Congratulations Carol
Carol has had an article reviewing an online learning module published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. The citation is:
Howe, C. L. (2010). Review: Health care decision-making WebCT module for medical students. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 58(9), 1788-1790. doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03026.x Congratulations Carol!
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03026.x/abstract;jsessionid=EA85BBE59B62FE6D6C17F9C28BCEB555.d02t02
Strategic Planning
The Administrative Team has met twice to review and discuss the reports from the strategic planning teams. It’s obvious from the reports that several committees need to be formed. We’re also discussing which departments, committees or individuals should be involved in carrying out which of the Goals and Objectives and what the timeline should be for each one. The goal of the ATeam is to have the strategic plan in place so that everyone can write his or her own goals and objectives for 2011 based on the large plan.
4th Floor
Jeanette and Gary met with Dr. Crist on Tuesday, along with representatives from the Interprofessional Education Steering Committee and the Clinical & Translational Science Award proposal team to present our case for the 4th floor. The three groups are asking Dr. Crist to allow us to collaboratively create a mix of meeting spaces from single-person study rooms to conference rooms to a classroom and a large gathering area, along with a few offices. This proposal is still in direct competition with a request to fill the floor with the offices of the COM Dean and now UA Healthcare. However, we are cautiously optimistic that Dr. Crist is leaning strongly in our favor. Even if he accepts our plan there will be a long road ahead as we look for funding and work with architects to design a space that will be attractive and useful for everyone involved.
Outlook
As new computers have been installed, the users of those machines have been moved over to Outlook for email and calendar. Jose is planning to move everyone over before December 31. He will also plan to do at least one training session. We may do one training when about half the staff are moved over and another later as it is best to get the training when you are actually using the software. Most people find that they can use the basic functions of Outlook without training, but some guidance will help us to use more of the capabilities and to understand how the program works.
Showing posts with label Outlook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Outlook. Show all posts
Friday, September 24, 2010
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Calendars and Email
Yesterday Cindy and I attended a UITS (campus computing) presentation on the future of email and calendars at UA and the Google Enterprise Applications for Education. Last week we attended a similar session on Microsoft Outlook/Exchange.
Here is the “bottom line” for AHSL first, followed by the details for those who are interested. We started a move toward the Outlook calendar before the campus began looking at Google Calendar/Gmail and before our change in reporting. At the time, a move toward Outlook made sense since the College of Medicine (COM) was using it and it provided more features than Meeting Maker – a system that the campus was moving away from. Since we are well down that road, we will continue. ITS (COM computing) will soon be connecting all of our Outlook calendars to the server to allow us to view each other’s calendars. If the university decides to move away from Outlook we will have to re-evaluate what makes sense for us. We can do what the rest of the university is doing or continue to use the COM system.
Now the details. The campus is going to move away from its existing email system and from Meeting Maker. There are two choices: Microsoft Outlook and Google Enterprise Applications for Education. The Microsoft choice will cost about $1,500,000; Google is free (although UA will purchase some additional archiving space for about $150,000). The current plan is to explore if there are any compelling reasons not to go with Google. All of the basic features of email and calendars are pretty much the same with both systems. Microsoft offers some nice bells and whistles, but they don’t seem to be anything that would get much use. Google email offers 7.6 gigabytes of storage to each user compared with Microsoft’s 500 MB.
The campus arrangement with Google would create a UA “space” on Google that would provide security and would not include the advertising that often accompanies Google’s open Gmail and calendar.
On July 10, all UA students will move to Gmail and will have access to Google calendar, Google documents and a variety of other Google applications. The students will be in the UA “space” at Google. Their email addresses will remain “X@email.arizona.edu”.
The campus is pilot testing Google with 200 faculty and staff and they are looking for 200 more. If you would like to test the Google products you can write to: googlepilot@listserv.arizona.edu You will keep your existing email account. If the campus goes with Google your pilot account will be rolled over into the new system. If the campus doesn’t, your calendar will disappear and you can continue to use your UA mail. More information about the pilot and the whole Google offer is available at: googlepilot.arizona.edu
Here is the “bottom line” for AHSL first, followed by the details for those who are interested. We started a move toward the Outlook calendar before the campus began looking at Google Calendar/Gmail and before our change in reporting. At the time, a move toward Outlook made sense since the College of Medicine (COM) was using it and it provided more features than Meeting Maker – a system that the campus was moving away from. Since we are well down that road, we will continue. ITS (COM computing) will soon be connecting all of our Outlook calendars to the server to allow us to view each other’s calendars. If the university decides to move away from Outlook we will have to re-evaluate what makes sense for us. We can do what the rest of the university is doing or continue to use the COM system.
