LTS Annual Report_2024

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY LIBRARY AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES ANNUAL REPORT 2023-2024 1
MESSAGE FROM THE VICE PROVOST 3
1 Strengthening Support for Research & Scholarship 4
Libraries 4
New Resources 4
Evidence Synthesis Support 5
Special Collections 5
Digital Research and Scholarship 6
Supporting Undergraduate Research 6
TRAC Symposia 7
LENDING SERVICES 7
MAKING THE FUTURE: Plans for 2025-26 7
RESEARCH COMPUTING 8
WHO’S USING HPC 8
BY THE NUMBERS 10
Cloud Computing 10
Secure Research Cloud 10
Centralized Research Storage 10
Organizing Research Support 10
COMPUTER TIME DELIVERED 10
2 Sparking & Sustaining Innovations in Teaching & Learning 11
The CITL Symposium on Teaching and Learning 11
Fall 23 & Spring 24 CITL Faculty Fellows 12
FALL 2023 12
SPRING 2024 13
Interdisciplinary collaboration 14
Global Lehigh 15
AI Community of Practice Awarded Future Makers Grant 16
Teacher Development Program for Graduate Students 16
Support for Online and Distance Education 16
MAKING THE FUTURE: Plans for 2025-26 16
BY THE NUMBERS 17
SPOTLIGHT ON COURSES 18
Digital Research and Scholarship Team 18
DIGITAL MEDIA STUDIO 18
Instructional Technology and Design 19
The XR Learning Lab and Student Developer Lab 19
Writing Across the Curriculum 19
3 Systematically Improving Campus Technology, User Experience & Cybersecurity 20
LTS Website Redesign 20
LTS Responds 20
LTS Expertise in Action 21
Computing Consultants 21
Digital Media Studio 21
Learning Space Technology and Design Team 21
TOP 10 LTS HELP DESK TOPICS 22
Distance Education 22
Enterprise Applications, Process Improvement Work and AI 22
LUapps VIRTUAL SOFTWARE 22
Enterprise Systems 23
Web and Mobile Services 24
MAKING THE FUTURE: Plans for 2025-26 24
4 Creating & Cultivating Connections–Across Campus, Across Communities, Across Higher Education 25
Strengthening Community, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion 25
2023 -24 LTS DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION COMMITTEE 26
Events & Exhibitions 26
Lehigh Giving Day+March Mania 27
LEHIGH GIVING DAY +MARCH MANIA 27
Harvest of Ideas 28
OTHER EVENTS 28
Special Collections and Library Exhibitions 29
National Poetry Month 30
Library 5x10 Events 30
The Friends of the Lehigh University Libraries SPEAKER SERIES 31
Places & Spaces 32
OTHER LIBRARY EVENTS 32
5 Learning While Earning: LTS Student Employees 34
STUDENT COMMENDATION 34
6 Our Staff 35
Awards 35
Degrees & Certifications 36
SPOT BONUS AWARDS 36
Leadership 37
Presentations 37
LTS STAFF AS OF AY24 37
Publications 38
Retirements 39
Kathleen Dugan 39
Doug Reese 39
Donna Cressman 39
LIBRARY AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES STAFF 2023-2024 40
7 LTS Strategic Plan: Goals and Initiatives 41
GOAL: Strengthen Support for Research and Scholarship 41
INITIATIVES 41
CONNECTIONS TO LEHIGH’S STRATEGIC PLAN: 41
GOAL: Spark and Sustain Innovations in Teaching and Learning 41
INITIATIVES 41
CONNECTIONS TO LEHIGH’S STRATEGIC PLAN: 41
GOAL: Systematically Improve Campus Technology, User Experience, and Cybersecurity 41
INITIATIVES 41
CONNECTIONS TO LEHIGH’S STRATEGIC PLAN: 41
GOAL: Create and Cultivate Connections–Across Campus, Across Communities, Across Higher Education 41
INITIATIVES 41
CONNECTIONS TO LEHIGH’S STRATEGIC PLAN: 41
8 LTS Leadership 42

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