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Reforming IT Governance at Berkeley: Introducing an Enterprise Perspective to a Decentralized Organization

ckeller — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:07:47 -0500

This ECAR case study complements the 2008 ECAR study, Process and Politics: IT Governance in Higher Education, by Ronald Yanosky with Jack McCredie. ECAR undertook this case study of the University of California Berkeley to demonstrate how a large, decentralized research university approaches a complete rethinking of a campus information technology (IT) governance structure and the steps taken to initiate the transition to the new structure.

Citation for this work: Spicer, Donald Z., and Judith A. Pirani. "Reforming IT Governance at Berkeley: Introducing an Enterprise Perspective to a Decentralized Organization" (Case Study 3). Boulder, CO: EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research, 2008, available from http://www.educause.edu/ecar.

Outdoor Sirens, Low-Tech but Highly Effective, Bolster Colleges' Emergency Responses

ckeller — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:37:57 -0500

Colleges and universities around the country, ever more mindful of campus safety, are installing outdoor sirens. The systems can blast spoken messages or tone alerts of danger—and one of the preset messages on many of the public-address systems warns: "There is a shooter on campus. Seek shelter immediately."

Textbook Piracy Grows Online, Prompting a Counterattack From Publishers

ckeller — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:12:17 -0500

College students are increasingly downloading illegal copies of textbooks online, employing the same file-trading technologies used to download music and movies. Feeling threatened, book publishers are stepping up efforts to stop the online piracy.

A Break From Purgatory, Barely

ckeller — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:02:19 -0500

Margaret Spellings gives partial relief to accreditor of liberal arts programs, allowing it to approve new colleges but extending its recognition for 3 (not 5) years, citing lingering concerns.

At Libraries, Taking the (Really) Long View

ckeller — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:46:16 -0500

Storing digital data is becoming more essential to the work of librarians, who are trying to think in terms of the next 100 years — a virtual eternity in computer time.

Collaboration Using Electronic Messaging on Campus: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

drupal — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:11:45 -0500

Western Michigan University has been operating electronic messaging for students, staff, and faculty for many years. Aligning the strategy and overall policy with actions is key to success. See how WMU has addressed the challenges in the past and is doing so today. Find out what challenges we foresee in the future. Additionally, Sun Microsystems will present its vision for addressing the challenges it sees.

The Situation Room: A Case Study Using Adobe Connect to Manage Support Trends and Large-Scale Implementation with Limited Resources

drupal — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:09:59 -0500

In the summer of 2007, Clemson University faced a large-scale e-mail system implementation. Looking for innovative ways to maximize limited staff resources, IT support managers created the Situation Room. Using Adobe Connect, support managers linked in real time to support personnel in the field to provide expert advice and up-to-date information throughout the implementation. The experience was successful, and the Situation Room was used to manage fall semester start-up support issues. Now at any time during support hours, IT personnel can enter the virtual room to find out about support issue trends and systems status and to access subject experts.

Media Services at Georgia Tech: Strategies and Lessons Learned

drupal — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:09:52 -0500

Georgia Tech has offered a centralized video streaming service for over a decade. Initially supported as a traditional shared hosting service with users maintaining their own directories of content, the dramatic growth in volume in recent years has required a different approach. We are currently developing Open Media Services, an open source web service, which will provide multimedia storage, management, conversion, and streaming to various systems on campus (course management, classroom capture, iTunesU, podcasting, institution repositories, and more). The session will cover goals, strategies, and lessons learned related to this project and streaming media architectures in general.

9 Reasons Why Campus Police and IT Should Start Talking

ckeller — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:00:26 -0500

When discussing video surveillance with campus police and IT departments at various schools and universities, I frequently hear an undercurrent of distrust between the two groups.

Kuali Student: A Next-Generation Administrative System

ckeller — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:56:07 -0500

Administrative systems should be affordable, flexible, and customizable. They should help end users plan for and achieve their goals and help them complete tasks along the way. This presentation will show how the vision, principles, and design for Kuali Student are aligned with these objectives and discuss why community source development was selected for this project.

