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VCU Libraries IT Snapshot

VCU Libraries IT Snapshot. ASERL Information Technology / Digital Initiatives Interest Group Lunch-n-Learn Sept 22, 2010 Jimmy Ghaphery Head, Library Information Systems VCU Libraries. VCU Libraries Digital Collections: http://dig.library.vcu.edu PS Magazine, issue 165, 1966. About VCU.

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VCU Libraries IT Snapshot

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  1. VCU Libraries IT Snapshot ASERL Information Technology / Digital Initiatives Interest Group Lunch-n-Learn Sept 22, 2010 Jimmy Ghaphery Head, Library Information Systems VCU Libraries

  2. VCU Libraries Digital Collections: http://dig.library.vcu.edu PS Magazine, issue 165, 1966

  3. About VCU • 32,436 Students • 18,218 Employees (with VCU Health System) • $225 million sponsored research awards • Young and ambitious • http://www.vcu.edu

  4. About VCU Libraries • Two million volumes • 50,000 serial titles • Aspirations for ARL status • http://library.vcu.edu

  5. Library Information Systems • 200 staff and 350 public machines • Aleph ILS • CONTENTdm and scanning operations • DSpace for mandatory ETD’s • ILLiad/SFX/Metalib/EzProxy • Website/Applications/Mobile • 9 FT (4 faculty) and 3 PT (1 faculty)

  6. VCU Libraries Digital Collections: http://dig.library.vcu.edu PS Magazine, issue 105, 1961

  7. Library IT Governance • Standing library tech groups disbanded in 2006 • Vision, Agile, Transparent, Responsive • Major decisions Management Council • Web reaction panel - NOT redesign group • Task Forces as needed – LibGuides • As the pendulum swings…..

  8. VCU IT Governance • University Librarian reports to Provost; CIO dual reports to Provost and Senior Vice President • VCU Technology Advisory Committee—2007 “advisory and communications channels among Technology Services, the schools and College, and major administrative units. The Committee will provide advice to the Chief Information Officer on school/departmental needs as well as central technology services and directions.” • Library contributions one foot in both administration and academic • Recent task force on Disaster Recovery

  9. VCU IT Consultancy • Ongoing, Initiated Fall 2009 • Central & Departmental IT

  10. Central IT Services

  11. Desktop Snapshot • Active Directory/CIFS migration from library managed servers • Roughly 4TB in storage, 3TB of digital masters • Projects: permissions on staff pc’s and public apple management

  12. Cabell 2nd Floor Learning Commons

  13. ILS Snapshot • Summer 2010 migration to version 20/Oracle 11. • Working on standby posture. • Fall 2010 projects VERDE, VuFind

  14. VCU Libraries Digital Collections: http://dig.library.vcu.edu PS Magazine, issue 53, 1957

  15. Virginia Commnity Colleges (VCCS) Collaboration Snapshot • Anxiously awaiting PrimoCentral • Not sure how Metalib relates to LibGuides • Threw in towel on Metalib federated searching from homepage • SFX ver4

  16. Web Server Snapshot • New design Jan 2010, mobile site spring 2010, LibGuides summer 2010. • App migration ColdFusion to PHP (codeignitor) • New room reservation system, customized Ball State OpenRoom.

  17. Web Apps Snapshot • EzProxy standby virtual server at VCU DR site. • ILLiad8; exploring central database hosting. • CONTENTdm upgrading to version 5.3. • DSpace1.42 with ETD embargo customizations • Looking at upgrade options • IR Elephant • Social media deployment (centralization questions)

  18. Digitization Snapshot • Recently outsourced yearbooks and alumni magazine (LYRASIS/Internet Archive). Relationship to CDM/digital masters? • Digital preservation planning to encompass digitized collections, born digital material and web content • Pending: 8,000 slides, student newspapers

  19. VCU Libraries Digital Collections: http://dig.library.vcu.edu PS Magazine, issue 97, 1961

  20. Central Standards & Requirements • Project management requirements • Security standards • Laptop and desktop encryption • Registries for servers, sensitive data

  21. Questions? Jimmy Ghaphery jghapher@vcu.edu

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