Month: April 2018
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Save the Date: LITS Game Day is back!
Back by popular demand, Game Day, an annual spring event that originated in the old IT Division, is back as LITS Game Day! When: May 23 from 3pm-6pm Where: Computing Center at Cox Hall Save the date and come have some fun playing games and catching up with work friends. Snacks and refreshing beverages will be…
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LITS recent headlines and upcoming events
Recent LITS headlines: Emory Libraries news: Area studies librarians travel abroad to collect materials, connect with partners ECDS news: ECDS offers week-long digital publishing course at DHSI 2018 Upcoming LITS events: (go HERE for more information for each event) April 20 – Event: Atlanta: City + Region | Atlanta Studies Symposium, 8:30 am to 7:00 pm, Woodruff Library May 3 – Event: Creativity…
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Virtual reality research may change the way we teach and learn
Earlier this year, Arya Basu, a visual information specialist working in the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS), conducted a virtual reality (VR) experiment in the Woodruff Library that led to some fascinating hypotheses about the future of education. Arya believes his results suggest that VR should be the classroom of the future. In the experiment, users…
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Rosalyn Metz selected to attend a senior library cohort at UCLA
Rosalyn Metz, Emory’s director of library technologies and digital strategies, was recently selected to join a group of 17 top academic library directors to be Library Senior Fellows at UCLA for fall 2018. This international cohort of leaders will travel to UCLA in August for a three-week residential program featuring lectures, guest speakers, case studies,…
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10th Annual Study Abroad Photo Contest hosted by the Computing Center at Cox Hall
Photo lovers should descend once again on the Computing Center at Cox Hall where the team has curated the 10th Annual Study Abroad Photo Contest. Dozens of amazing student photographs are on display in a variety of categories. These students all studied abroad during the spring, summer, or fall of 2017 and the photos were…
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Important change coming to on-campus use of the VPN
An important change is coming this month to Duo two-factor authentication and VPN usage. Prior to the roll out of Duo, LITS required RSA two-factor authentication for VPN access to certain protected Emory network cores. This was true regardless of whether one was connecting to the VPN from off campus or not. When Emory switched…
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LITS recent headlines and upcoming events
Recent LITS headlines: Emory Libraries news: Words are Power: Remembering the Storyteller Julius Lester ECDS news: Apply now for 2018 ECDS online teaching course for grad students Emory Report news: Use EaglePrint from anywhere, including your smartphone Upcoming LITS events: (go HERE for more information for each event) April 19 – IT Briefing: 10:15 – 12:00 pm, 4th Floor Auditorium,…