Happy Families, Good Fences, and Winning IT Collaborations

ckeller — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:12:46 -0500

This ECAR research bulletin introduces the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation research on successful collaborative practices in the context of higher education. It details 20 collaborative success factors and maps them to relevant examples gleaned from research on IT collaboration conducted by ECAR.

Citation for this work: Pirani, Judith A., and Toby D. Sitko. “Happy Families, Good Fences, and Winning IT Collaborations” (Research Bulletin, Issue 15). Boulder, CO: EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research, 2008, available from http://www.educause.edu/ecar.

7 Things You Should Know About Wii

ckeller — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:53:36 -0500

The Wii is a video game system that uses a wireless controller capable of sensing position and motion, allowing users to interact with the game applications through physical movements. The controller has captured the interest of academic researchers and hackers, who have used the technology to create applications such as a collaborative choreography tool and an inexpensive, interactive whiteboard. Wii technology is used as an input device in virtual worlds and as a training tool that allows learners to perform physical tasks in a digital, risk-free environment.

The "7 Things You Should Know About..." series from the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) provides concise information on emerging learning technologies. Each brief focuses on a single technology and describes what it is, where it is going, and why it matters to teaching and learning. Use these briefs for a no-jargon, quick overview of a topic and share them with time-pressed colleagues.

In addition to the "7 Things You Should Know About…" briefs, you may find other ELI resources useful in addressing teaching, learning, and technology issues at your institution. To learn more, please visit the ELI Resources page.

What the Army Taught Me About Teaching

ckeller — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:25:27 -0500

The author has found that her military experience has proven to be good training for teaching ill prepared students.

Community-Generated Media

ckeller — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:38:49 -0500

Community-generated media is the real-world equivalent of “user-generated content” online. As our major media begin to roll out into our streets via wireless networks, handheld devices, and public displays, an exciting opportunity arises for the personal and social potential of these media to foster a "Renaissance 2.0" within our cities and community spaces. Ambient urban media still follows a broadcast paradigm (like TV), whereas the primary dynamic of public space is social (like the Internet). Humanity's participative nature will make it possible for communities to collectively create vibrant, hyperlocal identities for themselves through media. Think of CGM as a “strange loop” where communities generate media that generate community.

Vogt will introduce the CGM program currently under way with the Mobile MUSE Network in Vancouver. The network has designed a mobile services platform to enable the staging of collective media experiences streamed between handheld devices and public displays. A pair of showcase projects explore "a tale of two cities"—the remarkably parallel aspirations of the Whistler ski resort and Vancouver's downtown eastside, each seeking to tell its own story with mobile media.

Process and Politics: IT Governance in Higher Education - Corporate Edition

ckeller — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:44:58 -0500

This 2008 ECAR research study examines the extent of participation in IT governance by campus leaders and constituents; the use of IT governance mechanisms such as IT steering committees, project review, and performance measurement; and practices associated with good IT governance outcomes. The report is based on a literature review, consultation with practicing CIOs experienced in IT governance, and a web-based survey that was distributed to institutional representatives (mostly senior IT leaders) at 1,648 EDUCAUSE member institutions in June and July 2007. We received 438 responses (a 26.6 percent response rate to the survey). In addition, we received 216 responses from 59 institutions to a quantitative web-based survey for participants in IT governance who work outside of central IT. In addition to reporting the findings from these quantitative tools, this study includes feedback from interviews with 28 senior IT leaders from a mix of institutions. The interviews were designed to gain deeper insights into findings from the quantitative analysis and to capture additional ideas and viewpoints. A non-profit edition is available here.

Citation for this work: Yanosky, Ronald, with Jack McCredie. Process and Politics: IT Governance in Higher Education (Research Study 5). Boulder, CO: EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research, 2008, available from http://www.educause.edu/ecar .

