ITS Newsletter Vol 9, Issue 2-3
ITS NEWSLETTER VOL 9, ISSUE 2/3 UVI Library Director Receives Regional Honor UVI Library Director Receives Regional Honor ACURIL is highly honored to present Mrs. Judith Vanterpool Rogers as Caribbean InformaƟon Professional of the Year 2014. Judith V. Rogers, director of libraries for the University of the Virgin Islands, has been named the Caribbean InformaƟon Professional of the Year 2014 by the AssociaƟon of Caribbean University, Research and InsƟtuƟonal Libraries. In its awards announcement, ACURIL said Rogers was selected as a professional who made an outstanding naƟonal or regional contribuƟon in the informaƟon field, demonstraƟng excellence in performance, leadership, research, publicaƟon or a combinaƟon of these elements. She also demonstrated the ability to share that knowledge, according to the announcement from UVI. ACURIL membership includes insƟtuƟon as well as individuals throughout the Caribbean and in countries bordering the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. “To be recognized is really an honor,” said Rogers, who has been a member of ACURIL since 2002. …
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ITS NEWSLETTER VOL 9, ISSUE 2/3 UVI Library Director Receives Regional Honor UVI Library Director Receives Regional Honor ACURIL is highly honored to present Mrs. Judith Vanterpool Rogers as Caribbean InformaƟon Professional of the Year 2014. Judith V. Rogers, director of libraries for the University of the Virgin Islands, has been named the Caribbean InformaƟon Professional of the Year 2014 by the AssociaƟon of Caribbean University, Research and InsƟtuƟonal Libraries. In its awards announcement, ACURIL said Rogers was selected as a professional who made an outstanding naƟonal or regional contribuƟon in the informaƟon field, demonstraƟng excellence in performance, leadership, research, publicaƟon or a combinaƟon of these elements. She also demonstrated the ability to share that knowledge, according to the announcement from UVI. ACURIL membership includes insƟtuƟon as well as individuals throughout the Caribbean and in countries bordering the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. “To be recognized is really an honor,” said Rogers, who has been a member of ACURIL since 2002. “It’s just such a great thing coming from the professionals within ACURIL. This is a very established organizaƟon with many, many excellent professionals involved who do significant work.” She said ACURIL includes about 300 insƟtuƟonal and individual members. UVI Chief InformaƟon Officer Tina Koopmans lauded Rogers’ selecƟon for the honor, saying she “demonstrates the highest level of professionalism in librarianship.” “The university is a beƩer place” because of Rogers’ work, Koopmans said, adding that Rogers has led iniƟaƟves to assess the performance of the libraries, been a leader in the Historically Black Colleges and UniversiƟes Library Alliance, and was a leader on a grant from the InsƟtute of Library and Museum Services to provide master‐degree level training for librarians through the territory. Rogers will receive her award, along with other ACURIL 2014 honorees, at the associaƟon’s 44th annual conference set for Sunday through Thursday in Nassau, Bahamas. More than 300 librarians, archivists, curators, museologists, documentalists, professors, researchers, educators, students, and members of the informaƟon technology and knowledge management consƟtuents from the Caribbean and LaƟn America, Canada and the U.S., and from as far away as South Africa, are expected to aƩend. ConƟnued on page 2 Tablet of Contents on page 2 NEWS: DÊóÄ½Ê UVI’Ý Äó ÖÖ, UVI MÊ®½, ¥ÙÊà 㫠GÊʦ½ P½ù Ä AÖÖ½ SãÊÙÝ NÊó! 2 According to ACURIL, Rogers has been involved with the Digital Library of the Caribbean project since 2004, as founding member of the project and co‐director for implementaƟon and promoƟon. She assisted with develop‐ ment of the iniƟal grant proposal and has conƟnued collaboraƟon for creaƟng a newspaper archive for the region. The project is marking its 10th anniversary this year. Rogers is also a member of the advisory council of the Virgin Islands Caribbean Cultural Center. In 2006, UVI’s library on St. Croix was selected as an insƟtuƟonal member of ACURIL’s execuƟve council and Rogers served as the academic libraries representaƟve on the council unƟl 2009. She also chairs the ACURIL Special Interest Group on InformaƟon Technologies, for which she has conƟnuously coordinated and presented a variety of topics in ACURIL’s annual conference. Rogers’ career in libraries at UVI began in the 1970s, when she worked as a student assistant in the library while enrolled in a secretarial program at the then College of the Virgin Islands. