UNIVERSITY technology Advisory Committee

UST's board of trustees ad hoc Committee on Information Resources and Technologies reported:

"We feel we should focus on how we can employ technologies and access to information resources to aid us in reaching other university goals – building community as we strive to increase living space for our students, increasing opportunities for learning inside and outside the classroom, examining how we will model our university to embrace changing demographics, providing connectivity and opportunities for communication among our alumni worldwide.  The true goal for us is the employment of the technology tools to build engagement and support among all generations of the university."

With that focus in mind, Information Resources and Technologies (IRT) engages the community through advisory committees to ensure our services are in support of the university's mission.

University Technology Advisory Committee (UTAC)

The University Technology Advisory Committee (UTAC) charge is to make recommendations for technology directions, guide policies, plans and priorities for system and service selections to IRT leadership. UTAC consists of representatives from College of Business, School of Education, Graduate Programs and Software, student affairs, and other units across the university.

For the 2007-8 academic year UTAC's work will be focused on assisting IRT leadership set priories for system and service selections that are in support of the universities strategic directions three themes: "Access," "Excellence" and "Catholic Identity."

We thank the UTAC members for their work.

UTAC Committee Members

Lisa Burke,Rosann Cahill, Jane Canney,Dan Gjelten, Jennifer Haas, Mari Heltne, Elizabeth Houle, J. T. Ippoliti, Marisa Kelly, Lange Timothy, Sam Levy, Bhabani Misra, Alysen Nesse, Lucy Payne, William Raffield, Richard Raschio, Randy Sauter, Gene Scapanski, Mark Vangsgard  

UTAC History

An outgrowth of the Learning Architecture Planning Initiative (LAPI), the University Technology Advisory Committee (UTAC) was formed.

The committee used task forces to focus on four issues that emerged from LAPI. These task forces included Software Acquisition and Distribution, Copyright and Intellectual Property, Classroom Technology, and Mobile Computing.

The final reports from these task forces are available below:

Software Aquisition and Distribution (Spring 2003)

This report outlines issues with UST’s mechanisms for software acquisition and distribution and presents models for resolving the issues. 

Copyright and Intellectual Property (December 2003)

This report looks at the state of copyright and intellectual property at St. Thomas and UST’s own level of compliance and regulation.  After reviewing the best practices of other universities, the Copyright and IP task force make several recommendations.

Classroom Technology (June 2003)

This report investigates the array of technologies currently available in UST classrooms, proposes recommnedations and areas for further study.

Mobile Computing (2003)

This report provides an overview of mobile/wireless computing, why it is important for the University of St Thomas, review of and suggestions from other universities as they implemented wireless campuses, and issues and concerns including requirements, policies, implementation, education, support and other initiatives to be considered to support wireless implementation at UST.