Process and Politics: IT Governance in Higher Education

ckeller — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:34:16 -0500

Process and Politics: IT Governance in Higher Education Roadmap

ckeller — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:45:47 -0500

This ECAR roadmap synthesizes the important issues and recommended actions drawn from the 2008 ECAR research study, Process and Politics: IT Governance in Higher Education, byRonald Yanosky with John W. McCredie. The research study examines the extent of participation in IT governance by campus leaders and constituents; the use of IT governance mechanisms such as IT steering committees, project review, and performance measurement; and practices associated with good IT governance outcomes. The report is based on a literature review, consultation with practicing CIOs experienced in IT governance, and a web-based survey that was distributed to institutional representatives (mostly senior IT leaders) at 1,648 EDUCAUSE member institutions in June and July 2007. We received 438 responses (a 26.6 percent response rate to the survey). In addition, we received 216 responses from 59 institutions to a quantitative web-based survey for participants in IT governance who work outside of central IT. In addition to reporting the findings from these quantitative tools, this study includes feedback from interviews with 28 senior IT leaders from a mix of institutions. The interviews were designed to gain deeper insights into findings from the quantitative analysis and to capture additional ideas and viewpoints.

How to Cite This Work: Pirani, Judith A., and Ronald Yanosky, “Process and Politics: IT Governance in Higher Education Roadmap” (Roadmap). Boulder, CO: EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research, 2005, available from http://www.educause.edu/ecar.

Process and Politics: IT Governance in Higher Education – Key Findings

ckeller — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:38:26 -0500

This document presents the key findings of the ECAR study,Process and Politics: IT Governance in Higher Education.This 2008 ECAR research study examines the extent of participation in IT governance by campus leaders and constituents; the use of IT governance mechanisms such as IT steering committees, project review, and performance measurement; and practices associated with good IT governance outcomes. The report is based on a literature review, consultation with practicing CIOs experienced in IT governance, and a web-based survey that was distributed to institutional representatives (mostly senior IT leaders) at 1,648 EDUCAUSE member institutions in June and July 2007. We received 438 responses (a 26.6 percent response rate to the survey). In addition, we received 216 responses from 59 institutions to a quantitative web-based survey for participants in IT governance who work outside of central IT. In addition to reporting the findings from these quantitative tools, this study includes feedback from interviews with 28 senior IT leaders from a mix of institutions. The interviews were designed to gain deeper insights into findings from the quantitative analysis and to capture additional ideas and viewpoints.

How To Cite This Work: Caruso, Judith Borreson, and Ronald Yanosky. “Process and Politics: IT Governance in Higher Education” (Key Findings). Boulder, CO: EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research, 2008, available from http://www.educause.edu/ecar.

Ford Policy Forum 2006

ckeller — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:24:17 -0500

Ford Policy Forum 2006 contains the papers presented and discussed at the Ford Policy Forum, held during the Forum’s 2005 Aspen Symposium. The Ford Policy Forum studies key economic issues affecting higher education and is designed to develop policy recommendations and initiatives. The 2005 Ford Policy Forum focused on racial, economic, and political diversity in higher education. Scholars include Marta Tienda, Shirley Ort, and Edwin Feulner. The monograph opens with an introduction by the Ford Policy Forum’s co-chairs, Michael McPherson of the Spencer Foundation and Morton Owen Schapiro of Williams College.

Messaging and Communication Survey

ckeller — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:06:39 -0500

This July 2008 survey is a critical component of the EDUCAUSE Center on Applied Research (ECAR) study of messaging and communication in higher education. It seeks to understand the provision, policies, use, and emerging trends related to telephony, mobile communications, e-mail and calendaring, and emergency notification systems in colleges and universities.

How To Cite This Work: EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research. "Messaging and Communication Survey" (Survey Instrument). Boulder, CO: ECAR, 2008, available from http://www.educause.edu/ecar.

2008 Data Breach Investigations Report

ckeller — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:01:52 -0500

The 2008 Data Breach Investigations Report draws from over 500 forensic engagements handled by the Verizon Business Investigative Response team over a four-year period. Tens of thousands of data points weave together the stories and statistics from compromise victims around the world. This report seeks to answer the following questions;

Who is behind data breaches?
How do breaches occur?
What commonalities exist?
Where should mitigation efforts be focused?

