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Here's the latest update on 2CUL Technical Services Integration (TSI). This report, along with past updates, is also available in the Project Reports section of the TSI wiki.Occasional Progress Report 8 -- September 26, 2013
1. As we mentioned last time, the TSI functional working groups completed the first phase of their assignments in the late summer. A collection of the groups' "Recommendations, Ideas, and Suggestions", along with links to their full reports, is now available on the wiki. The TSI Steering Committee wishes to thank all those who have participated (so far!) in these working groups – see below for a complete list of these dedicated souls.* Meanwhile, the E-Resources Troubleshooting Team has continued its investigation of systems, software, and possible shared workflows with an eye towards integrating this function within the next few months.
2. TSI Steering has recommended the appointment of a Joint Senior Managers Integration Network (JSMIN) to help move TSI forward over the next several months – primarily in regard to balancing present staff and resource needs with the additional effort required to initiate integration as well as implement a shared LMS. This team will be composed of current members of the TSI Steering Committee, plus those technical services directors at both institutions that do not currently serve on the steering group: Sarah Elman, Joyce McDonough, and Mark Wilson (from Columbia), and Bill Kara and Chew Chiat Naun (from Cornell). JSMIN (pronounced "Jasmine") will begin its work with in-person meetings at Cornell on October 23-24.
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8. Finally, a reminder that we continue to add information to the TSI wiki frequently. While notes and minutes from phone calls and meetings may appeal to only the most earnest among us, the sections on 2CUL Articles & Presentations and Other Consolidations & and Integrations may be of more general interest. These pages contain what we ourselves have been saying publicly about 2CUL and TSI, as well as reports from relevant reorganization efforts at other institutions. Most recently, we added a link to the University of California's Next-Generation Technical Services (NGTS) Management Team's report on their effort "to move Technical Services operations to the network level and to pursue a transformative approach to the 'backend' infrastructure needed to support the user discovery experience." UC's initiative included the establishment of a number of POT working groups, an acronym with more interesting overtones than most.
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