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Augusta College in Georgia, and earned a master's degree in library and informaƟon science degree from the University of South Carolina in 1991. Rogers served as UVI’s St. Croix campus librarian from 1994‐2005, was manager of Learning Resources and Faculty Technology Services on St. Croix from 2005‐2012, and was named UVI’s director of libraries and infor‐ maƟon technology in 2013. In this posiƟon, she provides oversight for library staff and operaƟons of the two campus libraries, and plans and implements projects to achieve strategic objecƟves. Details on the ACURIL and its upcoming annual meeƟng are available from the organizaƟons website at hƩp://acuril.uprrp.edu. Source: hƩp://sƩhomassource.com/content/news/local‐news/2014/06/07/uvi‐librarian‐receives‐regional‐honor The Academic Center was busy this spring semester, six classes were video‐conferenced for a total of six St. John students. The classes included: CommunicaƟon Theory (COM 360), Computer‐Mediated CommunicaƟon (COM 230), World Literature I (ENG 261), Counseling & Psychotherapy (PSY 540, Entrepreneurship (BUS 536), and Caribbean History (HIS 341). Our student in the Caribbean History class was a senior ciƟzen, the rest were either undergraduate or graduate students. The Center had the first “live” class on St. John this semester as well. Beginner Yoga (PED 265) class was held on Mondays and Wednesday evenings at the St. John Academic Center, led by Ashley Till, our in‐house yoga instructor/librarian. Six students, all senior ciƟzens, aƩended this class and it will be offered again in the Fall. UVI Library Director Regional Recognition cont’d UVI Library Director Regional Recognition cont’d St. John Academic Center News 2014Caribbean Info Professional…...1-2 UVI Digital Collections…………...….3 Institutional Research & Planning…….4 Calling all Students for STFC…...……5 2014 National Library Week…...……..7 Portal Corner………………………….8 FormFusion…………………………...9 Argos Update…………………………9 Employee Recognition………………11 WOW Winners………………………12 STJAC News………………………….2 LibGuides……………………………..3 Helpdesk User Portal………….………5 New Telephone System on STX……...6 CETL News..………………………….8 Travel and Expense Management…….9 Student Email Change………………...9 SAILS………………………………..10 New Staff…………………………….11 ITS Fitness Launch…………………..12 In this Issue 3 The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) is a regional collaboraƟve project that capitalizes on shared technological experƟse, shared resources, and common digital library standards to enhance research resources for Caribbean area studies. UVI’s digital library project in 2000 was the model for dLOC, which was founded in 2004. This year UVI libraries are taking the dLOC plaƞorm to the next level for UVI collecƟons with two projects. The first project is the Electronic Theses Pilot (ETP) to digiƟze UVI students’ masters theses. There are challenges associated with maintaining the print theses collecƟon housed in the UVI Libraries. Many researchers are unaware of the wealth of Caribbean, and parƟcularly the U.S. Virgin Islands informaƟon found in these resources. Lastly, graduate students are unaware of the impact of their works being considered as scholarly research. The ETP will preserve and archive graduate students’ scholarly research and provide added exposure for graduate students’ research by making it more widely available to the wider academic community. The ETP began in Spring 2014 in partnership with the UVI Graduate Council and with volunteer graduate students submiƫng their thesis electronically. The interface for ETP is made possible through local installaƟon of dLOC soŌware, SobekCM located at: hƩp://uvidl.uvi.edu. Watch for its development. The second project is the major highlight or “cosmeƟc makeover” of our dLOC‐UVI partner webpage. Our current webpage was func‐ Ɵonal but had not been updated since 2004. With the new soŌware updates, we are able to create and upload our new 2014 look. In addiƟon, our items in dLOC are now organized as “collecƟons” rather than all items together. The “Digital Library of the Caribbean” link was added to our main UVI Library Website rather than the Special collecƟons sub‐page Ɵtled “Virgin Islands Digital CollecƟon. Workshops presented by Mark Sullivan, University of Florida Digital Library, on January 20‐22, facilitated these iniƟaƟves. Outreach included Friends of the Sprauve Library Annual MeeƟng, and representaƟves from VIDOE Cultural EducaƟon department. The audience was excited to learn about the project, impressed with the technology and very interested in geƫng involved. The UVI‐dLOC team has librarian representaƟves on St. John, St. Croix, and St. Thomas UVI libraries, facilitaƟng content contribuƟon from each campus and island. Our goals are to idenƟfy the prioriƟes for materials to scan, provide technical training for digital library development, hardware and soŌware technological trouble shooƟng, and outreach to the Virgin Islands community about dLOC. Training and promoƟon for use of the dLOC Bookshelf feature, made up of all