Duke University to Deploy World’s Largest WiFi Network
Filed under: Americas, Communications, Computing, Education, Internet, Mobile, Technology
SAN JOSE, CA–Feb 19, 2008 — Cisco® (NasdaqGS:CSCO) announced today that Duke University will deploy the next phase of its mobility transformation by deploying an expansive next-generation 802.11n wireless network across its campus, featuring more than 2,500 Cisco access points — the largest planned 802.11n wireless network in the world by any organization to date.
As a progressive leader in education and one of the first organizations to deploy 802.11n technologies, Duke will blanket more than 6 million square feet of its Durham, N.C. campus with 2,500 Wi-Fi-certified Cisco 802.11n Aironet® 1250 Series access points. The deployment will provide ubiquitous wireless coverage in academic halls, libraries, residence halls and other campus buildings.
Duke’s chief information officer, Tracy Futhey, said Cisco’s 802.11n technology — which dramatically increases the speed and reliability of traditional wireless networks — is a fundamental part of Duke’s strategy to implement innovative technologies that can enhance the quality of campus life, enable new learning spaces and provide seamless access to course materials and resources for a campus population of 45,000 students, faculty and staff.
“Wireless on our campus is absolutely critical to our 24-by-7 population. Universities are an ideal testing ground for new technologies, especially wireless uses and devices, because students are spending their entire day on campus in a mobile manner. They live, learn, work and play on campus,” said Futhey. “At Duke, we really have the opportunity to apply innovative wireless technology that can meet the demands of a diverse, mobile user base and enrich their academic and social experience as a result.”
“We expect the campus-wide 802.11n wireless network to increasingly be the primary mode of connectivity for data access and mobility applications. The value of a technology like 802.11n is about enabling new kinds of uses on our campus, giving our students new opportunities and enabling faculty to push the limits and try things that were not possible before on previous wireless technologies,” Futhey added.
During real-world tests, Duke experienced predictable and reliable wireless coverage and consistent average data throughput performance of nearly 130 Mbps per client with the Cisco Aironet 1250 Series access point. In addition, tests at Duke indicated that existing 802.11g clients such as laptops connected to a Cisco Aironet 1250 Series access point obtained almost twice the data rate achieved while connected to an older wireless network, demonstrating the benefit of 802.11n to existing Wi-Fi devices.
In addition to the current benefits for the campus population, the new Cisco 802.11n wireless network supports the Duke Digital Initiative by enabling multimodal “classrooms of tomorrow” and collaborative group study areas that are now under construction in the Perkins Library. Video applications will become more pervasive with streaming audio, video and high-definition TV (HDTV) over Wi-Fi. All course materials, including digital recordings of classes, will be available anytime, anywhere using the wireless network. In addition, inside or outside of a classroom, faculty can use network resources to enhance teaching. For example, an economics professor is planning to use real-time market data as part of the course materials, clearly demonstrating the relevancy to current events.
“802.11n is clearly ready for prime time, and Cisco continues to deliver a reliable 802.11n solution to meet mobility needs,” said Ben Gibson, Cisco’s senior director of mobility solutions. “Duke is one of the first organizations to realize the benefits of a Cisco 802.11n wireless network and what it enables them to do: transform how they learn, live and play.”
Live Broadcast: Duke University and 802.11n
Today, from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. PST, Kevin Miller, assistant director of Duke University’s communications infrastructure, will discuss the university’s Digital Initiative, strategy, business drivers and next steps for evolving the campus network to more powerful 802.11n wireless connectivity that will help shape the future of the education experience. Go to this URL and select “Play” at 10:00 a.m. PST to watch the live presentation. http://tools.cisco.com/cmn/jsp/index.jsp?id=70969
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ExL Pharma presents Digital Pharma- Oct22-24, Princeton NJ
Filed under: Americas, Biotech, Business, Education, Internet, Marketing, New Media, Pharma
Digital Pharma will deal with the convergence of traditional marketing and eMarketing-and unlike any other conference in the industry, we will put a spotlight on Web 2.0, social media; consumer generated content, online communities, and the many other hot applications of the second generation of the internet. Digital Pharma also focuses on eMarketing already in place-eCRM, branded/unbranded sites, email marketing, SEM, and how traditional marketing, eMarketing and Web 2.0 will integrate. The way the Pharma industry communicates with and learns from physicians, patients and consumers is changing. Learn from the 14 Pharma speakers planned for this event. Click Here for More Info
Study Findings on Creating a Digital Art Library
Filed under: Americas, Arts, Data Management, Education, Internet, New Media
Oct 11, 2007 (Newstron): Most art librarians pay widely diverging prices to convert 35 mm images of artwork to
digital formats, according to Creating the Digital Art Library (ISBN 1-57440-) a new study from Primary Research Group. The study is based on thorough interviews with leading art and image libraries, including those from Cornell University, Ohio State University, ARTstor, the National Archives & Records Administration, the Smithsonian, McGill University, the National Gallery of Canada, the University of North Carolina, the Illinois Institute of Technology and the Union Catalog Project for Art Image Metadata.
