UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY COMMITTTEE
MEETING MINUTES
December 14, 2000
Attendees: Perry Moore, Chuck Taylor, Paul Hernandez, Vicki
Montavon,, Dan DeStephen, Terri Klaus, Jeff Vernooy, Dave
Sauter, Doug Supp (for S. Narayanan), Jeff Dabney (for
Bonnie Mathies), Jerry Alter
I. Approval of Minutes of Latest Meeting
There were no corrections or additions to the minutes of the
November 9, 2000 meeting. Therefore, the minutes were
approved as distributed.
II. Pay for Printing - Paul Hernandez
Due to numerous problems with printing in the student labs,
a comparison study of dot matrix versus laser printing costs
was recently completed. It has been decided that beginning
Fall Quarter all labs will provide laser printing instead of
the dot matrix. The initial cost per page is $.10.
However, the students cost will be $.07/page, with the
additional $.03 being subsidized from the savings of the dot
matrix printing costs. The students will able to use their
Wright one-cards for payment. The UTC members agreed with
this change.
III. University Administrative Systems Replacement - Paul
Hernandez
Paul announced a tentative approach and timeline for the
replacement of all administrative applications on the
university support systems (financial, human resources and
student). An RFP is presently being drafted to hire a
consultant to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of all
major integrated software packages for a university
environment, as well as an assessment of products under
development for the future. This RFP should be completed
and submitted by the end of January, 2001. At the same
time, each major administrative area will be asked to define
requirements needed from a new system. Once all the
information is gathered and compared, a list of products
will be compiled for evaluation. A purchase decision will
be made approximately the end of 2001 with a 5-6 year
implementation period. Paul will keep the committee informed
as this project progresses.
IV. Beta test site for WebCt Enterprise version - Dan
DeStephen
Terri Klaus announced that a teleconference is scheduled for
Friday, December 15, led by the Vice President of Product
Development from WebCT. He will discuss the new version of
WebCT and its additional benefits over the older version.
Terri will report the results of this conference at a future
meeting.
V. Library services from for-profit groups - Vicki Montavon
Vicki wanted to make the committee aware of the recent
development by several companies (examples: Questia,
Zan.edu) marketing library services directly to users. These
companies have bought the copyright for a number of journal
articles and sell them as bundles to undergraduate students
and faculty. Some services are offered on a monthly
subscription basis. Vicki did not feel this service would be
beneficial to users at Wright State due to the availability
of the many resources through OhioLink and its own
libraries.
VI. New technology in Allyn Hall - Bonnie Mathies
Due to illness, Bonnie Mathies was unable to attend today's
meeting. This agenda item will, therefore, be postponed
until a future meeting.
VII. Announcements
A) Donna Hamilton was unable to attend this meeting,
however, she asked Chuck Taylor to announce the finalization
of the WSU website survey results. Responses this year
totaled 978 and compared to 702 last year. Anyone
interested in the results may visit the website:
http://www.wright.edu/web/survey
B) Paul Hernandez reminded everyone to have the information
for faculty computer needs in by the end of January.
C) The next scheduled meeting is January 11, 2001.
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