of our most frequently‐requested informaƟon by students, is also a key accomplishment. On the technical side, we are standardizing metadata and migraƟng dLOC data from our old server onto the dLOC server. Both will achieve a major change in the results seen by viewers. Future project plans include updaƟng our library catalogue links with the new dLOC items, providing easy to understand copyright informaƟon on our items and an online exhibit highlighƟng “Outstanding Virgin Islanders.” Librarians are taking on the challenge of educaƟng users to the extent and variety of informaƟon resources. LibGuides is the latest tool in the arsenal at UVI! Introduced in 2013, up to this point, these electronic resource centers (library pathfinders) have been geared towards academic support and library content. EducaƟon and Early Childhood EducaƟon guides were released most recently along those lines. However, some more LibGuides have ventured into new territory. UVI Faculty Research and PublicaƟons, Electronic Theses Pilot Guide, and ‘News Bytes’ from UVI Libraries were each developed to reach broader target audiences. The School of EducaƟon now has direct access to web‐based support through two Libguides—EducaƟon and Early Childhood Educa‐ Ɵon—courtesy of the liaison librarian to that area: Mrs. Wenda Stephenson. UVI Faculty Research and PublicaƟons exists to highlight the scholarly works and acƟvity of our faculty. Graduate students’ work will soon be electronically archived, so the Electronic Theses Pilot Guide was created as an informaƟonal tool to support this acƟvity. Finally, ‘News Bytes’ serves to inform the UVI community of special events, acƟviƟes and announcements in and about our libraries. But wait… there’s more! Two new LibGuides will be released in the near future, so look out for announcements about a Business AdministraƟon guide, as well as one for Career Planning/Post‐Graduate Resources. UVI Libraries will conƟnue to build LibGuides as resources to reach our users at their point of need. UVI Digital Collections: eTheses and dLOC UVI Digital Collections: eTheses and dLOC LibGuides – New Face of Library Pathfinders 4 Thus far, for the 2013‐2014 AY ‐ InsƟtuƟonal Research & Planning completed the annual 2013‐2014 Integrated Postsecondary EducaƟon Data System (IPEDS), Middle States InsƟtuƟonal Profile, the Open Doors InternaƟonal Student Census, the Survey of Gradu‐ ate Students in Science/Engineering, including the NSF 2013 Survey of Science and Engineering Research FaciliƟes, the ACT‐IDQ, ConsorƟum for Student RetenƟon Data Exchange (CSRDE), College Board Annual Survey of Colleges 2014, the Petersons Interim Expense Update for UG InsƟtuƟons 2013‐14, and the Peterson's 2013‐14 Annual Survey of Undergraduates. Other projects on the plate ‐ IRP is working on insƟtuƟonal dashboards in collaboraƟon with EDUS personnel; currently developing a data dicƟonary for Banner; Laurie Blake is the System Administrator for SPOL and will provide technical support. Training sessions were conducted for the Planning, Budget, and Assessment modules. The 2014 Noel‐Levitz Student SaƟsfacƟon Inventory Survey was administered online March 17–April 16 with a 23% return rate. IRP dis‐ tributed handbills, posted flyers around campus adverƟsing the survey. Students who completed the survey had their names entered in a drawing for a chance to win a $25 K‐Mart or iTunes giŌ card. There were five winners on each campus. The report will be available on myCampus hopefully by the beginning of the new AY. The next scheduled survey is the CooperaƟve InsƟtuƟonal Research Program (CIRP) Freshman Survey. This survey is administered bi‐annually during the week of orientaƟon on both campuses to incoming first year students (first‐Ɵme, full‐Ɵme freshmen, part‐Ɵme and transfers) The survey will examine established behaviors in high school, academic readiness, admissions decisions, interacƟons with peers and faculty, just to name a few. It is a voluntary survey and as all the surveys that we administered via class rooms, it is “confidenƟal”. Feel free to view reports for 2012, 2000 through 2004 on the myCampus portal on the CommuniƟes under InsƟtuƟonal Research. The next important survey in preparaƟon for UVI’s accreditaƟon is the 2015 NaƟonal Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), which will be administered spring of 2015. RegistraƟon deadline is September 25, 2014. InsƟtuƟonal Research & Planning Merges With InformaƟon & Technology Services As of October 1, 2013, InsƟtuƟonal Research & Planning (IRP) merged with InformaƟon & Technology Services. The IRP office has moved from the AdministraƟve and Conference Center to the Ralph Paiewonsky Library on the St. Thomas campus. IRP has a new addiƟon to our staff, Sharice Richardson, Programmer Analyst II, effecƟve October 2013 and a change in status for Laurie Blake’s as ‐ Program Coordinator. IRP is sƟll an essenƟal component of