Category: Projects and Processes
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Brian Croxall Discusses the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship
Since the OIT and Library divisions were joined together to form LITS, I began to ask myself “Why?” I’ve heard it said that the library of the future will look more like an Apple store. It’s all just information. But to find out more about how we envision information intersecting with technology at Emory, I…
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Overview of the Coursera Course Selection Process
The Faculty Advisory Committee for Online Education (FACOE), chaired by Judy Raggi Moore, is a newly-formed committee that handles Emory’s various online education offerings. Comprised of about a dozen faculty members from different disciplines, the committee possesses a broad mix of interests and backgrounds that lead to challenging discussions from a variety of angles. Although…
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Be Aware of Current Phishing Scam Hitting Emory
Emory University is currently under the attack of a very sophisticated email phishing scam that attempts to use an employee’s secure ID and password to route their direct deposit to an off-shore bank account. The emails look very authentic, some posing as a Fidelity announcement that your direct deposit has been stopped. Dana Haggas (Enterprise…
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Report an Old IT or Library Logo
Any time a large organization undergoes a rebranding change, one of the extreme challenges is to find all occurences of the old logo. For example, there is still signage on campus for ITD, Netcom, and OIT. As such, Marcomm has created a tool in ServiceNow for collecting all instances of old library or IT logos:…
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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
Have you ever used your car’s Valet Key? It is included with most modern vehicles and allows you to keep the contents of your glovebox and trunk safe from the Valet. That special key gives the Valet the ability to perform their job (park your car and lock it) and nothing more, thus providing you…
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OPUS is Going Mobile!
OPUS (Online Pathway to University Students) is Emory’s online student information system and we are pleased to announce that a mobile version of this key service is right around the corner. Consumer and business applications are increasingly mobile enabled. Customers desire mobile access to services, employees and students rely on mobile enterprise applications and partners…
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Introverted Leadership
Introverted or extraverted…which are you? Take a reflective minute to ask yourself which of the following descriptions seems more natural and comfortable for you? Extraversion I like getting my energy from active involvement in events and having a lot of different activities. I’m excited when I’m around people and I like to energize other people.…