Art librarians are converting their 35 MM image libraries on a selective basis, as they re-shoot images, acquire new ones from commercial providers, enter into consortium sharing arrangements, and take other measures to digitize their collections.
The librarians interviewed discuss their digitization efforts commenting on the impact of the mega-library and emerging resource ARTstor, consortium activities, costs and benefits of in-house and outsourced image conversion, metadata development, copyright and licensing issues and other topics in art and image digital librarianship.
View some of the study’s findings below:
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is focusing first on
digitizing images and records for high use volume records of historic significance that
run some risk of damage when originals are loaned out. NARA’s Special Media
Preservation Lab would ideally like to use digital formats as the main distribution
medium while using microfilm/fiche as a difficult to alter backup for key documents and
images. NARA is actively seeking private sector partners to help digitize and market
aspects of its collection. The Organization has already received extensive interest from
organizations that sell genealogical services and World War II memorabilia.
The Smithsonian Institution Library has digitized more than 75,000 images in the past
year, of which 65,000 were outsourced to outside contractors. Photographs and images
taken from 18th, 19th and early 20th century publications were the primary source
materials. The Smithsonian Library has a small slide collection of about 10,000 slides but
it prefers mostly to re-shoot images rather than converting its 35 mm slides to digital
images.
The Smithsonian’s plans for digitizing images include projects for 19th and early 20th
century trade literature, such as plant and seed catalogs, images of scientific instruments,
19th century graphic design-related materials, and taxonomic literature. The
Smithsonian’s digitization reflects the use of its collection as primary source materials for
historians and other scholars.
The Smithsonian library web site gets more than 4 million hits per month and about
220,000 visitors, and close to 90% of them are probably viewers of the sites digital
imaging projects. The Knight Visual Resource Center of Cornell University has a slide collection of
approximately 450,000 35 mm images, as well as a growing collection of 17,000 digital
images. Cornell’s Knight Center plans to convert its 35 mm images base on an “as
needed” basis.
The Library of the National Gallery of Canada has a slide collection of approximately
180,000 slides. The Library has decided against digitizing the Library’s slide collection.
It is focusing its digitization efforts on support materials related to the Museum and to
Canadian artists in general such as exhibition catalogs and archival lists. The Library
hopes to digitize folders of press cuttings, invitations and other materials related to
Canadian artists.
The University of North Carolina’s Visual Resources Library has a collection of more
than 235,000 slides, 30,000 digital images and 40,000 photographs. The Library has been
making about 6,000 digital slides per year, as well as converting about 2,000 35 mm
slides to digital formats per year. The Library is focusing on converting slides in the
graphic arts: etchings, engravings and lithographs. Sculpture is another high priority area
for slide digitization. The Library is able to convert about 200 slides in about 4 hours of
labor time. The Library has recently completed a purchase of a collection of 3,500
images of Islamic Art.
McGill University’s collection of web sites based on the John Bland Canadian
Architecture Collection gets 400,000 hits per month. McGill’s Napoleon project, which
encompasses digital images of more than 13,000 prints and 1,000 maps, gets about
75,000 hits per month, and has been available since February 2005. McGill digital image
and text projects emphasize accessible web access and ease of use in database design.
Accessible site design fosters usability in an environment in which hard data is scarce on
the effectiveness of advertising and marketing budgets tend to be low – about 2% of
project costs in McGill’s case.
The Knowlton School of Architecture at Ohio State University converted only about 35%
of its 35 mm slide collection and in 2002 decided to build a digital library, largely from
scratch. The University Architecture Library and the stand alone Knowlton Digital Image
Library are working together closely to be able to catalog and present the emerging
digital image collection in the main library catalog. Currently the Knowlton Digital
Image Library averages 3,300 sessions per month; the School of Architecture has 550
enrolled students.
The Graham Resource Center of the Illinois Institute of Technology has a 30,000 slide
collection, of which about 80% was created by faculty and students. The School’s own
collection has recently been dramatically supplemented through its membership in the
Illinois Higher Education Consortium, which has acquired Content DM, a content
management system. The Consortium members plan to share images through Content
DM.
For more information, to request a review copy or to place an order, please contact James
Moses at Primary Research Group. A print version of the report is available for $80.00;
a PDF electronic copy, also $80.00. Both versions are available together for $125.00
with usage restricted to one institution. Orders for the print edition can be placed through
Primary Research Group or major book distributors. Orders for or including and
electronic version can also be placed through our website at www.primaryresearch.com.,
or by calling Primary Research Group at 212-736-2316.
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