the university providing data internally in support of data‐driven decision making. IRP will conƟnue to collect, organize, analyze, distribute and present data for planning, decision‐making and policy formulaƟon to support the University's mission. IRP will conƟnue to provide insƟtuƟonal data for the tri‐annual meeƟngs of the Board of Trustees through the Key Performance Indicators ‐ KPIs, external consƟtuents, including federal agencies, our accrediƟng body, local government and the public In addiƟon, IRP conƟnues to provide external data by compleƟng mandated federal and accrediƟng body reports as well as providing data for our stakeholders in standard and ad hoc reports. IRP reports annually to the Integrated Postsecondary EducaƟon Data System (IPEDS) and Middle States Commission on Higher EducaƟon; administer naƟonal surveys bi‐annually such as CooperaƟve InsƟtuƟonal Research Program Freshman Survey (CIRP) and the NaƟonal Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) ‐ data collected from this survey is a criƟcal acƟvity for accreditaƟon. IRP also parƟcipates in the Peterson's Annual Survey of Undergraduates, US News Main Survey and the Annual Survey of Colleges (College Board) among others. What’s Up with Institutional Research & Planning? What’s Up with Institutional Research & Planning? ITS installed a New UninterrupƟble Power Supply (UPS) on St. Thomas. A UPS provides emergency power to electronic equipment when the input power source, typically the uƟlity mains, fails. It provides instantaneous protecƟon from input power interrupƟons by means of several very large baƩeries. The newly installed Eaton UPS is customizable, ensures data and system integrity through its power management soŌware, and delivers maximum power density in an energy efficient design. The Eaton UPS baƩery backup is designed for up to twenty four hours and is rated for protecƟng data centers. St. Thomas servers, telephone system, rouƟng and switching equipment located in the Penha data center will be connected to the Eaton UPS. 5 Spiceworks, UVI ITS’ new Helpdesk applicaƟon, is an open‐source IT management soŌware. Spiceworks also operates as a Facebook‐like community based applicaƟon for IT professionals and provides ITS with a complete network management & monitoring, helpdesk, PC inventory & soŌware reporƟng soluƟon. Tina Koopmans, CIO, says “We use the helpdesk feature in the free soŌware to manage all of our helpdesk Ɵckets as well as maintain a wealth of informaƟon about our network that can be retrieved in seconds. Spiceworks allows us to easily manage our network and perform tasks in seconds that used to take hours or days.” ITS technicians can view Ɵckets, access wireless network monitoring, and manage inventory with the Spiceworks mobile app. UVI students, staff and faculty can now submit Ɵckets via email and the myCampus portal by clicking on the Spiceworks icon in Staff, Faculty and Students Launchpads. The web based postal is integrated with UVI’s AcƟve Directory and single sign‐on service making use of the portal very easy for users. See Helpdesk User Portal image below. InformaƟon and Technology Services (ITS) conƟnues to improve the student learning environments in conjuncƟon with students to meet their technology needs. Funds from the Technology Fee enables ITS to purchase replacement computers for computer labs, add an addiƟonal videoconference rooms, and wireless access points on both campuses. The Technology Fee also funds two (2) IT Tech staff posiƟons on both campuses, and addiƟonal improvements to the University’s learning environments and network. Although the Student Technology Fee CommiƩee met a few Ɵmes last fiscal year there was a lack of parƟcipaƟon from the students that were part of the commiƩee. InformaƟon & Technology Services plans on reconvening the Student Technology Fee CommiƩee during fall semester of fiscal year 2014. Hence, students are urged to join forces with ITS to maintain the library and technology standards of the 21st century. Be part of a great CommiƩee that invest in students experience and future. If you are interested, please send an email to sƞc@myuvi.net with your name and contact informaƟon. Helpdesk User Portal - Spiceworks Calling Students for the Student Tech Fee Committee 6 The telephone system on the St. Croix campus was upgraded this past semester. The new telephone system installed is called the Avaya Aura CommunicaƟon Manager. The Avaya Aura CommunicaƟons Manager has the following key benefits and features: Advanced mobility features such Extension to Cellular, Personal StaƟon Access and Au‐ tomaƟc Customer Telephone Rearrangement. Centralized voicemail and aƩendant operaƟons on St. Croix with built‐in messaging features and full capability for messaging integraƟon with voice, fax and e‐mail. Built‐in features like Meet Me Conferencing (up to six parƟes) with the ability to grow by upgrading licenses