2008-2009 LR&TS Annual Report - Learning Resources Services ...

Learning Resources & Technology Services – Annual Report FY09
Provide leadership and direction for LR&TS and its services to campus.
• Presented updates on the status of technology at
SCSU to Academic Affairs Council, President’s
Council and TLTR.
• Coordinated the LR&TS Policies and Procedures
Committee (PPC). During FY09, the PPC:
àà Revised the LR&TS Travel Policies and Proce-
dures following review by the Dean’s Advisory
Council.
àà Continued work on updating the Emergency
Evacuation and Tornado and Severe Weather
Policies.
àà Oversaw incorporation of LR&TS Miller Center
standards for acceptable computing behavior into
campus General Access computer lab policies.
àà Updated student worker confidentiality forms
and procedures.
àà Drafted procedures for handling suspended stu-
dents, so they are unable to receive community
patron bar codes or computer accounts.
àà Began work on a policy and procedure for data
retention and archiving of electronic records.
Respond to personnel needs of the unit.
• Completed all the Article 22 and 25 comments,
reports and meetings for probationary, tenured and
fixed-term faculty lines in LR&TS.
• Supervised the search process for the Associate Dean
for Instruction and Educational Technologies; the
search continued into FY10.
• Oversaw the initiation of the search process for
two probationary faculty positions; both searches
continued into FY10.
• Coordinated the initiation of the search process
for 12 staff positions in the MMA, MAPE and
AFSCME bargaining units; five of these were filled
on a permanent basis and the remaining filled
temporarily.
Monitor and respond to campus needs related to technology.
• Coordinated the activities of the campus Teaching,
Learning, Technology Roundtable (TLTR). Issues
addressed during FY09 included:
àà Discussion of the Draft Technology Vision
statement.
àà Feedback on several campus IT initiatives,
including elimination of dial-up service for
faculty/staff/emeriti, implementation of hard
drive encryption, equipping classrooms for
podcasting, plans for MnSCU’s Instructional
Management System, Technology Day ’09,
wikis, support of mobile devices on campus,
microcomputing standards, Star Alert emergency
notification system, implementation of Windows
Vista, use of software to gather computer hardware
and software inventory information, use of
the Virtual Lab, and the Student Technology Fee’s
casual computing initiative.
In connection with the Center for Information Media, oversee the
awarding of scholarships and other awards.
• Awarded John G. Berling awards of $100 each to
Brad Grabham and Jenny Hill.
• Awarded a Luther Brown scholarship of $750 to
Ann Carstens.
• Awarded a Dennis and Ann Fields scholarship of
$750 to Mu (Jason) He.
• Awarded a Bonnie Hedin fellowship of $1,000 to
Neil Andruschak.
• Awarded Doreen Keable scholarships of $1,000 each
to Mark Krueger and Emily Stenberg.
• Awarded an Inez Rank scholarship of $500 to Mark
Bremel.
• Awarded a Carl & Marilyn Savage award of $500 to
Amy Carney.
Provide contracted information and technology services for various
campus units and agencies external to SCSU.
• Provided support services to the MnSCU Office of
the Chancellor, central operations and oversight of
the Central Minnesota Distance Learning Network
and the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, as
well as LibData hosting services for 28 other academic
institutions.
Aggregate and provide information about LR&TS services to various
national organizations and services.
• Completed the Educause Core Data Survey, the Academic
Library Survey (IPEDS) and the Association of
College & Research Libraries (ACRL) annual survey.
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