USC Upstate Library News

Did you miss the due date to change Duo Mobile push notifications? You can either visit the IT Help Desk or use the following instructions to set up Duo Multi-Factor push notifications:

1. Navigate to https://myaccount.sc.edu/
2. Select Update Account Settings
3. Sign-in with university username and password
4. Answer security question
5. Click Multi-Factor (one of the options across the top menu bar of the page, closer to the right side)
6. Click Duo Device Management
   1. If it is your first time using Duo at USC, it will greet you with a welcome screen and guide you through the device registration process. Click here to preview the screens and see detailed instructions. Follow the prompts and register at least one device; however, we recommend registering two devices to have one as a backup.
   2. If you have devices registered with Duo at USC, it will present you with your existing MFA options. You can click here to preview the screens and see detailed instructions. Click the bottom-most option: Manage My Devices. Once you've clicked it, it will ask you to authenticate with one of your existing options. After a successful sign-in, it will take you to the Duo Device Management portal. In this portal, you can add, edit, and remove devices associated with your Duo at USC account.

More detailed instructions with screenshots have been provided by USC Columbia’s IT Service Desk here: Knowledge - Duo Multifactor Authentication Self-Service (service-now.com)

If you require further assistance or if you do not have a smartphone capable of installing the Duo Mobile app, please call or visit us at the Help Desk at your earliest convenience. The Help Desk is located on the first (basement) floor of the Administration Building, our telephone number is 864-503-5257.

     Halloween is upon us and the Display Committee has a brand-new display themed around the spooky season. To get in the Halloween spirit our display will be highlighting materials in our library collection that focus on horror, trick or treating, and the holiday in general. For the next couple of weeks, the display will be highlighting children’s book about Halloween, and we hope that students and patrons will enjoy seeing them and check them out for personal use. When we get closer to October 31, the display will transition to horror movies from our collection. We hope students and patrons will enjoy these DVDs and check them out as well. The committee also encourages everyone to scan the QR code at the display because it will take you to a LibGuide that contains all the material our library collection has on horror and Halloween. Gives everybody more options in case they do not see something of interest on the display itself. If you miss any of these items while they are available on display before October 31 do not fret. The Halloween display will continue for two more weeks in November before we transition to the winter holidays. Happy Halloween!