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DoIT x AOK Library: Streamlining Transcription: How DoIT and the AOK Library Leveraged AWS to Enhance Media Accessibility at UMBC

A collaborative leap forward for campus-wide accessibility

The UMBC Albin O. Kuhn Library recently partnered with the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) to solve the challenge of accessing information for all. There is a need for rapid and...

Posted: February 25, 2026, 12:14 PM

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February 24, 2026 Scheduled Downtime Concluded

To all chip users, The scheduled downtime for today has concluded. A few compute nodes are still in the "drain" state. This is expected as the system slowly reboots all compute notes not...

Posted: February 24, 2026, 5:38 PM

The Silent Architect: Billy Schneider Honored with February 2026 Gritty Award

Building the bedrock of UMBC’s digital presence

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is excited to announce that Billy Schneider has been awarded the February 2026 DoIT Gritty Award! This award recognizes Billy's technical leadership,...

Posted: February 24, 2026, 11:36 AM

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Docusign Form Server Downtime - Monday, Feb 23 at 9 PM

To facilitate a rescheduled server migration, the Docusign Enterprise Forms server (docusign.umbc.edu) will be offline on Monday, February 23 from approximately 9-10 PM EST. During this time,...

Posted: February 23, 2026, 4:48 PM

Storage System Performance Update

To all chip users, The DoIT Research Computing & Data (RCD) Team is aware of the storage system performance issues that have impacted the chip cluster since earlier this month. For some...

Posted: February 20, 2026, 5:22 PM

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