Transition
Joan Gargano was appointed Director of the California Digital Library (CDL) Technologies, effective September 1, 1998. In her new position, Joan will provide leadership for the technical design and implementation of the California Digital Library. A collaborative effort of the nine UC campuses, the California Digital Library (CDL) is housed at the University of California Office of the President, which is responsible for the design and creation of systems that support the shared collections of the University of California.Joan Gargano is the Director of Distributed Computing Analysis and Support (DCAS), one of six departments of the Division of Information Technology. In that position, she is responsible for advising the campus and Information Technology on networked systems architectures and applications; systems design, planning and support; and advances in technology that will have a substantial effect on campus computing in the next few years. She has played a key role in campus and Universitywide strategic planning for information technology, including serving as chair of the Universitywide Authentication Work-group. She has also been active in national and statewide information technology and policy initiatives, including participation in the Coalition for Networked Information Initiative on Institution-Wide Information Strategies, the Golden State Education Network Communications Task Force, the Internet Engineering Task Force, K-12 Workgroup, and the Instructional Technology Networking Consortium.
Ken Weiss will serve as the interim director of Distributed Computing Analysis and Support.
The California Digital Library can be found at http://www.cdlib.org/.