1. Trends in Computing for Higher Education
2. Campus Computing Goals and Strategies
3. Campus Computing Resources
4. Campus-Wide Information System
5. Instruction/Student Support/Research
6. Hardware/Software Support Services
7. Specialized Services
8. User Services
9. Planning
10. Evaluation
11. Development
12. The Campus-Wide Network
13. Reference Material

Trends in Computing for Higher Education

• Network/Communications Trends
• Advanced User Interfaces Trends
• Hardware/Advanced Technology Trends
• Information Distribution Trends
• Software Trends (Intelligent Applications)
• Aging and Obsolete Equipment

Campus Computing Goals and Strategies

• Campus Computing Goals
• Campus Computing Strategies

Campus Computing Resources

• Individual Resources
• Shared Resources
• Centralized Campus Resources

Campus-Wide Information System

• ORACLE/Banner
• Local Databases
• Library Automation
• BearFacts

Instruction/Student Support/Research

• Instructional Facilities
• Development Facilities
• Student Access
• Advising
• Research
• Programming Languages

Hardware/Software Support Services

• Hardware Policy
• Client Resources
• Server Resources
• Software Policy
• Maintenance
• Security

Specialized Services

• Audio/Visual Digitizing Services
• Documentation of Campus Computing Services
• File Recovery
• Testscoring and Optical Scanning

User Services

• Consultation
• Faculty and Staff Training
• Network of Local Consultants

  Computer Equipment Purchase Programs

  Purchase of Personal Computers

  Institutional Purchases of Computing, Communications and Audio-Visual Equipment

• Public Service
• Users Groups
• Public Access to Computing Resources

Planning

• Planning
• Academic Computing Advisory Committee (ACAC)
• Student Computing Access Program (SCAP)

Evaluation

• Annual Reports

Development

• Cooperative Relationships with the Computing Industry
• Research and Equipment Grants
• Special Computing Projects
• Testing/Prototyping New Technologies

The Campus-Wide Network

Access

On-campus access

Off-campus access

Performance

Cable plant

Physical segmentation

Interconnectivity

Off-campus Data Communication Link

Network Monitoring and Management

Support for Important Network Services

Voice Services

Telephony

Voice-mail

Video Services

Data communication services

The Internet

BITNET

Electronic mail (Email)

Conferencing

• Reliability

Reference Material

• Glossary of terms
• Directions in Campus Computing at Potsdam College [April 1990]
• Educational Technology Initiative (ETI) Phase I plan [Nov. 1994])