Just a reminder that the code4libNYC SIG has a program coming up next Tuesday. Please RSVP if you are interested in attending because seats have filled up quickly. There is no charge for this event. Best, Kevin Reiss > > ***Program Description****
>The code4libNYC SIG is pleased to welcome Eric Stedfeld and Jennifer Vinopal >from NYU Libraries who will be presenting a program on project management for >libraries on March 16th, 2010. The program details are: > > >Title: Project Management for Digital Library Services >Date: Tuesday, March, 16 >Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon >Location: METRO Offices: 57th E. 11th St, New York, NY (4th Floor) > > >Program Description: Practicing active project and portfolio management in >creating products and services promises great rewards in improved >communication, efficiency and productivity. The promised rewards can prove >elusive, however, as attempts to standardize best practices across a >department or institution can be stymied by resistance to change, differing >needs, uneven experience, and a multitude of confusing tool choices. >Attempting such an implementation can be daunting as it becomes difficult to >know even where to begin. > >Eric Stedfeld and Jennifer Vinopal will share some of their experiences with >project and portfolio management as it has been applied at New York >University, especially in the digital library area of NYU Libraries. Eric will >present a brief framework that puts general project management principles in >context. He will then provide background on some project management >initiatives in NYU's information technologies and digital library >environments. Jennifer will bring things up to date with the digital library >group's current evolving practice, extending to portfolio management across >projects and services. > >Plenty of time will be provided for questions and discussion. Please RSVP to >either Kevin Reiss (kevin.re...@gmail.com) or Joanna DiPasquale >(jd2...@columbia.edu) if you are planning to attend. There is no charge for >this program. > >Speaker Biographies: >Eric Stedfeld is a project manager and systems analyst with New York >University's Digital Library Technology Services group. He joined the DLTS in >1998, one year after the department was formed. His primary focus is metadata, >workflow and business processes, policy and standards development, and >documentation. Previous work includes interface design and interactive >multimedia. Eric holds a masters degree in Computer Science from New York >University, and is a Certified Associate in Project Management with the >Project Management Institute. > >Jennifer Vinopal is New York University’s Librarian for Digital Scholarship >Initiatives. She has a variety of roles at NYU including: project manager and >project portfolio manager for NYU’s Digital Library Technology Services; >Co-Head of the Digital Studio, NYU’s gateway to digital services supporting >scholarship and teaching; and subject specialist for French and Italian >language and literature. Her background is in humanities scholarship, library >collection development, and public service. She is primarily interested in >creating person to person services (on-site, remote, virtual, etc.) to >encourage and support scholars’ use of technology for research, teaching, and >learning. She has an MLS from Rutgers University and an M.Phil. in French >Literature from New York University. > >For more information on code4libNYC please check our SIG wike at >http://metro.org/collaborate/index.php/Code4libNYC.
