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Recommended Solutions Update
The Recommended Solutions Web site will be updated this summer to include a number of revised recommendations and several new ones. Recommended Solutions are intended to help UC Davis faculty, staff, and students make best use of tools and resources available to them, both on and off campus. They can also help readers make educated decisions about purchasing hardware and software. Some of the current solutions, such as Configuring Office Computer Systems, will be updated. New Recommended Solutions under consideration include mobile computing, off-campus Internet options, ADA-compliant Web pages, data management, and storage options. Send email to ietpubs@ucdavis.edu if you would like to suggest or author a new "RecSol," and be sure to check the Recommended Solutions site in the fall.IET at Summer Advising
With summer comes Summer Advising, the annual UC Davis advising program for incoming students and their parents. Summer Advising 2001 for transfer students runs from June 25-29. The program for incoming freshmen will run from July 8-August 17.Student service departments in Information and Educational Technology (IET) will again collaborate to participate in this important advising and orientation program. Based in the Segundo Learning Resource Center, IET reps (mostly student employees) will be assisting students in the online setup of computing accounts and giving presentations on campus computing services and the Student Computer Ownership Statement of Expectation. They will also answer general questions from attendees about computing life at UC Davis. Last year, IET assisted more than 3,000 incoming students, and even greater numbers are expected this year. UCCSC in LA This Year
The University of California Computing Services Conference (UCCSC) will be holding its 12th annual meeting at UCLA this year. From July 8-10, information technology professionals from all the UC campuses will converge in Los Angeles to discuss hot topics, exchange ideas, and network with colleagues as they attend lecture sessions based on this year's theme, "Universal Access: Anytime, Anywhere."This year's UCCSC will offer four presentation tracks, along with tours of the UCLA campus. A barbeque on Sunday night and a dinner and tour of the UCLA Hammer Museum are also part of the event. The four presentation tracks allow for a variety of topics: "Universal Access," "Cool New Apps," "Educational IT," and "IT Management." A fifth track will collect all the odds and ends and is aptly named "Potpourri." If you are interested in attending, lodging is available on the UCLA campus at Covel Commons. You can find further information by visiting: UCLA Conference Services Guest Rooms Page. This page lists prices and offers some digital photos of the room interiors. Registration for the conference is also available online; the fee is $200. For more information, please visit the UCLA/UCCSC website at http://uccsc.ats.ucla.edu/. Contact Greg Fellin (gcfellin@ucdavis.edu), UC Davis' UCCSC coordinator, for more information on UC Davis' participation at the conference. A number of UC Davis presentations are planned UC Davis Quarterly Technology Report Online
Three times a year, UC Davis, along with all of the other UCs, releases a report on technology and communications initiatives. These reports keep the UC Joint Operations Group (JOG) and the Communications Planning Group (CPG) apprised of technology issues across the campuses. UC Davis' May JOG and CPG reports are online at
These reports were prepared for the quarterly JOG/CPG meeting held at UC Riverside on May 22 and 23. For a copy of the agenda and links to other campus reports, see http://www.ucop.edu/irc/jog/. |
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