Osgoode Hall Law School - York University
Osgoode Hall Law School - York University
Osgoode Hall Law School - York University
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• Secured a 12 month trial contract to outsource <strong>Osgoode</strong>’s printer maintenance<br />
and toner requirements. The program is expected to realize an annual saving of<br />
20% and ostensibly extend the useful life of <strong>Osgoode</strong>’s printers indefinitely<br />
subject to parts availability from manufacturers.<br />
• Expanded wireless network coverage for the Ontario <strong>Law</strong> Commission and the<br />
Critical Research Laboratory in the Computer Methods Building.<br />
• Added OPD Mediasite.<br />
• Started development of the <strong>Osgoode</strong> ITS Policies and Procedures Manual, which<br />
includes practices and guidelines for Quality of Service Standards.<br />
• Upgraded QuickPlace to Quickr version 8.0.0.2.<br />
• Migrated WSE 2.5 to WPE version 6.0.0.1.<br />
• Migrated graduate and first-year students to Domino Web Access 7.0.3, a much<br />
improved webmail template.<br />
C. Overview<br />
The coming year looks to be as exciting as it is challenging. The lion’s share of<br />
activity will focus on technology planning and integration related to major facilities<br />
improvements at three locations. <strong>Osgoode</strong> Professional Development will undergo<br />
renovations, work on the new wing at <strong>Osgoode</strong> is slated for the fall and the<br />
Computer Methods Building will house three <strong>Osgoode</strong>-related entities.<br />
An immediate challenge faced by the <strong>Law</strong> <strong>School</strong> is how to optimally utilize reduced<br />
space available during the construction period of both the new wing and the<br />
renovation of the existing building. <strong>Osgoode</strong> ITS will work with the building user<br />
committee and community to determine how technology can and will be used to<br />
overcome these obstacles.<br />
Several additional initiatives have been identified for the upcoming year including<br />
exploring the theme of “technology and the law school learning experience”, the<br />
need to refresh secondary <strong>Osgoode</strong> web properties, requests for more real-time<br />
transaction processing and the continued growth of web-based research initiatives.<br />
D. Academic and Research Initiatives<br />
RESEARCH INITIATIVES<br />
Research Blogs, Web Hosting and Development<br />
In order to provide timely support to key blogs, journals and websites at the <strong>Law</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong>, a new research PHP/MySQL server will be added to the existing farm to host<br />
IPILog.ca, TheCourt.ca, the Nathanson Centre website, the German <strong>Law</strong> Journal<br />
and in preparation for anticipated growth in requests for development/support of<br />
popular PHP-based systems.<br />
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