A Bridge Between Blackboard and Open Source?

ckeller — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:57:22 -0500

"Blackboard, the dominant player in course management software, has the ability to inspire devotion and, for the more fervid open-source adherents, not a little contempt. So today’s announcement may cause a stir among those more apt to liken Blackboard to the devil than a gentle giant: The company is partnering with Syracuse University to develop a way to integrate Blackboard with Sakai, one of the primary open-source alternatives."

Spotlight On Identity Management: Engagement and Partnerships: Identity Outreach at Indiana University

ckeller — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:03:11 -0500

Indiana University and Purdue University recently asked the Indiana General Assembly to create the Indiana Innovation Alliance. This purpose of the alliance is to expand research in the life sciences and also to improve public health.

In this session we will talk about identity management in the context of this announcement and how it relates to the values that are driving the mission of Indiana University today. Our primary focus will be the partnership between Indiana University and Clarian Health and the challenges faced by doctors, nurses, and medical students who constantly float across organizational boundaries.

5 Things You Should Read about Copyright and Sharing Instructional Materials

ckeller — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:01:17 -0500

This ACRL publication serves to instruct and educate readers about topics relevant to library instruction, which are either timely or underdiscussed. The publication's emphasis is on current information packaged in a recognizable, consistent, readable way. It is intended to be a user-friendly entry into reading and keeping up with library instruction research and practice.

Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video

ckeller — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:36:42 -0500

This document is a code of best practices that helps creators, online providers, copyright holders, and others interested in the making of online video interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use. Fair use is the right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment under some circumstances.

Students: The Real Angel Investors

ckeller — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:57:43 -0500

This ECAR research bulletin explores how Louisiana State University and other colleges and universities have overcome barriers inherent in new technology adoption by including students in relevant conversations and stakeholder processes. Related discussion covers linkages between strategic planning for IT, strategic investment using student technology fees as a vehicle for investment, and inclusion of students in IT governance as an expression of core values of the academy.

Citation for this work: Childs, Melody. “Students: The Real Angel Investors” (Research Bulletin, Issue 14). Boulder, CO: EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research, 2008, available from http://www.educause.edu/ecar.

The Data Center Within a Data Center: Building a Secure Environment for Compliance

drupal — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:14:12 -0500

PCI compliance can be daunting, particularly in a university network environment. Notre Dame chose a data center within a data center approach to simplify compliance and minimize integration issues. This project includes implementing the data center, a virtual network to support point-of-sale devices, and related operational procedures.

In Lawsuit, University Asserts That Downloading Copyrighted Texts Is Fair Use

ckeller — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:05:17 -0500

"In a closely watched copyright-infringement lawsuit, Georgia State University fired back this week at its accusers, three academic publishers that say the institution invites students to illegally download and print readings from thousands of works. The university asserts that its online distribution of course material is permitted under copyright law's fair-use exemption. "

Software Assurance: An Overview of Current Industry Best Practices

ckeller — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:24:07 -0500

This report outlines the secure development methods and integrity controls currently used by SAFECode members to deliver high-assurance systems to government and commercial customers.

Free and Open Source Options for Creating Database-Driven Subject Guides

ckeller — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:32:39 -0500

This article reviews available cost-effective options libraries have for updating and maintaining pathfinders such as subject guides and course pages. The paper discusses many of the available options, from the standpoint of a mid-sized academic library which is evaluating alternatives to static-HTML subject guides. Static HTML guides, while useful, have proven difficult and time-consuming to maintain. The article includes a discussion of open source database-driven solutions (such as SubjectsPlus, LibData, Research Guide, and Library Course Builder), Wikis, and social tagging sites like del.icio.us. This article discusses both the functionality and the relative strengths and weaknessess of each of these options.

Meeting Communications Needs in Campus Dorms

ckeller — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:17:54 -0500

For the past decade, campuses in the United States have been offering comprehensive communications services in campus dorms that include high speed Internet, cable television, and telephone services (local line, long distance, and voice mail in some cases). With students migrating to other forms of personal communications such as cell phones and text messaging, campuses are reevaluating the need for telephone lines in the dorms. This panel will discuss the implementations at both Notre Dame and Texas A&M University. Included in the discussion will be student opinion polls, wireless alternatives, and E911 and other safety considerations.

