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Introducing NYU's New Spatial Data Repository: Making Mapping Easier

by Samantha Guss and Himanshu Mistry Dec 14, 2011
After a successful pilot this past summer, the Data Service Studio (DSS) has now launched the NYU Spatial Data Repository service, which allows NYU researchers who require geographic information systems (GIS) data to easily find and access it directly through ArcGIS software or by downloading it through the Libraries website. This new service has enabled the DSS to add even more spatial data to its collection while making it easier to access.
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Guidance for Privacy and Security in NYU Google Apps for Education

by Kitty Bridges and Norma Kenigsberg Dec 14, 2011
As the amount of sensitive data we store online in services like NYU Google Apps for Education (e.g., NYU E-mail, Calendar, Docs, Groups) increases, safeguarding privacy and security is of ever-greater importance. University community members need to be aware of the policies regarding and guidelines designed to help safeguard your personal information.
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Launching Google Apps for Education: Keys to the Google Migration Success

by Monica McSharry Dec 14, 2011
As described in How to do 11 Years of Work in Under 10 Days, the Google Migration project kicked-off in January 2011 and was completed four months later, in May. The foundation for this success was a terrific team, and many good choices made along the way. Following are three key decisions that I believe made it possible for us to pull off such a large project in such a short timeframe.
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Fall/Winter 2011 Podcasts

Dec 14, 2011
"NYU's Open Education Pilot Project," A Conversation with Heather Stewart & Dalton Conley.
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How to do 11 Years of Work in Under 10 Days: Launching Google Apps for Education

by David Ackerman Dec 14, 2011
On May 21, 2011, NYU successfully delivered Google Apps for Education to all students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Negotiating a contract that ensured the NYU community's privacy, security, legal compliance, and business continuity took years to hammer out, but the massive migration project was accomplished in a mere four months!
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Smart Phone Security: Protecting Today's Most Useful—and Vulnerable—Technology

by Chris Penido Jan 21, 2011
The increasing importance and presence of smart phones in our digital lives highlight the need to protect them and the information you access, store, and distribute using them. A few of the security vulnerabilities smart phone owners should be aware of are described below, along with some steps that can be taken to help protect your device.
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Technology Security, Connect - Information Technology at NYU, Mobile | Article
Turnitin: Verifying Academic Originality

by Pilar Abuin Jan 21, 2011
ITS is pleased to offer Turnitin's OriginalityCheck, a plagiarism detection tool available to any NYU or NYUAD instructor with a current Blackboard course shell. By verifying originality of work at student submission prior to grading, faculty are able to not only prevent plagiarism in their classes, but also encourage proper research and citation methods. Students submitting papers to Turnitin can rest assured that their privacy and security are well protected, and that they retain copyright of all original work created and submitted to Turnitin.
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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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Connect - Information Technology at NYU, The Global Network, Teaching and Learning | Article

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