Category: Projects and Processes
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InfoForum survey: Please tell us how we did
This past school year, Campus and Community Relations (CCR) hosted a newly refurbished version of the InfoForum. Now we’d like to gather your feedback to help us plan for next year. Please take our short survey at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/R9ZVMXF As background, the InfoForum has typically been for Emory Libraries’ departments to inform their Library colleagues about library…
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Closer to the Cloud: A Cloud Infrastructure Migration Planning project update
A lot has been happening with the CIMP project, so we wanted to give you an update on how the cloud migration planning is progressing. As a refresher, in this project, we are working on a plan for how we would approach, organize, and prepare for a migration of our data center infrastructure to the cloud, specifically…
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Key things to note about using the new travel management partner
Corporate Travel Management (CTM) is the recently-announced new travel management partner for Emory. CTM can be reached using the following methods: For Agent assisted travel, call 877-289-4627 or email emory [at] travelctm [dot] com For CTM technical support, call 877-208-1396 or email na_online [at] travelctm [dot] com Travel Profile Set up your Travel profile using the Quick…
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Lynda.com transitioning to LinkedIn Learning Platform
This summer, our Lynda instance will transition to the LinkedIn Learning platform. LinkedIn has owned Lynda since 2015 and this transition will retire the Lynda brand, relaunching as LinkedIn Learning. The change should be seamless and will provide added benefits while delivering all of the existing Lynda content, with additional courses and improved functionality. The…
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Zoom Rooms changing the way Emory conducts business
The LITS Zoom Administration Team, which is a collaboration between LITS Messaging and ClassroomTech, recently announced the opening of six new Zoom Rooms in various locations around campus. “Zoom Rooms are a relatively new standard that LITS wants employ across Emory’s meetings spaces,” says Jason Brewer, academic technology specialist in ClassTech. “The goal is to take…
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Cloud Infrastructure Migration Planning (CIMP) database workshop
The LITS Database Administration Team and members from the LITS Systems and Storage Teams engaged with Smartronix consultant John Griffin in a one-and-a-half-day workshop focused on database migrations to AWS. This workshop provided an opportunity to explore database migration strategies in depth, validate some of our findings, and receive guidance as we prepare to design and…
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New scanning option in Learning Commons
On April 8, the LITS Student Digital Life team, in partnership with the Library Service Desk, added a new service to the Woodruff Library in the form of a Knowledge Imaging Center (KIC) Bookeye book scanner. It sits across from the Library Service Desk, in place of one of the EaglePrint multi-function printers (MFP’s). The…