to the opƟonal Expanded Meet Me Conferencing (up to 300). Support for SIP, H.323 and many industry‐standard communicaƟons protocols over a variety of different networks. ConnecƟvity to a wide range of analog, digital, and IP‐based phones. Quality of Service features that enable reliability and enhanced funcƟonality on con‐ verged IP networks which to assure users receive the same feature delivery over IP as when using circuit switched technologies. Intelligent Networking, Security and Privacy features along with Integrated Management that is easy for ITS to use and configure. New digital phones are now also offered. ITS has outsourced all TelecommunicaƟons work on both campuses to a telecom vendor. Per an approval several years ago by the University President and cabinet members, telecom fees are applicable. These fees are vendor pass‐through charges. The vendor is on site once a week; every Wednesday on the St. Croix campus and every Thursday on the St. Thomas campus. All applicable fees must be approved by the department head and are payable to ITS via an inter‐ office department requisiƟon, aƩenƟon Marilyn Henderson. The work is scheduled upon receipt of a signed inter‐office department requisiƟon. For more informaƟon, please contact Ms. Marilyn Henderson at mhender@uvi.edu. IBM SPSS StaƟsƟcs is an integrated family of products that addresses the enƟre analyƟcal process, from planning to data collecƟon to analysis, reporƟng and deployment. With more than a dozen fully integrated modules to choose from, users can find the specialized capabiliƟes to conduct research and make beƩer decisions. SPSS StaƟsƟcs is loaded with powerful analyƟc techniques and Ɵme‐saving features to help users quickly and easily find new insights in their data to make more accurate predicƟons and achieve beƩer outcomes for the University. Users can take SPSS StaƟsƟcs charts and tables with them, wherever they go to make decisions anyƟme, anywhere. Users can view output on the following plaƞorms and devices without a dedicated SmartReader or other applicaƟon: Windows, Mac and Linux desktop environments iPod, iPhone and iPad Android phones and tablets (versions 2.1 and above) Windows 8 devices New Telephone System on St. Croix IBM SPSS Statistics Site License for UVI 7 This year, NLW was held April 13 – 17 with the theme, “Lives change @ your library.” The celebraƟon included: an online quiz that gave students the opportunity to test their library knowledge, the tradiƟonal Essay contest, door prizes, staff appreciaƟon treats,and faculty & student presentaƟons. Over twenty students submiƩed a 300‐400 word essay related to our NLW 2014 theme. The essay contest winners were chosen by a selecƟon commiƩee comprised of UVI Faculty. Judged as winning essayists were: Candace Mootoo, Jane’l Francis and Lorne Joseph. The UVI Faculty Authors event was the highlight held on Wednesday, April 16th. This spirited acƟvity allowed UVI faculty to share excerpts from their literary works. Several of the parƟcipants were excited to find a venue for sharing their works. The parƟcipants on the St. Thomas Campus were Dr. Doug Larche, Professor Brianna J. Grantham, Dr. Rosalyn Rossignol, and Dr. Patricia Harkins‐ Pierre. The parƟcipants on the Albert Sheen Campus included Dr. Valerie Combie, Edgar Lake, Dr. Gillian Royes, Dr. David Gould. The Albert Sheen Campus had added features from ENG100 students who presented their annual poetry slam under direcƟon of Prof. Mary Jo Wilder, and a donaƟon of books from the House of Nehesi Publishers, presented by Dr. Valerie Combie. ITS would like to give a huge thanks to ALL who aƩended and/or played a part in making this year’s NLW a blast. See you next year! Prof. David Gould presenƟng The Pearl ITS Staff appreciaƟon (leŌ and right) National Library Week (NLW) 2014 Events Student door pri ze winner – NLW 2014 Prof. Roslyn Rossignol presenƟng My Ghost Has a Name 8 The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) took the feedback of training parƟcipants to improve the quality and delivery of services; hence, all introductory and intermediate sessions will be offered at a slower pace. The CETL is also providing more introductory sessions on DocuSign and SPOL, June onward. DocuSign is soŌware that allows users to easily and quickly sign documents in a secure environment. It also allow users to create reusable templates and track documents. Strategic Planning Online (SPOL) is a cloud based strategic planning soŌware soluƟon that helps organizaƟons to align team members with the strategic planning effort. SPOL will allow every‐ one in the insƟtuƟon to parƟcipate in the planning, budgeƟng, assessment and accreditaƟon of the strategic planning effort. The implementaƟon of a tool for tracking these processes is a PresidenƟal iniƟaƟve. The CETL conƟnues to offer training on Blackboard, myCampus, MicrosoŌ Outlook, Publisher, PowerPoint, Office365, EMS, Banweb, myUVI.net, Microsites