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Recent articles about Library & Technology Services and presentations featuring LTS staff.
April 10, 2012
Aruba Networks today announced that Brandeis University is in the process of a campus-wide replacement of Juniper and Cisco access switches with Aruba S3500 Mobility Switches. Brandeis made this decision after rigorous head-to-head testing and production network use of each. Full story.
April 2, 2012
One highlight of the budget is a re-investment in Library and Technology Services, which was deeply impacted during the economic crisis. Areas targeted for improvements include library collections and subject-area librarians, information security, overdue computer refresh and classroom equipment renewals across campus, upgrades to the campus learning management system, data warehousing and efforts to protect unique archival and special collections from environmental damage. Full story.
December 21, 2011
Provost Steve A.N. Goldstein announced today that John Unsworth, dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will be the new vice provost for Library and Technology Services and chief information officer at Brandeis. He will start his position in mid-February, and succeeds Perry Hanson, who in April announced his plan to retire. Full story.
May 9, 2012
Featured: Adam Lipkin
Can Twitter really be useful in academia? Tweet This SIG! will cover everything from Twitter basics to advanced uses in higher education. Participants will walk away with a deeper understanding of this powerful real-time communication tool along with a Twitter toolkit to help get them started on a new and exciting Twitter adventure. Register now.
May 25, 2012
Featured: John Unsworth
In this talk, two luminaries of the national Digital Humanities landscape (John Unsworth and Paul Courant) will discuss the recent formation of large-scale, collaborative digital libraries and the challenges and opportunities they pose for researchers seeking to use and study their collections. Register now.
July 9-11, 2012
Featured: Dave Wedaman
Beginning with a summer immersion experience, LOA will provide a year-long support structure for participating teams as they conceive, design and implement practical, exploration-oriented projects that transform workplaces into learning organizations. Register now.
April 4, 2012
Featured: John Turner
Learn how Brandeis University is enabling services such as AirPlay and AirPrint using Aruba AirGroup, addressed BYOD challenges by taking control of the access network, and enabled mobility through a secure, Unified Wired and Wireless architecture. Details.
March 14, 2012
Featured: Dave Wedaman
Harvard psychologists Bob Keegan and Lisa Lahey have researched adult development for decades and have developed the very powerful and usable Immunity to Change method to help people improve in cases where they have a clear goal in mind but aren't making progress (the so-called New Year's Resolution problem). Details.
March 14, 2012
Featured: Dave Wedaman
Today's generation of students brings a different set of expectations to campus. Meeting these expectations while providing the tools necessary to enable next-generation teaching and learning is a difficult challenge on many campuses today. Hear directly from Brandeis how their decision to move to Google Apps for Education has helped them meet — and exceed — these demands. Details.
March 13, 2012
Featured: Dave Wedaman
There's a wonderful and rich field of research on learning at work, filled with all sorts of inspiring examples, best practices, and good ideas for building a learning organization, but who has time to read it? Details.
January 13, 2012
Featured: Johann Larusson
A new tool enables instructors to perform objective evaluation of student work through the identification of original content in writing. Evidence shows that the tool can be predictive of students' performance in the course, as well as of their engagement in a technology-mediated activity. Details.
