Tag: PMO

  • Special InfoForum: Project Management

    Special InfoForum: Project Management

    Please mark your calendars for a special information session on Wednesday, April 15, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. in the Jones Room. Program Manager Felicia Bianchi will discuss project management from business case to close out: what project managers do, the industry standard methodology, terms team members need to know, project processes and tools you may use. In…

  • Space planning requires expertise and patience

    Space planning requires expertise and patience

    How does LITS coordinate the office moves of 92 employees, between three buildings, and including new construction, network alignment, and all VOIP and data needs all in one effort? Call Susan Greene, of course. As a dedicated construction project manager, Susan is an expert at these types of activities. Working with Wayne Angel (Planning, Design & Construction) and…

  • Felicia Bianchi selected for Leading Change Institute

    Felicia Bianchi selected for Leading Change Institute

    Felicia Bianchi (PMO) has been chosen for the Leading Change Institute, held in Washington DC. Sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources, the institute has a goal to “prepare and develop the next generation of leaders in libraries, information services, and higher education by engaging those who seek to further develop their skills…

  • Special Collections Request System goes live

    Special Collections Request System goes live

    On Thursday, October 9, the Manuscript, Archives & Rare Book Library (MARBL) launched a new Special Collections Request System. This system allows MARBL users to register and request materials online. By registering with the system, users are able to request materials directly from the Emory University Libraries’ catalog and finding aids database, view their patron…

  • Symplicity Insight application becomes “ASST”

    Symplicity Insight application becomes “ASST”

    The Symplicity Insight application has been Emoryized as the Advising and Support Scheduling Tool (ASST), pronounced, “assist”. Below is an article that Steve Savage (Emory College Office of Undergraduate Education) wrote as a promotion for the new system in January 2014: “As the name suggests, the new system allows undergraduate students to schedule academic advising…

  • Leadership Team announces new LITS structure at all-hands meeting

    Leadership Team announces new LITS structure at all-hands meeting

    Rich Mendola (Enterprise CIO and Senior Vice Provost for Library Services and Digital Scholarship) and a few members of his leadership team announced a significant restructuring of Library and Information Technology Services (LITS) at an “all-hands” meeting held in the WSHCAB Auditorium yesterday. Speaking to an audience in excess of 350 employees, Rich carefully described the…

  • Ragnar Cape Cod Relay

    Ragnar Cape Cod Relay

    What does a project manager do on vacation? Well she manages a project to have a team complete the Ragnar Cape Cod Relay! One of my favorite things is to run crazy all-night relays. I have participated in over ten of them. I love it because it requires less training than for a marathon and…