and Website Publishing with Public RelaƟons, Web Time Entry with Human Resources, Adobe Connect and Professional, AdvisorTrac/TutorTrac with the Center for Student Success, videoconference, email eƟqueƩe, DocuSign and SPOL. Most sessions can be aƩended online via Adobe Connect. The CETL also partners with the Sloan ConsorƟum and the TLT Group. The Sloan ConsorƟum offers asynchronous, self‐pace workshops for student‐centered teaching techniques to improve students learning experience. The TLT Group however, provides synchronous workshops, which also assist faculty with the improvement of the teaching and learning experience in the classroom. Between October 2013 and May 2014, CETL reported 89 aƩendees. The number referenced does not include the Sloan ConsorƟum and the TLT Group events. The CETL faculty lounge also received a faceliŌ, which will allow faculty to study and work in a comfortable environment. New blinds were installed and fresh paint was applied. The space is also equipped with three desktop computers, a promethean board, lounge area, copier, and printer. Faculty can also loan laptops, webcams, clickers, iPads and books. For more informaƟon, please email cetl@uvi.edu or call 340‐693‐1609/340‐693‐1214. CETL News CETL News Click on hƩps:// mycampus.uvi.edu/ group/cetl/cetl‐home to view and/or register for training! The myCampus portal now houses the Travel and Expense (TEM), Banner Workflow, and SPOL applicaƟons. Faculty and staff can access the said applicaƟons in the Staff and Faculty Launchpads, if applicable. The myCampus also have quick answer resource for myCampus, Blackboard, Adobe Connect, DocuSign and other applicaƟons, which can be found here. The myCampus portal has a great feature called “Community”. CreaƟng a community will allow users to store and access informaƟon in one locaƟon. CommuniƟes may be open to all, private or restricted. Open to all means that all users will have access to the respecƟve community. Private means that the administrator(s) will enroll users accordingly into the community, and those that are not enrolled will not be able to access or request to join the respecƟve community. Restricted means that administrator(s) may enroll users; however, users may request to join the respecƟve community. A community will eliminate the need to sort through emails for informaƟon and posƟng informaƟon in mulƟple locaƟons. The portal will also receive faceliŌ in the coming months ahead. Users will be able to have more control with the user interface, in which, users will be able to customize what they see on the main page. Are you a community administrator who wants to share your community or informaƟon within your community with the University or a specific body? Please send an email to Ms. Dannica Thomas at dthomas@uvi.edu to share your informaƟon and/ or news to include in upcoming ITS newsleƩers in “The Portal Corner”. 9 AdministraƟon & Finance, in conjuncƟon with ITS, would like to inform the University community of the Banner applicaƟon Travel & Expense Management (TEM). This soŌware makes the travel authorizaƟon (TA) process an electronic one. Instead of having to type TAs, these will now be entered in the soŌware, which interfaces with Banner, pulling traveler data, account informaƟon and travel opƟons (per diem, transportaƟon, etc.). Use of the system will be phased in. Departments will be contacted as they are scheduled, for training. Each will have to determine if travelers will enter their own TAs, or if this will be done by delegates (administraƟve assistants). Each will also have to assign approvers of TAs. Once a TA is entered in the system, an approver will receive email noƟficaƟon of what is awaiƟng approval, with a link to the system to approve it. Delegates and approvers will receive thorough training. This process will save paper, Ɵme and money. It eliminates the need to pur‐ chase the mulƟ‐page TA form, the typing of said form and easily and quickly routes TAs from travelers or delegates to approvers, grants (where applicable) and then accounƟng (for final processing). Advances (where requested) will process and disburse quickly. In conjuncƟon with TEM, we recommend employees sign up for Accounts Payable Direct Deposit (AP DD), which would have the process from TA generaƟon to Advance disbursement and/or travel reimbursements be FULLY electronic. FormFusion is a document enhancement and distribuƟon soluƟon which gives organizaƟons complete control over the design and delivery of their output while automaƟng processes and eliminaƟng paper stock. At UVI, FormFusion will be used to increase efficien‐ cies with Banner documents. For example, instead of prinƟng, sorƟng and mailing student bills and purchase orders; these can be auto‐ maƟcally emailed to the appropriate persons or vendors. FormFusion can be used for purchase orders, grade mailers, transcripts, student bills, invoices, tax