Announcements
Presidential Instructional Technology Fellows (PITF) Program
***GSD Funding Opportunities***
Click here to learn more about the PITF program.
GSD Faculty interested in proposing a PITF project should fill out the PITF Project-Proposal Form.
Library Information Systems Department
GSD Course iSites Documentation Home
The Library Information Systems department of the Frances Loeb Library is responsible for all library-specific computing resources for GSD users and library staff, and serves as a liaison with the University Library and various IT groups within the GSD and the University.
Department staff also provide training and consultation on the use of the GSD's course website platform, Course iSites.
Staff
Kevin Lau, Head of Instructional Technology & Library Information Systems
(617) 496-9310, klau@gsd.harvard.edu
Adam Kellie, Imaging Lab Coordinator/Photographer
(617) 495-4118, kellie@gsd.harvard.edu
(Open Position) Instructional Technology/Library Information Systems Assistant
GSD IT Development and Support Units
- Computer
Resources
- For Course iSites consultation or training on the use of the various tools, please email Kevin Lau at itg@gsd.harvard.edu or call 617-496-9310.
Highlights: Departmental Projects
Harvard University's Library Digital Initiative (LDI) Funded Projects:- Web-based Course Material Archiving Project - Study Phase. (Round
Four Award)
The Loeb Library conducted a study to create procedures and technical infrastructures for the documentation and archiving of digital course materials in various formats. This project was a study phase to identify formats of materials, copyright, documentation standards, use/access model, technological infrastructure and implementation methodology.
The project was managed by Kevin Lau,
Head of Instructional Technology & Library Information Systems.
Final Report
- Image Digitization and Cataloging Project to Support Core Course
Offerings at the Harvard Design School. (Round Seven Award)
The Visual Resources Department in collaboration with the Library Information Systems department of the Frances Loeb Library was awarded funding to catalog and digitize 12,000 slides used in teaching core architectural courses. Working together, the two departments created a workflow for ongoing digitization services as part of the project.
The project was co-managed by Alix Reiskind, Head of Visual Resources
Kevin Lau, Head of Instructional Technology & Library Information Systems.
Presidential Instructional Technology Fellow Funded Projects:- Website: E*vue - Emergent Vegetation of the Urban Ecosystem
An "in-house" website on the emergent vegetation that grew spontaneously in the Northeast. These plants are typically vilified as noxious weeds or invasive species, and their descriptions are always accompanied by recommendations for their eradication. This attitude typically omits the fact that many of these plants are performing vital "ecological services" with the urban habitat, without ever getting credit for it.
The website has two purposes: to help people identify the plants that are growing all around them, and to introduce the concept that many of these plants, despite being categorized as weeds, are actually performing important ecological functions in the urban ecosystem, such as water filtration, soil stabilization and pollution remediation.
Website to E*vue
GSD Course: 6218M1: Plants and Technology I
Faculty: Peter Del Tredici
Department of Landscape Architecture