Research Library Publishing Services: New Options for University Publishing

ckeller — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:14:53 -0500

A study of publishing services offered by ARL member libraries that provides valuable context for librarians and campus leaders considering the opportunities offered by this rapidly emerging research library role.

Open Doors and Open Minds: What Faculty Authors Can Do to Ensure Open Access to Their Work Through Their Institution

ckeller — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:29:28 -0500

Recently, on February 12, 2008, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) at Harvard University took a landmark step. The faculty voted to adopt a policy requiring that faculty authors send an electronic copy of their scholarly articles to the university’s digital repository and that faculty authors automatically grant copyright permission to the university to archive and to distribute these articles unless a faculty member has waived the policy for a particular article. Essentially, the faculty voted to make open access to the results of their published journal articles the default policy for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Harvard University.

Inspired by the example set by the Harvard faculty, this White Paper is addressed to the faculty and administrators of academic institutions who support equitable access to scholarly research and knowledge, and who believe that the institution can play an important role as steward of the scholarly literature produced by its faculty. This paper discusses both the motivation and the process for establishing a binding institutional policy that automatically grants a copyright license from each faculty member to permit deposit of his or her peer-reviewed scholarly articles in institutional repositories, from which the works become available for others to read and cite.

Information Behaviour of the Researcher of the Future

ckeller — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:08:48 -0500

This study was commissioned by the British Library and JISC to identify how the specialist researchers of the future, currently in their school or pre-school years, are likely to access and interact with digital resources in five to ten years' time. This is to help library and information services to anticipate and react to any new or emerging behaviours in the most effective way. In this report, we define the `Google generation' as those born after 1993 and explore the world of a cohort of young people with little or no recollection of life before the web.

Exploring Tangible Benefits of e-Learning: Does Investment Yield Interest?

ckeller — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:40:38 -0500

The first decade of the 21st century is already on the wane and we stand at an interesting point as regards the use of technology to support and enhance learning and teaching. The fact that we still refer to much of this enhancement as e-learning (and still disagree about what the term actually means) signals that the relationship between technology and learning is not as yet an entirely comfortable one. e-Learning still carries with it a sense of something 'other' and few institutions can say that a sound understanding of available technologies, their capabilities and current examples of appropriate usage, forms a cornerstone of the curriculum design process.

Within the academic community there remains a sizable proportion of sceptics who question the value of some of the tools and approaches and perhaps an even greater proportion who are unaware of the full range of technological enhancements in current use. Amongst senior managers there is a concern that it is often difficult to quantify the returns achieved on the investment in such technologies.

On the other hand those in the vanguard of technical developments are already signalling the 'Death of the VLE' (Stiles 2007) and heralding a new set of approaches based on a different pedagogic outlook and on the underlying technologies and social and collaborative tools that are collectively labelled the Web 2.0 phenomenon.

Management Techniques for Bringing Out the Best in Generation Y

ckeller — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:29:27 -0500

They're your high-maintenance, entitled, technologically sophisticated and fickle new talent pool. Generation Y, a.k.a. the Millennials, is also potentially the most high-performing generation in decades. Here's the lowdown on what makes them tick and how to work most effectively with them.

Drupal in Libraries

ckeller — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:41:47 -0500

"Drupal in Libraries" features helpful case history examples of Drupal use in libraries. Most of the report, however, is dedicated to a useful and user-friendly how-to guide for libraries interested in utilizing Drupal — and its dedicated developer community — to build dynamic and easy-to-use library Web sites.

Disaster Preparedness and Recovery

ckeller — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:15:48 -0500

This is ALA's Disaster Preparedness and Recovery" page, resources found on this page includes;
Disaster Mitigation Planning Assistance Website, Flood Mitigation Assistance Program: FEMA's grant program to reduce or eliminate the long-term risk of flood damage, and dPlan: The Online Disaster-Planning Tool: A site from the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) which allows you to enter data into an online template to create a customized disaster plan for your institution.