forms, and more! The soŌware allows the departments to fully customize the look of the final document, including adding images, changing the layout, formaƫng, color and fonts. InformaƟon not on the original output file can also be added. FormFusion converts standard Banner output into more aƩracƟve, funcƟonal and efficient electronic documents, and then distributes them over a variety of delivery channels including email. Student bills and purchase orders will be the first candidates for customizaƟon with formaƟon. The funcƟonality will then be made available to all administraƟve units. FormFusion will save users Ɵme, paper and money as the prinƟng and mailing process is eliminated. As of Spring 2014, all new and returning students will receive Office 365 email accounts, which will be firstname.lastname@students.uvi.edu. New students default password will be the first leƩer of their first name and the first leƩer of their last name and the last six digits of their student ID number (9XXX number). Students are encouraged to access and use their new email accounts in Office 365 (firstname.lastname@students.uvi.edu) as soon as possible. Students can access their email accounts via the myCampus portal by going to hƩps://mycampus.uvi.edu. Also, students will have access to 1 terabyte of cloud storage, calendar and MicrosoŌ Office web applicaƟons, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. Argos is an enterprise reporƟng soluƟon selected to provide user friendly reports. Appropriate administraƟve Banner users have received training on Argos and can either design or consume reports. Reports can be created by programmers, as requested by users; reports can also be emailed out on a schedule established by the user. Development on Dashboards is now in progress. Dashboards will be data in a user‐friendly manner, accessible from the myCampus portal. There, persons can click on the report they want and where applicable drill down for addiƟonal data. IniƟal reports made into dashboards will be high requested items. Travel & Expense Management FormFusion Student Email Change Argos Update 10 Standardized Assessment of InformaƟon Literacy (SAILS) An informaƟon literate person understands, accesses, uses, evaluates, and shares informaƟon effecƟvely. This InformaƟon literacy (IL) definiƟon also describes the process for the acquisiƟon of knowledge in a discipline. To this end, providing IL training is a major role of librarians, as these IL skills are key ingredients to improve overall student learning. Assessing the effecƟveness of IL instrucƟon at UVI is a challenge, since librarians deliver training in one‐shot sessions and have no further access to students for assessment. To address this challenge, we iniƟated a project, funded through Title III, to collect IL bench‐ mark data for incoming freshmen at UVI. Based on the gaps idenƟfied, librarians are modifying instrucƟon to build student skills in those areas. (Librarians present SAILS results at 2014 Research Day below) In fall 2012, the SAILS test was used to evaluate 266 incoming freshmen, St. Croix and St. Thomas. SAILS data is analyzed through a service from Kent State University and reported in comparison to masters insƟtuƟons administering the test. Overall, UVI in‐coming students performed worse than insƟtuƟons to which we compared, although incoming math and science majors on STT and incoming business students on STX performed beƩer than the overall UVI groups. Liaison librarians are seeking opportuniƟes to collaborate with faculty to address the gaps in students IL skills to improve overall learning outcomes. Contact your liaison librarian, for informaƟon about our instrucƟon program or to schedule instrucƟon. SAILS test will be administered to sophomores & juniors this fall 2014, to compare to 2012 benchmarks and assess effecƟveness of IL instrucƟon. The following are the SAILS 2012 benchmarks from best to worst in the 8 skills sets assessed. SAILS STX Performance in skill sets (best to worst results) STT Performance in skill sets (best to worst results) 11 Employee Recognition/New Staff Employee Recognition/New Staff Elroy Richard has been selected to receive the employee WOW award for this quarter. Over the past several months Elroy has been instrumental in ensuring that excepƟonal customer service and cross‐funcƟonality has been experienced by students, staff, and faculty. Elroy has extended beyond his normal responsibiliƟes to ensure that staff, faculty and students receive a great experience here at the University of the Virgin Islands on the Albert A. Sheen Campus. Alexander David ‐ Please welcome Alexander David, who joins ITS as a Programmer Analyst III in Enterprise Data & User Services (EDUS). Alex will be working with the Banner group, primarily on the student module. His focus area is program development, which will help ITS move into that realm, developing applicaƟons