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Online Learning Librarian at Old Dominion University

Reporting to the Head of Libraries’ Education and Assessment, the Online Learning Librarian will lead the strategic direction for the Libraries’ online learning presence and integration into ODU Global. The Online Learning Librarian is responsible for the development and assessment of the Libraries’ tutorials, videos, and guides that are aligned with the university’s information literacy and research-related learning outcomes and courses.

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"National Archives Updates Digital Preservation Framework"

Last week the National Archives released a major update to its Digital Preservation Framework, an open resource and data set on GitHub that provides guidance and risk assessments for digital file formats. refer to caption Enlarge NASA Computers, September 12, 1986. Photo by Martin Brown. National Archives, Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. View in National Archives Catalog The release marks a significant update to the Framework, adding new and revised questions to address additional risk factors to digital formats that have emerged since its initial release four years ago. The updated Framework is more user friendly and more transparent about the National Archives’ digital preservation process and its electronic holdings. . . .

The update comes after months of collaborative work with other digital formats specialists. The National Archives shared a draft of the updated Framework for public comment this past May, and this latest release incorporates feedback from colleagues throughout the agency and federal government, as well as international colleagues.

Since its debut, the Framework has become a widely consulted resource for the digital preservation community around the globe. The Framework was additionally released as Linked Open Data in 2022.

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Emerging Technologies Librarian at Howard University

Oversee the organization, maintenance, and accessibility of the library’s digital resources through Digital Howard and future HUL digital platforms. . . .

Serves as the open access liaison librarian and leads and promotes and supports HUL’s open access. . . .

Develops, implements, and manages an institutional repository that collects, preserves, and provides access to the research output of Howard University faculty.

Maintains, envisions, and implements services aligned with the research and scholarship lifecycle, supporting digital humanities, data management, geospatial information, and other related areas.

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2024 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Cybersecurity and Privacy Edition

These are, in many ways, tumultuous times. Global political movements and ideologies continue to erode social ties and disrupt state and national legislative processes. Wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East threaten to destabilize the global order. And new AI-powered technologies are evolving at breakneck speed, offering the world both the promise of new utopian capabilities and the threat of dystopian collapse. Against this backdrop of seismic change, higher education cybersecurity and privacy professionals must navigate new questions around what needs to be done to keep our institutions and our students safe and secure. This report summarizes expert panelist discussions on these and other emerging trends and offers reflections on where the future of higher education may be headed.

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