Month: August 2018
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Tara McCurley, Assistant Director of ATS, Student Digital Life, Academic Technology Services
Tara McCurley has been appointed to the position of assistant director of academic technologies. In her previous role she was the coordinator of the Computing Center at Cox Hall before stepping into her current role on an interim basis last year. In her new position, Tara manages Student Digital Life (SDL) and serves on the…
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Pet of the Week: Fiona
I adopted Fiona from the Fulton County animal shelter in 2010, when she was just a little baby. I chose her because when I walked past her cage, Fiona was climbing on her cage mate and biting his ears. I figured a feisty cat is the best kind of cat. Even though she was tri-colored,…
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LITS recent headlines and upcoming events
Recent LITS headlines: ECDS news: ECDS collaboration with Georgia Tech to support accessible crowd-sourced digital archive receives grant from NEH Emory Report news: Energy Innovators: Emory students spend the summer in a castle competing for $1 million to develop their device to help cope with climate change. Upcoming LITS events: (go HERE for more information for each event)…
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Award of Distinction Call for Nominations
Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2018 Emory Award of Distinction. As you may recall, as part of our Significant Contribution Award (SCA) process, a subset of the winners could be submitted for the Award of Distinction. However, since the timeline for soliciting Award of Distinction nominations has been moved from the usual timing in…
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Bommareddy recognized by Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
For the past two years, Ramya Bommareddy (manager, database administration) has been serving on the Software Engineering committee for Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC). She was also session chair last year. Recently she was recognized by the organization for her contributions. The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC) is a series of conferences designed…
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Pet of the Week: Riley
Kevin Moran and his wife adopted Riley from the local Best Friends Animal Shelter in the fall of 2017. Riley had a rough start in life. He was rescued in 2016 from an abusive hoarding situation by Troup County Animal Control. He was about 4 years old when he was rescued, after having been chained…
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LITS recent headlines and upcoming events
Recent LITS headlines: ECDS news: Applications now open for Digital Scholarship Internship Program Emory Libraries news: Applications open for Emory OpenCon 2018 Travel Scholarship Upcoming LITS events: (go HERE for more information for each event) August 23 – Webinar: Sleeping for Optimal Health, 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m., click HERE to register August 31 – Decatur Book…