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Three strategic action pilots have been launched this spring to test and expand shared collection...</description><link>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/53205586962</link><guid>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/53205586962</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:12:00 -0700</pubDate><category>pilot projects</category><category>shelf ready</category><category>shared cataloging</category><category>UC digital collection</category></item><item><title>NGTS Update: February 2013</title><description>
POT 1 Build the system-wide infrastructure for digital collections
The Systemwide Operations...</description><link>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/43004414468</link><guid>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/43004414468</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:30:31 -0800</pubDate><category>ucngts</category><category>DAMS</category><category>uc digital collection</category><category>registry</category><category>strategic action projects</category></item><item><title>NGTS Update: December 2012</title><description>The NGTS Management Team and the Systemwide Operations and Planning Advisory Group (SOPAG) continue...</description><link>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/38422379553</link><guid>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/38422379553</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:27:00 -0800</pubDate><category>ucngts</category><category>discovery and delivery</category></item><item><title>NGTS Update: October 2012</title><description>In September, the NGTS Management Team proposed a slate of 2012-13 projects focused on implementing,...</description><link>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/33802998158</link><guid>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/33802998158</guid><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:51:00 -0700</pubDate><category>ucngts</category><category>DAMS</category><category>digital collections</category><category>efficient archival processing</category></item><item><title>NGTS Update: August 2012</title><description>UC Libraries Next-Generation Technical Services Transitions to 2012-13
Over the summer, the NGTS...</description><link>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/30412563748</link><guid>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/30412563748</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:35:00 -0700</pubDate><category>ucngts</category><category>DAMS requirements</category><category>bibliographic standards</category><category>shared collections services</category><category>uc libraries</category></item><item><title>NGTS Review, June 2012</title><description>Six of the Power of Three groups (POTs) have been charged and actively working since August 2011....</description><link>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/26167554284</link><guid>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/26167554284</guid><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:01:16 -0700</pubDate><category>ucngts</category></item><item><title>Toward a Financial Model and Process in Support of UC Library Collaboration</title><description>The Council of University Librarians (CoUL) received from the Systemwide Operations and Planning...</description><link>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/24956335725</link><guid>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/24956335725</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 08:33:00 -0700</pubDate><category>ucngts</category><category>SPOTS</category><category>financial infrastructure</category><category>collaboration</category></item><item><title>NGTS Update: May 2012</title><description>Power of Three group activities are being reported as they align with the strategic goals of...</description><link>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/23688196429</link><guid>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/23688196429</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 13:41:00 -0700</pubDate><category>ucngts</category></item><item><title>Transformation and quick wins, revisited</title><description>Martha Hruska and I presented an update on NGTS to the Librarians Association of the University of...</description><link>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/23331503950</link><guid>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/23331503950</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 20:56:49 -0700</pubDate><category>ucngts</category><category>collaboration</category><category>shared services</category><category>next-generation libraries</category></item><item><title>NGTS Update: April 2012</title><description>POT 1: Build the UC Digital Collection infrastructure
POT 1 has chosen to use the agile methodology...</description><link>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/21672579352</link><guid>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/21672579352</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:26:49 -0700</pubDate><category>ucngts</category></item><item><title>Implementation of Archivists' Toolkit in UC to Accelerate Processing of Archival Collections </title><description>One of the NGTS initiatives has been the systemwide deployment of Archivists’ Toolkit (AT) to...</description><link>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/21654444988</link><guid>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/21654444988</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:39:54 -0700</pubDate><category>ucngts</category><category>MPLP</category><category>archival collections</category><category>efficient processing</category><category>Archivists' Toolkit</category></item><item><title>Power of Three (POT) 1 begins to build UC Digital Collection infrastructure</title><description>As the Power of Three group begins its tasks, team member Lisa Schiff (CDL) discusses the...</description><link>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/21269143600</link><guid>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/21269143600</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:32:58 -0700</pubDate><category>ucngts</category><category>uc digital collection</category><category>systemwide infrastructure</category><category>DAMS</category></item><item><title>Shared Collection Services: 4 Success Factors</title><description>The NGTS Power of Three (POT) group 6 is charged with developing system-wide models for collection...</description><link>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/19791054338</link><guid>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/19791054338</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:01:52 -0700</pubDate><category>ucngts</category><category>shared services</category><category>POT6</category><category>project management</category><category>collaboration</category></item><item><title>NGTS Update: March 2012</title><description>POT 1: Build the UC Digital Collection infrastructure
POT 1 has adjusted its task list and timeline...</description><link>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/19352275305</link><guid>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/19352275305</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:41:01 -0700</pubDate><category>ucngts</category></item><item><title>NGTS Update: February 2012</title><description>There was a hiatus in January in reporting from the POTs, but each of the groups have been hard at...</description><link>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/17648771546</link><guid>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/17648771546</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:00:00 -0800</pubDate><category>ucngts</category></item><item><title>Next-Generation Technical Services Across the U.S.</title><description>The University of California is not alone in planning for and experimenting with new ways to...</description><link>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/17559602108</link><guid>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/17559602108</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:42:59 -0800</pubDate><category>ucngts</category><category>collaboration</category><category>consortial projects</category><category>2CUL</category><category>Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries</category><category>Orbis Cascade Alliance</category></item><item><title>NGTS Update: December 2011</title><description>Power of Three (POT) 1 to build UC Digital Collection infrastructureThe NGTS Management Team held a...</description><link>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/14476242167</link><guid>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/14476242167</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:40:00 -0800</pubDate><category>ucngts</category><category>POT 1</category></item><item><title>"Redefining the Academic Library"</title><description>Making the rounds is a report by the Education Advisory Board that sums up the challenges,...</description><link>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/14464701069</link><guid>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/14464701069</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:38:47 -0800</pubDate><category>ucngts</category><category>transformation</category><category>environmental scan</category></item><item><title>NGTS Update: November 2011</title><description>Power of Three Groups: Lightning Teams charged and moving forward Lightning Teams (LTs) created...</description><link>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/14477495864</link><guid>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/14477495864</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate><category>ucngts</category></item><item><title>Transformation: before your very eyes</title><description>This implementation phase of NGTS is the culmination of several years of analysis, imagining, and...</description><link>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/13460453524</link><guid>http://ucngts.tumblr.com/post/13460453524</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:42:47 -0800</pubDate><category>transformation</category><category>ucngts</category><category>organizational change</category></item></channel></rss>
