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- maastricht university library Moves From a Storehouse to a People's Place
- The Maastricht University Library forms an important research and study environment for the students. An important goal in this project was the transition from being a traditional library, where possession of information is the main asset, into a modern library focused on access to information. After a pilot project with...
- Tags: Citrix MetaFrame, Citrix Systems Inc., Library, Maastricht University Library, Change Management, Servers, Tools & Techniques, Management, Hardware
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- City of Maastricht: Modernizes With Flexible Mobile Workspace
- The City of Maastricht increases responsiveness to its citizens, improves worker productivity and collaboration, and attracts a younger workforce where mobility is part of their lifestyle.
- Tags: Mobile, Cisco Systems Inc., Worker
- Webcasts 2007-11-09
- IT Service Management - And Beyond
- Macquarie University Library identified a need for a responsive and scalable way of delivering services, particularly IT services, which made best use of existing resources, developed a shared understanding of service provision across the Library and created a cycle of continuous improvement. To identify best practice in service delivery, Macquarie...
- Tags: Information Technology, Macquarie University, IT Service Management, Library, ITIL, Process Improvement, It Services, Strategy, Quality, Business Operations, Management
- White papers 2005-04-03
- Homer Babbidge Library, University of Connecticut: Speeding the Attainment of Knowledge
- The Homer Babbidge Library serves the main campus of the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut. The library had received requests from students, faculty and the administration to reduce the lines and delays that were occurring. The principal goal in installing RFID technology, therefore, was to make check-out and security...
- Tags: Knowledge, Checkpoint Systems Inc., Homer Babbidge Library, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
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- Keeble College Library, Oxford University: Maintaining Centuries of Knowledge With 21st-Century Ease
- The library of Keeble College at Oxford University is an important center of information and scholarly research for some 600 students and professors. The library stays open around the clock, yet the staff works just during the day and evening hours. Without staff always present, there were problems of book...
- Tags: Knowledge, Checkpoint Systems Inc., Staff, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
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- The University of Canterbury Is Implementing the Information Technology Infrastructure Library With the Help of BMC Service Desk Express Suite
- The company wanted to support the implementation of Information Technology Infrastructure Library best practices and show that the IT Services Unit of the University of Canterbury (UC) is accountable and meeting expectations. The University of Canterbury implemented the BMC Service Desk Express Suite for their Service Management requirements. This reduced...
- Tags: Service Desk, BMC Software Inc., Information Technology, University Of Canterbury, ITIL, Help Desk, It Management, It Services, It Operations, It service Management
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- Designing Flexible Learning Spaces: Northumbria University
- The City Campus Library, opened in 1978, had received little investment in buildings or infrastructure, and the facilities available were increasingly unable to sustain the demands of a learner-focused library service. The university IT and Infrastructure programme identified the need to make the existing building fit for purpose by upgrading...
- Tags: University, England
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- Sungkyunkwan University Moves to a Mobile Campus With Oracle
- Established in the early 15th century, South Korea's Sungkyunkwan University has a long tradition of teaching excellence. The university aimed at adopting a new, information-rich approach to education that aims to provide students and staff with maximum access to teaching, research, and administrative data. With the flexible, open architecture of...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Application Servers, Middleware, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software
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- PowerDsine Case Study: The University of Utah
- The University of Utah in Salt Lake City is considered one of the leading colleges in the United States. year. The University supports a high-speed, highly secure network with access to the Internet, an email system and a wealth of educational resources including Pioneer, the state of Utah's Online Library...
- Tags: PowerDsine, University Of Utah, E-mail, Internet, LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Online Communications, Networking
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- Case Study: National and University Library (NUL) of Slovenia
- NUL is located in Ljubljana, the capital and largest city in the Republic of Slovenia, one of six former Yugoslavian republics. Before, locating and accessing individual document images stored on tape took up to two hours. Slovenia's National and University Library (NUL) harnessed the fusion of networked-attached storage (NAS) and...
