Tag: Academic Technology Services
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Gaming support a valuable growing service at Emory
[Ed. note: This article was written by Haynes Chewning and Tara McCurley.] Gaming is an increasingly important topic in higher education. In the past few years, there have been classes built around specific games or aspects of gaming, as well as existing courses modified to accommodate gaming components. LITS Student Services embraced gaming and hosted…
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LearnLink retires after 20 years
After nearly 20 years of service, LearnLink, the original social media system used to connect Emory students to faculty and classmates, has been retired. LearnLink was one of the earliest and most robust online communities in higher education. A retirement wake was held in the MARBL Conference Room in the Woodruff Library on May 7…
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Summer Plans on Campus 2014!
There are a number of major projects that will begin immediately following Commencement, Harris Hall and Alabama Hall most notably. Other projects have been and will continue to be underway: these include Candler School of Theology, the Chemistry addition, Raoul Hall and the Emory Healthcare Hospital addition. There are also several minor projects, ones that…
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Green IT for May!
Greetings Green ITers! April’s last week continues to celebrate Earth Day, Earth Week and yes Earth Month! Here’s the latest: Recycling for electronics and document shredding services that were offered by Emory Recycles throughout the month of April were a huge success. Go to BriarcliffRecycling for more info! Don’t Dump It – DONATE IT! Emory Recycles said…
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It’s all about the Earth!
Emory’s Office of Sustainability Initiatives has much planned for April, but it starts in March with Earth Hour, 3/29 from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. What’s Earth Hour? Go to earthhour.org for details, but to summarize, it’s Lights Out all over the world for one hour! Millions of people, multiple countries, whole continents are getting…
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Next generation Learning Commons coming to Woodruff Library this fall
The Learning Commons (Info Commons at the time) was first introduced into the Woodruff Library in 1998 as a place that combined library and information technology resources and support services in an accessible, welcoming environment for student learning and research. As the technology evolved and the needs of its users changed, so did the Learning…
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Thoughts on “The Circle”
Dave Eggers’ “The Circle” tells the story of an eponymous Internet company in a post-Google, post-Facebook, post-Twitter, post-Amazon near-future dystopian utopia (I’ll explain that shortly). The company is massive and all-encompassing, bringing together ubiquitous search and communications in an ever-widening array of devices and services aimed at providing complete transparency. No project is too ambitious…