CTG Aids Electronic Record-Keepers
The University�s Center for Technology in Government (CTG) University recently published Models for Action: Developing Practical Approaches to Electronic Records Management and Preservation, a report that offers a solution for taming the electronic office.
The report addresses many electronic records management concerns, such as current electronic records not being sufficient to support business needs or preserve access to records. The research project investigated the tools needed for identifying and implementing electronic record-keeping requirements into the normal course of improving business processes and designing new information systems.
Several practical tools in the report will aid managers in both the public and private sectors as well as information technologists, record managers, archivists, and students of business and public administration incorporating essential electronic record requirements into the design of new information systems.
The report also illustrates two practical tools that seek to bridge the gap between record-management theory and practice by linking an organization�s business objectives to its record management processes.
The findings in the CTG�s report resulted from a two-year applied research project, conducted with the State Archives and Records Administration (SARA), and was largely funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
We Share Our Whistles
The College of St. Rose (CSR) has joined the WhistleWatch safety program this fall, distributing its own version of the same whistle that has been handed out to faculty, professional staff, and students here at the University since Fall 1993.
The University�s WhistleWatch initiative has resulted in the distribution of almost 20,000 whistles to date to members of the University community as well as to residents in both the Pine Hills and Beverwyck neighborhoods in Albany. Its sponsors include the President�s Task Force on Women�s Safety, Division of Student Affairs, and University Auxiliary Services in cooperation with the University Police Department (UPD).
At Albany, whistles, Lite Sense miniature flashlights, and personal alert alarms for individuals who cannot physically blow a whistle, can be found at UPD, the Student Life Office in CC 130, the Office of Personal Safety & Off-Campus Affairs in CC 110, the Affirmative Action Office in AD 301, and the EOP Office in ULB 94.
Thomas Gebhardt, director of Personal Safety & Off-Campus Affairs, said that "having the College of St. Rose as a partner in the program significantly improves the safety of our students, since the University and CSR share the same neighborhoods downtown."
Efforts are also currently underway to expand the WhistleWatch program to include other colleges in the City of Albany.
IMF Representative to Speak
Robert W. Russell, an advisor in the External Relations Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will speak on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 3 p.m. in Milne 200 of the Rockefeller College. His talk, "Global Economic Crisis: A View From the IMF," will discuss economic turmoil in Asia, Latin America and Russia, and various alternatives to restore growth. A reception will follow.
Russell served as counsel to the International Finance subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, specializing in export legislation. He was staff director of the International Economic Policy Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1981-82 and Minority Staff Director of the Senate Banking Committee until 1983, when he joined the IMF.
Russell, who is launching a program to strengthen news dissemination both within the IMF and to global mass media, will provide insights on the global economic outlook and on a pivotal international organization that is largely unknown to the average American.
The IMF seeks to accelerate economic growth as part of its broad mandate covering world monetary stability and trade. During its early years, the IMF focused on war-torn Western Europe. More recently, it became a major player in Africa, Asia, Latin America and emerging nations in the Soviet bloc. Economic retrenchment in the 1980s placed the IMF in a controversial role as a lender that imposed tough conditions on its creditors.
Two Staff Among Four Feted Rockefeller Alums
The University�s Center for Technology in Government (CTG) director and its coordinator of library User Education Programs are among four graduates of the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy to be honored at its 1998 alumni awards banquet.
John C. Egan, chief executive officer of the Albany County Airport Authority, will be the keynote speaker on Monday, Nov. 16, at the awards banquet, held at the Holiday Inn Turf on Wolf Road, starting at 5:30 p.m. Egan has oversight of all airport operations, including implementation of the multimillion dollar Airport Development Project. Prior to joining the Authority, he served for more than 40 years in New York State government, including posts as commissioner of the Office of General Services, executive director of the Dormitory Authority and commissioner of the Department of Transportation.
One graduate of each of Rockefeller College�s four schools is being honored at the banquet. Sharon S. Dawes, CTG director since 1993, will be honored by the Graduate School of Public Affairs. She earned her Ph.D. in Public Administration in 1991 and was executive director of the New York State Forum for Information Resource Management at the Rockefeller Institute of Government before joining the University.
W. Douglas Sauer, executive director of the Council of Community Services of New York State, Inc., will receive the 1998 award from the School of Social Welfare. Sauer received his baccalaureate in Social Work in 1976.
Nicole H. Rafter, professor of law, policy and society at Northeastern University, will be the School of Criminal Justice awardee. She earned her Ph.D. in Criminal Justice in 1978. An author and editor, Rafter is chair of the Division on Women and Crime of the American Society of Criminology.
Trudi E. Jacobson, coordinator of User Education Programs in the University Libraries, is the School of Information Science and Policy honoree. A past recipient of a Chancellor�s Award for Excellence in Librarianship, she received her bachelor�s in linguistics and anthropology (1979), master�s of library science (1980), and M.A. in in liberal studies (1984) from Albany.
Getting Their Hands Dirty
Students in the Archaeology 104 class had a unique opportunity to see what the field is like firsthand when they participated in an actual dig recently at the site of what will become the new Department of Environmental Conservation headquarters at 625 Broadway in downtown Albany.
Marilyn Masson of the Department of Anthropology, who teaches the class, took the students on the dig, where they worked with Hartgen Archeological Associates, a team that has been laboring to reveal Colonial-era streetscape and artifacts at the site for months. Some of the more notable findings have been a horse tooth, and French and English gunflints that date back to the 1750s.