Now the details. The campus is going to move away from its existing email system and from Meeting Maker. There are two choices: Microsoft Outlook and Google Enterprise Applications for Education. The Microsoft choice will cost about $1,500,000; Google is free (although UA will purchase some additional archiving space for about $150,000). The current plan is to explore if there are any compelling reasons not to go with Google. All of the basic features of email and calendars are pretty much the same with both systems. Microsoft offers some nice bells and whistles, but they don’t seem to be anything that would get much use. Google email offers 7.6 gigabytes of storage to each user compared with Microsoft’s 500 MB.
The campus arrangement with Google would create a UA “space” on Google that would provide security and would not include the advertising that often accompanies Google’s open Gmail and calendar.
On July 10, all UA students will move to Gmail and will have access to Google calendar, Google documents and a variety of other Google applications. The students will be in the UA “space” at Google. Their email addresses will remain “X@email.arizona.edu”.
The campus is pilot testing Google with 200 faculty and staff and they are looking for 200 more. If you would like to test the Google products you can write to: googlepilot@listserv.arizona.edu You will keep your existing email account. If the campus goes with Google your pilot account will be rolled over into the new system. If the campus doesn’t, your calendar will disappear and you can continue to use your UA mail. More information about the pilot and the whole Google offer is available at: googlepilot.arizona.edu
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Reporting, Outlook
Change in reporting
There has still been no official announcement, but I can tell you that the library will be reporting to Dr. William Crist, Vice President for Health Affairs as of July 1. This structure recognizes that we serve the entire AHSC. There are still some details to be worked out regarding computing support. Librarians’ appointments will still be through the College of Medicine. I don’t expect this change to have any immediate effect on our day-to-day operations and will keep you posted.
Outlook Calendar
Because of the uncertainty involved in our change of reporting, our switch to Outlook is temporarily on hold. I can’t say when or if it will start up again but will try to resolve this question as soon as possible. Outlook is a College of Medicine solution and we are weighing whether we should be moving to a COM “domain” when we will be an AHSC/campus unit.
In the meantime, a few people around the library have also exported their calendars to Google Calendar ( www.google.com/calendar ). If you create a Google calendar you can share it with anyone else who has a Google calendar and “synch” it with Outlook. This is NOT an “official” move to Google calendar at the moment – but a possible work-around if you are feeling isolated by not having your Outlook calendar connected to everyone else’s. Cindy and Linda have some experience with this and would be happy to answer any questions that you might have.
There has still been no official announcement, but I can tell you that the library will be reporting to Dr. William Crist, Vice President for Health Affairs as of July 1. This structure recognizes that we serve the entire AHSC. There are still some details to be worked out regarding computing support. Librarians’ appointments will still be through the College of Medicine. I don’t expect this change to have any immediate effect on our day-to-day operations and will keep you posted.
Outlook Calendar
Because of the uncertainty involved in our change of reporting, our switch to Outlook is temporarily on hold. I can’t say when or if it will start up again but will try to resolve this question as soon as possible. Outlook is a College of Medicine solution and we are weighing whether we should be moving to a COM “domain” when we will be an AHSC/campus unit.
In the meantime, a few people around the library have also exported their calendars to Google Calendar ( www.google.com/calendar ). If you create a Google calendar you can share it with anyone else who has a Google calendar and “synch” it with Outlook. This is NOT an “official” move to Google calendar at the moment – but a possible work-around if you are feeling isolated by not having your Outlook calendar connected to everyone else’s. Cindy and Linda have some experience with this and would be happy to answer any questions that you might have.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Outlook is coming!
Sometime in the near future the library will be moving from MeetingMaker to Outlook as our calendaring system. Outlook is compatible with many portable devices and is free. MeetingMaker is more of a closed system and costs the library for every account. I will try to pass along information as we get closer to this transition.
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