- Tags: Slovenia, NUL, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Storage Management, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Hardware
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- Leading German University Graduates to NetApp Virtual Tape Libraries, Completely Eliminates Tape Backups
- Founded in 1829, the University of Stuttgart is one of the leading technical universities in Germany, offering a comprehensive range of subjects with a focus on technical disciplines. The university wanted to shorten the backup window. The challenge was to improve speed and reliability of restores and reduce the total...
- Tags: Tape Library, Tape Backup, NetApp, Storage, Backups, Hardware
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- Sirsi Library System: Easy Record View (9)
- Developed originally to more easily access information on the Rutgers University library Web site, this extension reduces the amount of clicking when using most Sirsi library system Web interfaces, a popular library catalogue system used at universities, K-12 schools, and private and public libraries. Clicking can be reduced by half...
- Tags: Library, Channel Management, Web Site Development, Marketing, Internet
- Software downloads 2007-09-26
- U.K. University Bids for World-Class Status With Support of Latest Operating System
- The University of Manchester (UoM), based in the United Kingdom (U.K.), aims to rank among the world's top 25 universities. UoM students use computers on campus for studying and collaborating. The university regarded the computers as an important driver in delivering the aims of the agenda. It wanted to deploy...
- Tags: Operating System, University, U.K., Microsoft Corp., Computer, Productivity
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- Homeland Security: Risk Assessment - Conducting a Vulnerability Assessment
- In 2000, the University of Washington (UW) was invited by FEMA to participate in the Disaster Resistant University Project (DRU), along with the University of California, Berkeley, Tulane University, Miami University, University of North Carolina/Wilmington, and the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The overall goal after identifying risks, and assessing vulnerabilities...
- Tags: Risk Assessment, University Of California At Berkeley, Vulnerability Assessment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Homeland Security, Tools & Techniques, Security, Strategy, Government, Management
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- Research Institute at the University of Maryland Offloads Large Library of Files to RAID Storage
- The National Foreign Language Center (NFLC) is a research institute at the University of Maryland that works to define current and future language needs of the United States and helps build capacity to meet those needs. The company wanted to find a cost effective RAID storage solution to offload a...
- Tags: University Of Maryland, National Foreign Language Center, RAID, Storage, Hardware
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- HBLL Toolbar (9)
- This toolbar searches the resources of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. You must be affiliated with BYU and have a current Route Y ID and password to access the databases. However, the features of the extension can be used by all. The toolbar has the following...
- Tags: Toolbar, Amazon.com Inc., Library
- Software downloads 2007-09-25
- University Finds e-Learning Success Through Partnerships, Integrated Marketing
- Established in 1847, the University of Iowa is a national research university located in Iowa City. As the university continued to grow and the need for 24x7 training for second- and third-shift employees increased, the central HR learning and development department was tasked with finding a way to expand beyond...
- Tags: Marketing, Partnership, University, SkillSoft, E-learning, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
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- DiVA Publishing System: The Community's Collaborative Development Approach
- This paper gives an introduction to the DiVA publishing system developed at Uppsala University Library, focusing on present functionality and ongoing development activities. The authors want to share the experiences of a community's collaborative system development approach. The DiVA project provides a good example of how electronic publishing is possible...
- Tags: System Architecture, Uppsala University, System Development
- White papers 2005-05-03
- Edith Cowan University: HP OpenView Chalks Up Success With University Helpdesk
- Edith Cowan University is taking a scholarly approach to the re-engineering of its IT helpdesk by implementing Hewlett-Packard's (HP) OpenView Service Desk solution based on the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Framework. The University's original terminal-based help desk system had become out of pace with advances made in service management technology...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP OpenView, Edith Cowan University, University, Help Desk, Call Centers, ITIL, It Services, Utility Computing, It Management, It Operations, It service Management
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- Toshiba's Tablet PC Makes the Grade After Its First Semester at Purdue University
- Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, has a student body of over 38,000 students, and serves in the vanguard as an innovator of educational techniques. Purdue's educational leadership was illustrated by their introduction of Toshiba's tablet PCs into the curriculum of the University's Department of Communication. After completing its...
- Tags: Purdue University, PC, Tablet PC, Toshiba Corp., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
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