ITIL Service Management Practices: Third Time’s the Charm

ckeller — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:00:16 -0500

Since its inception, the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) has remained the most widely recognized and adopted framework for IT service management. The many benefits of ITIL have become widely known and continue to grow as the community of practice matures. Most institutions using ITIL started with version 2 and are in the midst of their adoption process. Version 3 represents a significant change in the architecture of ITIL. ITIL version 3 aligns service management with evolving business environments, rapidly advancing technology, compliance requirements, and governance models, and it shifts ITIL from a process focus to a lifecycle focus. This research from the Burton Group discusses the notable shift in terms of how IT is viewed in the overall context of the institution.

Links to documents within this file might require secure access to restricted Web sites.

Burton Group (www.burtongroup.com) provides technically in-depth research and advisory services for colleges and universities, government agencies, and commercial enterprises. Burton Group's practical and unbiased research and advice helps technologists make smart IT infrastructure decisions in increasingly complex environments. Burton Group covers directories, identity management, application platforms, architecture, and network and telecom infrastructure topics. Like ECAR, Burton Group is an unbiased advocate for the user and more than 80% of Burton Group's clients are user organizations rather than suppliers. EDUCAUSE member institutions can become users of Burton Group research services through EDUCAUSE pricing. Burton Group is an ECAR partner and can be contacted by email at slesueur@burtongroup.com or by telephone (801-373-5767).

Foreseeing the Future of Accreditation

ckeller — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:57:19 -0500

"This spring, in the wake of nearly two years of conflict in which the U.S. Education Department was widely perceived as trying to transform higher education accreditors into enforcers in its campaign to prod colleges to produce better student learning outcomes, an alarmist view of the future of accreditation seemed entirely in order. "

Business Continuity Planning Toolkit

ckeller — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:06:25 -0500

The purpose of this toolkit is to provide resources for business continuity and disaster recovery planning, including guides, templates, examples and tips. The information provided herein is intended to be of value in the development, testing, enactment and revising of business continuity efforts. This Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery toolkit is an ongoing work in progress. As new resources are developed and best practices shift, updated information will be provided here.

Moving beyond the EDUCAUSE Policy Conference

elilly — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:53:25 -0500

The author discusses the evolution of the EDUCAUSE Policy conference and program.

Observations from above the Trenches

elilly — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:51:56 -0500

Intellectual Fusion

elilly — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:50:22 -0500

Games for Higher Education: 2008

elilly — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:44:38 -0500

Learning via computer games: the very idea can seem surreal or outrageous. Yet for the past five years, a movement has been afoot to examine how digital games work as pedagogical devices. Starting with the publication in 2003 of James Paul Gee’s landmark What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and Literacy, faculty, technologists, and librarians have been exploring how we can learn from and also teach within computer games. This column will survey what this movement has discovered.

Innovation, Gambling, and a Love of Wisdom

elilly — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:43:07 -0500

The following excerpt is based on an interview conducted by Gerry Bayne, EDUCAUSE multimedia producer, at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) 2008 Annual Meeting held in San Antonio, Texas, in January 2008. To listen to the full podcast, go to http://connect.educause.edu/blog/gbayne/eliinconversationgardnerc/46176.

Averting a Digital Katrina: Sustaining Trust in the Research Infrastructure

elilly — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:40:53 -0500

The author argues that there is a critical need for "long-term management and preservation of the digital information, together with mechanisms and policies that encourage people to discover and use it, check references, replicate experiments, and build on each other’s results—whether or not the actual products look like the contemporary journal article."

Realizing the Promise of Cyberinfrastructure

elilly — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:38:29 -0500

The author advocates continued leadership and investment in developing and maintaining cyberinfrastructure.

Trail-Blazing the Cyberinfrastructure Road

elilly — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:36:03 -0500

The co-chairs of the EDUCAUSE Campus Cyberinfrastructure (CCI) Working Group provide background on the group and its acitivities in the area of higher education cyberinfrastructure.

Cyberinfrastructure: Changing a Cottage Industry

elilly — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:32:22 -0500

Drawn from a recent ECAR research study, this article addresses the importance of five CI technologies to various academic areas in research and in teaching and learning at present and how survey respondents think the importance of these technologies might change in the near future.