Month: May 2015
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Emily Porter, Digital Library Program Coordinator, Digital Content
Emily Porter continues her fourth stint working at Emory by becoming the coordinator for the new digital library program. She first came to Emory in 1996 as a serials cataloging specialist in the Woodruff Library, and then moved into an electronic projects specialist position working to develop the Library’s first electronic reserves system. Emily left Emory to get her master’s of science…
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Who ya gonna call?
[Ed. note: this article was co-authored by Ann Frellsen.] Did you know that LITS has a disaster plan and collections emergency response team? The Preservation Office’s Conservation team is trained to preserve, protect, and is on-call 24/7 to rescue any of the nine Emory University Libraries’ (including the Oxford and Storage libraries) special and general…
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Emory teams with Gartner to launch information resource
Gartner, Inc., the leading provider of research and analysis in the global information technology industry, has signed an agreement with Emory University to provide broad intranet access to Gartner’s core research content for its 40,000 plus students, faculty, and staff on the main campus. According to Marc Overcash, interim enterprise CIO & senior vice provost for…
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Science Commons nearly ready for business
At a recent Library all-hands meeting, Charles Forrest announced that the Science Commons in the new Atwood Chemistry Center is nearly complete. The Science Commons is located in the 4-story atrium that is the centerpiece of the complex. The Science Commons will feature services and collections expanded beyond chemistry. Scheduled to open in the fall, the Commons will house collections from…
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Performance management info sessions schedule
Although we held the first of our Performance Management information sessions earlier this week, please note that four additional sessions have been scheduled for the coming weeks. The remaining training schedule is as follows: General LITS Staff Performance Management Information Sessions: May 5 @ 2:00-3:30pm ~ Jones Room (3rd floor of the Woodruff Library) May 12 @ 2:00-3:30pm ~ North Decatur Bldg,…
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Update from HR
Matthew Schmidbauer, Library Specialist (User Services), reporting to Melanie Bunn, converted to regular status effective 4/20/15. (…bio coming soon) Comings: Pranik Dalia, Applications Developer/Analyst, Lead (PeopleSoft HR), reporting to Kaven Moodley, started on 4/27/15. (…bio coming soon) Goings: Web Design Services: Brittany Rapheal’s last day was 4/10/15.
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Nick Heigerick, IT Product Manager, UIT
As a new IT product manager, Nick Heigerick is managing Tableau, which is an industry-leading data visualization tool. Nick joined LITS as a business analyst last year and was dedicated to University projects. Prior to coming to Emory, Nick was at the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) for five years as a senior market analyst, where he helped develop…