Two enterprise-class tape library robots that provide back-up for research computing and enterprise computing have resulted in a significant reduction in the number of tapes required for backups as well as substantial cost reductions. Continue Reading
| May 3, 2007 | ||
| 2:00 pm |
The topic for the next meeting of the Webmasters peer-support group will be “Digital Asset Management.” The May meeting will take place on Thursday, May 3 at 2 p.m. in Room 1103 at ITS Manning.
| April 30, 2007 | ||
| 10:00 am |
On-call pay and shift premium pay sheets for biweekly #22 ending Sunday, April 29 will be due to the designated boxes or to the ITS business office no later than 10 a.m. on Monday, April 30.
ITS business office boxes are located in ITS Manning, Giles Horney, the Undergraduate Library, Abernethy Hall, Carr Mill Annex and the Administrative Office Building.
Forms should be sent to the attention of Nealy Hall at CB# 1150
The newest editions of Inside ITS are now available. The faculty/staff edition features stories about bFree, ITS’ newest Blackboard tool; free training on Microsoft Office 2007; the ERP initiative and more. The student edition features stories about summer tech support for Carolina students, Windows Vista, Internet browsers and more. Continue Reading
| May 3, 2007 | ||
| 8:30 am |
An Information Security Workshop will be held in the Dogwood Room of the Friday Center on Thursday, May 3 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Presenters will include representatives from UNC-Chapel Hill, East Carolina University, and Dell. The free event is hosted by ITS’ Office of Information Security.
If you are interested in attending, please contact andrew_lee[at]unc.edu.
Thanks to the expertise of the Learning Space Design group and painstaking planning by Control Center staff, the new Control Center in ITS Manning has a state-of-the-art audio visual system that serves as the eyes and ears of the campus’ technology nerve center. Continue Reading
| May 16, 2007 | ||
| 2:00 pm |
Facebook is used by over 90 percent of undergraduate students at UNC-Chapel Hill. Are there ways instructors can use Facebook for instruction-related activities?
Stephanie S. Morgan, teaching fellow in the Department of English and Comparative Literature, will discuss her pedagogical and disciplinary uses of Facebook as a teaching tool on Wednesday, May 16 at 2 p.m. in the Pleasants Family Room at Wilson Library.
Registration is required for this session. Register online at https://help.unc.edu/tracs/course-item/6098.
Members of UNC-Chapel Hill’s faculty and staff have a letter in their mailbox from Heather S. Tate, Class of 2010.
In her letter, Tate explains that she was awarded a Carolina Family Scholarship which allows her, as the child of a UNC-Chapel Hill employee, to attend Carolina without causing undue financial burden on her family. The letter is part of the University Campaign fundraising effort. Each year, more than 1,500 faculty and staff designate their donations to the fund of their choice. Continue Reading
