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Information Resources Initiatives FY 05 Division: Provost Office: Information Resources

Initiative Units/Persons Responsible Mid-Year Review End of Year

1. Mortvedt Commons a. Complete Mini-Mort project, which includes moving IT help desk to main a. User Support, Circ/Bldg, a. Furniture & help desk a. Project floor, expanding Haley Center, adding coffee venue, and reconfiguring Info Svcs, dean installs Dec. 20-21 completed, incl. other elements on main floor of library espresso kiosk. b. Develop conceptual plan for Mortvedt Commons b. Dean and planning Students love it! i. Empanel planning group that represents students, faculty, Info Resources, committee b.i. Appointment by Provost

and Ramstad Commons pending b.i. Committee appointed ii. Ascertain all program elements of Mortvedt Commons; describe and April; first meeting in block out these elements in a draft library floor plan May iii. Present to President’s Council for further direction

2. Technology plan a. Complete plan in Fall, including common understanding of planning a. All IR directors/units, dean a. Core elements complete, a.-b. Nearly completed, principles, framing issues, unit profiles, and funding priorities and strategies some chapters complete, but retooling some- others in progress what this summer to b. Vet three-year rolling financial and strategic plan with appropriate b. Dean b. To Provost for Pres Cncl; drive more directly constituencies, including President’s Council Deans scheduled Dec. 13 internal Info Res planning and to link more closely with campus-wide technology and other planning priorities

a. Completed and 3. Campus-wide network and enterprise system enhancements a. Systems & Communication exceeded; now very a. Increase performance and reliability of email service a. Completed, via new storage array. high performance at b. Systems & Communication peak times b. Intensify campaign against spam, worms, and viruses b. Ongoing, e.g., new b. Ongoing; see firewall installed, new software under scrutiny mid-year review; now c. User Support, Systems & c. Solution purchased, also evaluating c. Roll out new voicemail system Communication implementation has begun options for automated d. Systems & Communication d. Deployment in progress network monitoring d. Select and deploy central mass storage system c. Implementation e. Admin Computing e. On schedule for June complete; following e. Implement Banner Advancement system switch-over up with focus group f. Admin Computing f. Scheduled for Spring d. Continuing to f. Implement fsaAtlas foreign student information management system g. User Support, Systems & g. Scheduled for Spring add users to g. Investigate and select PLU corporate cell phone plan Communication “NetStor”

e. On schedule for June 1st switch over. f. Delayed until summer for new version, regulations; K. Stumo concurrs g. Conceptual basis (stipends) approved; draft plan in works 4. Campus-wide services and information access enhancements a. Develop and market an integrated Info Resources program for information a. G. Egbers and work group a. Work group formed and a. Ready for Fall 2005 and technology literacy to be appointed plan outlined; handout drafted b. Develop new models for coordinated help services on library main floor (IT b. M. Crayton and work group b. Phase I: Help Desk & b. Cross-training of staff help desk, reference, circulation, multimedia) to be appointed Reference underway & integration of c. Develop a university records retention program c. Univ. Archive c. In progress student employee d. Inventory library print collection d. Circulation, Library d. Inventory c. 50% done; pools begins over Technical Services, Digital est. finish by June 2005 summer Media Center c. Ongong e. Continue service quality assessment cycles with student and faculty/staff e. IR Assessment Officer e. Faculty focus group d. 55% done; finish date surveys & focus groups completed; student survey = September 2005 imminent e. Focus group done, f. Equip three classrooms, including one in Hong International Hall, with f. Multimedia Services f. “Smart” classrooms student survey video, audio, network, projection, and other learning technologies completed = ADM 215, done & data being 202 & Hong Hall; in analyzed; faculty progress = ADM 200, survey soon underway 204, 206 f. Done (see mid-year g. Develop faculty portfolio system in support of IDE planning model g. Digital Media Center g. Faculty profile project in report) alpha stages; faculty g. Templates developed portfolio system not yet & used with uEdit for started. over 60 students, h. Complete and roll out digital asset management system for Special h. Digital Media Center, Spec. h. Administrative and public several faculty Collections & Archive, Photographic Services, and others Colls. & Archive interfaces complete; h. Completed and in use content population and for Wang Center, metadata quality control Archives, and in progress. Lutecast; content description in progress for News & Info Svcs