needed to support administraƟve funcƟons. Alex can be reached at extension 1471 or alexander.david@uvi.edu. Shane Soucek is originally from St. Louis, but have been enjoying paradise in the Virgin Islands since 2004. For the majority of his Ɵme in St. Thomas, he have been working and selling fine jewelry and watches. Nevertheless, he has always had a passion for computers and technology, especially digital art and animaƟon. He is totally excited to be a part of the infa‐ mous InformaƟon Technology Services (ITS) Team of the University of the Virgin Islands. He is looking forward to using his skills and abiliƟes to further, not only his great experience in the VI, but also to enhance and upliŌ the department to conƟnue progressing on the pathway to greatness. As an InformaƟon Technology Specialist I, Shane’s primary responsibility is to provide technical assistance at the St. Thomas Library Service and VC and Smart Classroom technical support. Kelly Harrigan is no stranger to ITS. She is now serving in a different capacity as an IT Engineer. Kelly is now responsible for Desktop and Service Desk Support, IT Project Management, and Vendor RelaƟons. We are happy to have Kelly back with us, working on island. ITS is welcoming Celia Francis and Myoshi Osborne, new Library Specialists at Paiewonsky Library. Celia came to ITS from the Office of AdministraƟon and Finance, Myoshi is a proud graduate of the University of the Virgin Islands, class of 2012. They both provide support at the ITS service desk. (Myoshi on leŌ, Celia on right) Celia and Myoshi are very excited to serve you, the customer in their new role. They will work closely with the librarians and managers to implement the principals of a strong University resource collecƟon and be advocates to maximize the University's cyber infrastructure to bring electronic research and teaching materials into the forefront of the libraries resources. Nigel MarƟn is a forever proud graduate of the University of the Virgin Islands class of 2012. He has always had a passion for technolo‐ gy my enƟre life. He started out as a Chemistry major, but as life would have it, he ended up with a degree in Business AdministraƟon with a concentraƟon in Computer InformaƟon Systems. Nigel joins us as an InformaƟon Technology Specialist I and his primary responsibility is to provide desktop, VC, Smart Classroom, and Library Service Desk technical supports to the St. Thomas campus. Sharice Richardson joined the InsƟtuƟonal Research and Planning team in October 2013 as a Programmer Analyst II. Sharice comes from the Superior Court. Sharice will be responsible for technical and informaƟon support for ITS and Provost components and CERC. ITS is proud to share the 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 years of service, respecƟvely, for the following employees: 5 years: Celia Francis 5 years: Tanisha Mills 20 years: Erik Paƫson 25 years: Judith Rogers 10 years: Marilyn Henderson 15 years: Wenda Stephenson 12 The informaƟon below reflects September thru December 2013 Recipients who received a SMILEY FACE PIN (or another pin if they already have a SMILEY PIN) include: Desha Brathwaite Dawn MaƩhew Romeo Richardson Nigel MarƟn Erik Paƫson Laurie Blake Kelly Harrigan Jose Negron Shelly Anslyn‐Jones Jaleel Gillon Brian Thomas Monifa PoƩer Marilyn Henderson Christa Thomas Derval Prince Alex Caraballo Dannica Thomas WOW Campaign Winners WOW Campaign Winners ITS Fitness Launch Activity in May 2014 on St. Thomas and St. Croix, respectively. NEWS: DÊóÄ½Ê UVI’Ý Äó ÖÖ, UVI MÊ®½, ¥ÙÊà 㫠GÊʦ½ P½ù Ä AÖÖ½ SãÊÙÝ NÊó! Recipients who received monetary prizes: $100 ‐ Monifa PoƩer, Marilyn Henderson, Dawn MaƩhew, Romeo Richardson, respecƟvely $50 ‐ Nigel MarƟn, Christa Thomas, Dannica Thomas, Alex Caraballo, respecƟvely $25 ‐ Derval Prince Recipients who received top prizes include: Jose Negron $250 Shelly Anslyn‐Jones $250 Brian Thomas and Jaleel Gillon split $250 ($125 each) The informaƟon below reflects January thru May 2014 Ashley Till and Marilyn Henderson‐ Make it happen pin Christa Thomas and Janice Simon ‐ Excellence pin Shelly Anslyn‐Jones ‐ Over achiever pin Brian Thomas ‐ Cool in the water Cooler pin Wenda Stephenson ‐ $25 and I’m kind of a big deal pin Jose Negron ‐ $25 and a rock star pin Erik Paƫson ‐ $25 and a leadership pin Celia Richard ‐ $50 and a make it happen pin Elroy Richard ‐ $50 Nigel MarƟn ‐ $50 and an over achiever pin Shawn Brookes ‐ $50 and I’m kind of a big deal pin Jaleel Gillon ‐ $50 and an over achiever pin Desha Brathwaite ‐ $50 and a make it happen pin Monifa PoƩer ‐ $50 and an over achiever pin Giovanni Garcia ‐ $100 and a cool in the water cooler pin Laurence Blake ‐ $100 and a WOW pin Peggy Fahie ‐ $100 and a make it happen pin Dawn MaƩhew ‐ $100 and leadership pin Dannica Thomas ‐ $100 and I’m kind of a big deal The recipient who received the top prize, $250, is JusƟne MaƩhew, a Physical Plant employee.