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Introducing LibX: The Bobst Library Edition

by Peter Magierski Jan 21, 2011
Recent years have seen a steady increase in the number of online tools intended to facilitate access to and organization of information. Some of these tools are focused on helping researchers manage the rapidly expanding universe of bibliographic and other scholarly data. Libraries — including NYU — have been working hard to simplify the management of research and bibliographic data though software and web-based solutions; this article focuses on LibX, a web browser extension that has proven useful to many NYU scholars.
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The New Everyday: An Experiment in Middle-State Publishing

by Mark Reilly Jan 21, 2011
A website and an experiment in "middle-state publishing," the New Everyday is a web publication "between a blog and a journal" where "middle state" describes the point between the initial idea and the final published format. NYU Libraries' Digital Libraries Technology Services (DLTS) designed and developed the New Everyday as well as the current MediaCommons site.
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The Summer Colloquium: Educational Technology Engages Students Across the Globe

by Kerry Barrett Jan 21, 2011
To help connect the incoming freshmen before they set foot on campus, the students took part in an interactive summer reading colloquium, Cosmopolitan Ideas for Global Citizens. It took advantage of established educational technology — Blackboard, iTunes U, Second Life — and relied on the immense support of several ITS groups to create a unique summer program to match an exceptional freshman class.
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The ATLAS Network Pilot: NYU's Sakai Open Academic Environment Initiative

by Lucy Appert Jan 21, 2011
In January 2011, NYU launched one of the first pre-release pilots of the revolutionary Sakai Open Academic Environment (OAE) for academic networking and collaboration in teaching, learning, and scholarship. Initial development on this project was begun by the Liberal Studies Program with a 2008 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant for their Simonides ePortfolio tool
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The NYU Open Education Pilot Publishes Its First Courses

by Lillian Moran Jan 21, 2011
In early October 2010, NYU's first completely open courses were published on the Open Education Pilot website. This pilot launched with two exceptional courses. New York City: A Social History was taught by Faculty of Arts and Science Professor Daniel Walkowitz and focused on the social history of the city, tracing its development from a small 17th-century Dutch settlement into the multicultural metropolis it is today. American Literature I: From the Beginnings to the Civil War, taught by Faculty of Arts and Science Associate Professor and NYU Abu Dhabi Associate Dean of Humanities Cyrus Patell, is a survey of American literature and literary history, from the early colonial period to the eve of the Civil War.
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Spring/Summer 2010 Podcasts

Apr 27, 2010
Digital Scholarly Publishing: Innovative Publishing Services for NYU, Web Content Management: Behind the NYU.edu redesign.
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Simplifying Access to NYU Applications Through Enhanced Sign-On Services

by Gary Chapman Apr 27, 2010
A key moment occurs in the use of most online services: the moment of "sign on" (or "log in"). This is when you are asked to identify yourself by entering your username and password. Signing on enables a service or application to retrieve information uniquely associated with you as a user of the system, and then present you with the features and options to which you specifically have access.
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Web Content Management: Behind the NYU.edu Redesign

by Dana Rasso Apr 27, 2010
NYU’s web presence is as essential to its image as its physical presence in Washington Square and beyond. And like the University itself, NYU.edu, the University website, is organic — constantly evolving and always reflecting new innovations.
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Moving a Data Center: Data center transformation

by Sherif Samaan Apr 27, 2010
This modern, robust, much-needed facility, at that time still under construction in downtown Manhattan, was being built to accommodate the University’s growing requirements for IT resources.
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NYUiLearn: The New Link to Professional Development at NYU

by Sharon Chavez Apr 27, 2010
Thanks to NYUiLearn, administrators, staff, and faculty have easier and broader access to professional development opportunities at NYU.
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