23
🕛 12:00 PM
💻 Via Zoom

💡 Learn about:
• Effective tagging, annotations, and note-taking
• Improvements to the Zotero browser extension, citation tools, and group libraries
• New built-in Text-to-Speech for PDFs, epubs, and webpage snapshots

Perfect for researchers, graduate students, and anyone looking to organize sources more effectively. Beginners are welcome, too!

Register for this or other Technology and Library Seminars at https://lts.lehigh.edu/lts-seminars

Participants stepped into the world of immersive learning yesterday during “Explore Immersive Learning in Curio” in the LETs Lab, led by Stephen Sakasitz, CITL Emerging Technology Specialist.

The session introduced Curio, a mixed reality platform designed for learning, building, research, and collaboration. Attendees explored how VR can support effective pedagogy through interactive, distraction-free learning environments, customizable instruction, AI-assisted coaching features, and user-created content. Steve demonstrated a virtual tutoring lesson that showcased Curio’s ability to bring instructors and learners together in shared digital spaces, where they can manipulate 3D objects, communicate in real time, and engage with content in new ways.

After a guided walkthrough of the platform, participants donned VR headsets and explored Curio firsthand, learning how to navigate virtual spaces, interact with educational content, collaborate in multiuser environments, and experiment with tools that support teaching and learning. The session highlighted the growing potential of immersive technologies to enhance learning experiences across disciplines at Lehigh.

Faculty and instructional staff interested in integrating immersive learning experiences into their courses are encouraged to contact Steve Sakasitz at [email protected] to explore pedagogical applications of Curio and other emerging technologies.

Ready to explore what's next in teaching, learning, and creativity? Sign up for our other LETs Lab Summer Sessions, a series of hands-on workshops designed to spark creativity, curiosity, and collaboration. RSVP at https://lts.lehigh.edu/2026-lets-lab-summer-sessions

The LETs Lab is a collaboration between ITS and the Office of Arts & Libraries, created to promote engagement with emerging academic technologies.

The Office of Educational Innovation and Assessment and the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning invite Lehigh faculty and instructional staff of all levels to join the 2026 OEIA/CITL Summer Course Design Institute (CDI), a four-day faculty and instructional staff workshop focused on backward design, learning outcomes, assessment, and course development. The institute will take place in the Clayton University Center Monday, August 3 to Thursday, August 6 from 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. each day.

Completed applications are due by Wednesday, July 1. Decisions will be shared by Friday, July 10.

The CDI creates a space for faculty and instructional staff of all departments to collaboratively revise and revitalize an existing course or design an entirely new course.

For details and to apply, visit https://lts.lehigh.edu/news/join-oeiacitl-summer-course-design-institute

🏳️‍🌈 Celebrate Pride Month with a great read! Explore Read with Pride, our featured OverDrive collection highlighting LGBTQIA+ nonfiction, memoirs, poetry, and fiction. Discover powerful stories, diverse voices, and inspiring perspectives in honor of Pride Month.

Browse the collection at go.lehigh.edu/pride

Ready to get creative this summer? Join CITL, the Academic Technology Team, and Digital Media Studio staff in the LETs Lab for a series of hands-on workshops designed to spark creativity, curiosity, and collaboration.

✨ This summer’s lineup includes:
• Immersive learning with Curio XR
• Collage + Canva flyer design
• Interactive storytelling with Twine
• Building 3D worlds in FrameVR
• Intro to drone piloting
• A campus photography walk with DMS staff

Whether you want to explore VR, create digital stories, fly drones, or sharpen your creative skills, there’s something for everyone.

📍 LETs Lab, Fairchild-Martindale Library (across from The Grind)
☕ Light refreshments provided
⚠️ Space is limited

Reserve your spot: go.lehigh.edu/letssummer

The LETs Lab is a collaboration between ITS and the Office of Arts & Libraries, created to promote engagement with emerging academic technologies.

Join us on Thursday, June 4 at 7:00 p.m. ET for Tech Talk for First Year Students and Families! Learn about Lehigh's computing and networking environment, our tech support, and get advice on personal device purchase and configuration from Library and Technology Services (LTS) computing and hardware specialists. Submit questions to go.lehigh.edu/asklts and we'll try to address them in the session. Register now at go.lehigh.edu/techtalk Hope to see you!

Fairchild-Martindale Library elevator renovations begin Monday, May 18 and are expected to continue through Friday, Aug. 7. The lobby elevator will be unavailable during this modernization project to improve reliability, safety, and long-term performance.

A second elevator will remain available through the 6th floor. Access to the 7th floor will require using the stairs between the 6th and 7th floors. If you need assistance retrieving materials from the 7th floor, please contact the Help Desk.

Please note: Fairchild-Martindale Library will also be CLOSED on Friday, May 22 due to excessive construction noise. Remote support will remain available during normal operating hours.

Thank you for your patience and understanding during this important project. See full details at https://lts.lehigh.edu/news/fairchild-martindale-library-elevator-renovation-and-may-22-closure

Ready to turn challenges into actionable results? The six-part Driving Results Process Improvement & Project Management Series helps Lehigh colleagues build practical skills in Human-Centered Process Improvement, root cause analysis, project kickoff strategies, stakeholder mapping, SMART goals, conflict resolution, and progress tracking. Participants will also gain hands-on experience with Confluence whiteboards and Jira through dedicated tool deep dives.

Sessions begin June 22. Self-enroll via Course Site by June 15! (go.lehigh.edu/PIPM)

Fueling up for finals in the libraries! Yesterday, our leadership team handed out 800 slices of pizza to students studying in FML to help them power through final exams. Thanks to donations from over 50 donors during Giving Day + March Mania, we were able to deliver on our pizza promise and share a little extra encouragement during finals week.

Students also enjoyed visits from therapy dogs in both libraries earlier this week, along with free coffee, snacks, and refreshments to help make studying a little less stressful.

Good luck on your exams, Mountain Hawks. You’ve got this!