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>         > ***UPDATES on Catalyst transition plan***
            >         >
            >         > Dear all,
            >         >
            >         > As mentioned in the 4/14/20 email at the bottom of this
            > thread, through a
            >         > partnership between IT, Communications, and OFA, we are
            > going to be moving
            >         > personal HSPH profile pages to the Catalyst platform this fall.
            > The current
            >         > process for creating and maintaining profile pages is
            > inefficient and time
            >         > consuming for everyone, so the vast majority of the these
            > profiles are
            >         > outdated, inaccurate, or even empty.
            >         >
            >         > This change will result in a directory that will be
            > automatically generated
            >         > and updated from Harvard Catalyst (where you can also make
            > changes manually
            >         > as needed). The result will improve the quantity, quality,
            > accuracy, and
            >         > efficiency of the information available to our communities
            > (both internal
            >         > and external). To better highlight your work in real time
            > and keep it up to
            >         > date, this change will also incorporate two highly requested
            > features: 1)
            >         > publications (an automated list of publications from
            > Catalyst) and
            > 2) news
            >         > (an automated feed from the School’s News website).
            >         >
            >         > We will be inviting feedback from active users on our
            > current profile
            >         > pages/sites, as well as sharing plans with Faculty Council
            > as we go. Below
            >         > is a rough schedule of the plan, give or take the usual
            > margin of error in
            >         > any large-scale, multi-step project.
            >         >
            >         >
            >         >   *   Design – near completion
            >         >      *   Faculty profile design
            >         >      *   Faculty and Researcher directory design
            >         >   *   Technical development – ongoing through mid/late August
            >         >      *   Catalyst integration
            >         >      *   Multisite tagging integration
            >         >   *   Content migration – ongoing through end August
            >         >      *   Upload pictures to Catalyst
            >         >      *   Multisite tagging clean-up
            >         >      *   Content migration for large faculty websites
            >         >   *   Preview and testing – current deadline September 4th
            >         >   *   Launch target – September 8th
            >         >
            >         > There is nothing you need to do right now, but let me know
            > if you have any
            >         > questions and I will forward them to the appropriate
            > person/office. If you
            >         > would like to learn more about maintaining your Catalyst
            > profile, you can do
            >         > so
            >         >
            > here<https://connects.catalyst.harvard.edu/Profiles/about/default.aspx?type=About>.
            >         >
            >         > Stay well, everyone, and have a great weekend.
            >         >
            >         > Best,
            >         > Jennifer
            >         > ___
            >         >
            >         > Jennifer M. Ivers, PhD (she, her, hers)
            >         > Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs  |  Title IX Coordinator