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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b style="font-size:12pt">Only Two Weeks Away! Don’t Miss This Timely NISO Conference.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Wednesday, August 15, 11am – 5pm (Eastern Daylight)<span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b><a href="https://www.niso.org/events/2018/08/computer-campus-integrating-information-systems-and-services" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline">The
Computer Campus: Integrating Information Systems and Services<span style="font-weight:normal"><span></span></span></a></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Super computing is used by scientists and engineers working
on complex research problems. Such investigations may involve data-intensive
applications that consume enormous amounts of bandwidth and computing power.
Instruction on campus is increasingly tied to learning management systems,
which require seamless integration with information resources found in
libraries.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">At the same time, libraries are expressing numerous concerns
associated with digital asset and access management. Where is the institutional
IT department and just how far can its resources be stretched? This virtual
event will look at systems demands found on campus and offer examples of how
innovative research institutions (and most particularly, their libraries) are
meeting the challenges of talent-sourcing, integration, and support.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">The first block of speakers address the topic at a high
level, the second block of speakers address specific types of computing and IT
services that the library may be asked to support and the third discusses policy
concerns such as privacy and ethical use of collected data. <span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><u>Here’s what the speakers in that first program block will be
covering</u>:<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Challenges to
Successful Technology Alignment between Library and Campus IT<span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Mark A. Beadles, OARnet, and
Theda Schwing, OhioLink</b><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">OhioLINK is a consortium of 120 academic libraries from
across a spectrum of different sizes, missions, and structures.<span> </span>In this capacity, OhioLINK has been helping
our member libraries access licensed content and adjust to technology
migrations in a variety of scenarios for over 20 years. This experience has
shown that libraries of different sizes face different challenges when
undertaking technology integration projects. To better understand the different
circumstances at each of our institutions, OhioLINK recently surveyed member
libraries. The survey included questions about libraries’ relationships with
their campus IT department. OhioLINK also interviewed several libraries of
different sizes to find out from their perspectives what kinds of staffing,
financial, and technical roadblocks they would expect to encounter on the way
to successfully making any change in their current technical environments. This
presentation will outline some of the main challenges and barriers identified
in the survey and interviews for small, medium, and large libraries when
partnering with campus IT organizations.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Hybrid IT Alignment: for Campus, Cloud and Community</b><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>Robert H. McDonald, University of Colorado - Boulder<span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Abstract: Research libraries have a long history of
cooperating around common needs for technology, resources, and software.
However, this approach is not always true between libraries and their central
IT units on their campuses. This presentation will discuss use of highly
leveraged IT resources for developing appropriate technology management
scenarios that extend from the single campus to the large university system.
The talk with rethink the leverage brought to bear by current cloud technologies
as well as identifying and utilizing community based resources that may become
more and more important to the library community over the long-term.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span style="color:rgb(32,56,100)"><b>Online College Students Report 2018</b><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b><span style="color:rgb(32,56,100)">Andrew Magda and
Nate Ackerly, Learning House<span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span style="color:rgb(32,56,100)">Each year, more students take college classes online, but
that may soon change. In fact, enrollment growth for online students will slow
by 2019, according to Eduventures. Meanwhile competition in online education is
heating up. To be successful, your institution must demonstrate that its online
programs can help students achieve their goals — and follow through after they
enroll. If not, you risk losing students to schools that offer in-demand
programs and services.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span style="color:rgb(32,56,100)">The Learning House, Inc. and Aslanian Market Research
surveyed 1,500 current, future and recently graduated online students to
identify the programs and services they want most. The results are presented in
the seventh-annual Online College Students report. Do you know how many
students use mobile devices to finish coursework? Or how often online students
use career services?</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Ready to register and pay by credit card? Use <a href="https://www.regonline.com/registration/Checkin.aspx?EventID=2092769" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline">this
form</a>. <span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Curious about what other speakers will be addressing?<span> </span>Review more speaker abstracts <a href="https://www.niso.org/events/2018/08/computer-campus-integrating-information-systems-and-services" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline">here</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>About Registration:</b> Purchase of a single
registration for this virtual event entitles you to gather an <u>unlimited</u> number of staff from
your organization/institution in a conference room setting to view the event on
the day of the live broadcast. It also includes access to an archived recording
of the event to allow those with conflicting obligations to still benefit from
the day’s content.<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Got questions? Get in touch:<span></span></p>
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