Sessions

Contemporary college students are “digital natives,” but this does not necessarily translate into meaningful computer literacy. Even as computing devices continue to insinuate themselves into every nook and cranny of our waking lives, students and colleagues take an increasingly passive role in relationship to technology. After considering the visions of coders, artists, and activists who […]

  This presentation will be a report on the work of a new virtual organization at Swarthmore that is supporting assistive technologies and accessibility of educational materials with a focus on our efforts: how we’ve organized around the work and scoped things out, tools we’ve chosen, workflows we’ve developed between library staff, ITS staff, disability […]

  Contemporary commentary increasingly uses the words “exponential” (as in exponential growth in technology capabilities) and “acceleration” (as in the acceleration of change in society due to exponential technical change) to describe the current global context. In a world of exponential acceleration, how do liberal arts information technology services departments respond in vision, operations, staffing, […]

  Hamilton, Mount Holyoke and Wellesley Colleges have all built merged research and instruction support teams, which include Research Librarians and Instructional Technologists. How do these merged teams evolve? What are the challenges and opportunities for those leading within these organizations? Roundtable discussion leaders will share a variety of perspectives.

  Building a modern technology stack to support Enterprise Apps. How we are using Docker and its ecosystem to implement Banner 9 and control VM sprawl. Topics include: OS selection, provisioning, container orchestration, private registry, logging, metrics, and Banner 9 tips. The technologies and techniques presented are widely applicable.

  While technological change will continue to be unpredictable, the biggest challenges that our organizations will face in the future will be ones of leadership and management at all levels. Building high performing teams will be more important than the size of your staff or budget, or the approach you take to IoT, ERP or […]