Borders Group announced this morning that Susan Harwood, who was expected to join the company in September as its new CIO, started at the company today. Formerly v-p of information technology at Books-A-Million, Harwood will oversee all of Borders’ technology operations as well as take part in the relaunch of Borders.com, which is set for the first quarter of 2008. Upgrading the company’s technological infrastructure was cited by Borders CEO George Jones as a top priority when he joined the retailer last summer.