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24 Apr 09 ITTS Update Meeting – April 21, 2009

1. ALA Connect Update (Sherri for Jenny)
The site launched April 6, 2009.   Overall the feedback has been positive.
Here are some statistics for ALA Connect for each of the last two weeks, as well as a combined total.
Week 1
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880 logins, 759 ALA members + 121 non-ALA members
Non-ALA member accounts created: 159
Posts: 78
Online Docs: 93
Calendar Events: 100
Polls/Votes: 11
Discussions: 19
Images: 21

Week 2
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708 logins, 636 ALA members + 72 non-ALA members
Non-ALA member accounts created: 82
Posts: 46
Online Docs: 31
Calendar Events: 25
Polls/Votes: 3
Discussions: 13
Images: 3

Total
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1588 (1395 ALA members + 193 non-ALA members)
Non-ALA member accounts created: 241
Posts: 124 total
Online Docs: 124 total
Calendar Events: 125 total
Polls/Votes: 14 total
Discussions: 32 total
Images: 24 total

Division, Round Table, & Office web content management communities have been created in ALA Connect.  Please feel free to join them. The easiest way to find then is to search on the term “web” once you are in ALA Connect. (Louise)

ALA Connect Phase II (Sherri for Jenny)
We need to upgrade to Drupal 6 to improve the search engine and add other enhancements.
Phase II will include an advanced search for members, a Craig’s List-like exchange, a mentoring network, and an online Curriculum Vitae.
5. Web Services Health Check (Sherri)
ITTS has selected a Chicago-based company, Pathfinder Development, to perform the web services health check.  We are in the process of negotiating the master service agreement and the statement of work.  We plan to get this underway as soon as possible.

6. Trackit Update (Irene)

ITTS is a little behind in the implementation of Trackit so we extended the deadline to end use of the helpdesk@ala.org email address for staff.  ITTS will send out an email to notify staff when helpdesk.ala.org is no longer available to staff.  Members will still be able to reach us at helpdesk@ala.org.
Staff can start using http://help.ala.org if they’re not already using it
your login is your FirstInitialLastName (eg, jlevine)
contact Sheila for your password if you’ve never used Trackit before
7. Postini Implementation
Postini will become our new email transfer agent.  The agent will filter out messaging threats, including spam and viruses, before they reach our network. By routing inbound and outbound email through their data centers, we can activate robust security policies that will keep our organization secure and compliant.  This also reduces our inbound bandwidth needs by stopping the unwanted email before it reaches our network.  Staff will be able to log on to the Postini site to look at your Spam.  ITTS has one more piece to implement before we go live.  This piece will synchronize our address books so that email can be properly routed to either our email provider or our Sympa list server.

Microsoft Office 2007 Rollout (Sherri and Sheila)
ITTS has rolled out Office 2007 to Publishing and is about to contact the rest of the units to see if they are ready to move ahead.  Sheila is working on some basic documentation that explains what the differences are between 2003 and 2007.  Sheila demonstrated some of the differences.

PC/Laptop Rollout
ITTS is planning to lease the next batch of PC and laptops and will begin the rollout once the equipment is configured.

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