Month: October 2014
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Special Collections Request System goes live
On Thursday, October 9, the Manuscript, Archives & Rare Book Library (MARBL) launched a new Special Collections Request System. This system allows MARBL users to register and request materials online. By registering with the system, users are able to request materials directly from the Emory University Libraries’ catalog and finding aids database, view their patron…
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Symplicity Insight application becomes “ASST”
The Symplicity Insight application has been Emoryized as the Advising and Support Scheduling Tool (ASST), pronounced, “assist”. Below is an article that Steve Savage (Emory College Office of Undergraduate Education) wrote as a promotion for the new system in January 2014: “As the name suggests, the new system allows undergraduate students to schedule academic advising…
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LITS runs to beat cancer!
Saturday, September 27 started out misty and cool, but that didn’t dampen the spirits of the LITS employees, retirees, ex-employees, spouses, kids and friends who turned out for the Winship Win the Fight 5K. It was a record-setting crowd with over 3,000 participants; the event has raised over $595,000 to date. Over 30 LITS staff, family…
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Saundra Barrett, Sr. Web Developer, Web Design Services
Saundra Barrett has been working in Web Design Services for over a year and was recently promoted to Senior Web Developer. She is currently working on a new custom framework to be utilized on the Emory Genetics Laboratory and Emory/Tibet Partnership as well as a project called Hemophilia Transitions. Before moving into higher ed, Saundra spent a year as a…
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John Pine, Systems Engineer III, LITS Client Services
John Pine joins Client Services after spending the past 16 years in Campus Services IT, where he worked most recently as OS Admin Analyst Lead. Before his time at Emory he did IT support for MicroConsultations in Alpharetta, GA, and a regional computer support company in Tucker, GA. John has been in IT since May…
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Brittany Rapheal, Web Developer, Web Design Services
Brittany Rapheal began work as a Web Developer in August and is currently working on the websites for Winship, the School of Public Health, and Aeon. Before coming to Emory she spent 18 months as a web developer at a design firm and has been doing web development for about 4 years. Born in Ft.…
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LITS 2013-14 Annual Report
Rich Mendola (Enterprise CIO and Sr. Vice Provost of Library Services & Digital Scholarship) submitted the LITS 2013-14 Annual Report to Emory Provost Clair Sterk this week. The Annual Report features updates from all eight of LITS’ areas, as well as an executive summary from Rich. The Annual Report offers a bird’s-eye view of the…