Tag: InfoForums

  • InfoForum survey: Please tell us how we did

    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…

  • Ellis discusses “Culture and Cloud” at the February InfoForum

    Ellis discusses “Culture and Cloud” at the February InfoForum

    “I’ve been thinking about our cloud transformation,” says LITS Deputy CIO John Ellis, presenting to a large audience of Emory Library employees during this week’s InfoForum, “and I wanted to have a discussion with you.” Change is coming The planned transition of Emory from locally-based storage and infrastructure to a cloud-based approach is a significant…

  • Gary Hauk teaches LITS about Woodruff and his Three Wise Men

    During this week’s InfoForum, Emory historian Gary Hauk treated LITS to a fascinating deep dive into the origin of the naming of the Woodruff Library’s central conference space, the Jones Room. His lecture, entitled “Mr. Woodruff and the Three Wise Men,” reintroduced the audience to a group of leaders whose history has been mostly forgotten…

  • First fall InfoForum is NEXT THURSDAY

    First fall InfoForum is NEXT THURSDAY

    Just a friendly reminder that the FIRST InfoForum of the Fall Series is next Thursday, September 13, 1 pm – 2 pm, in the Jones Room, Woodruff Library. The agenda is: Pellom McDaniels III, Curator, Rose Library – “Geoffrey Holder and Carmen de Lavallade: A Match Made in Heaven” Mark Kawasaki, IT Service Management Specialist III, ITSMO – “On-Call…

  • InfoForum schedule announced for Fall

    InfoForum schedule announced for Fall

    Campus and Community Relations (CCR) is announcing its Fall 2018 InfoForum schedule. The InfoForum is an opportunity for employees to share new projects or initiatives, learn more about what’s going on in other areas of Emory Libraries and information technology, and collaborate and connect with their colleagues. In an effort to bring broadly diverse content to the meeting, the team…

  • InfoForums to get a facelift based on user feedback

    InfoForums to get a facelift based on user feedback

    The Campus and Community Relations (CCR) department recently conducted a user survey regarding the InfoForums, Emory Libraries’ employee information seminar. As a result of the outstanding feedback we received, the InfoForums are being re-introduced this month with a new look and feel. Re-envisioned as a part of an overarching LITS-wide communication plan, the InfoForums will…

  • Student Digital Life debuts several services for new academic year

    Student Digital Life debuts several services for new academic year

    The Student Digital Life (SDL) team presented at this week’s InfoForum regarding a host of new services and student spaces now available for the new academic year. Their work was also featured this week in a Library press release that you can read here. The InfoForum was led by Tara McCurley and featured brief presentations…