Article by Lisa Calcara
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New cellular service plans are now available to OSU faculty, staff and students through UNITS’ cellular service, OSU Wireless. The revamped service includes numerous home, regional and national plans and phone options and can be used for business or personal use.
Article by Marianne Weber
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The upgrade of the Human Resources system to the Web-based version of PeopleSoft has moved into the testing phase of the project after system designs were completed in November and development was completed in January. Implementation of the version 8 system is scheduled for spring 2002.
Article by Sally Hritz
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Since last summer, the Office of Information Technology has been phasing in new directory services for the campus. The directory responds to online queries to provide e-mail addresses, office addresses, phone numbers and other information for faculty, staff and students. The electronic directory went live in early November 2001. Listed below are some helpful hints to make best use of the system.
Article by Sally Hritz
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Article by Emmett Crawley and Sally Hritz
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Article by Sally Hritz
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The average paper copy dissertation is checked out of the library between one and three times in its lifetime, says Associate Dean William Clark from the OSU Graduate School. However, statistics show that some electronic dissertations have been accessed via the Internet more than 10,000 times.
Article by Sally Hritz
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The Office of the CIO recently established a new Office of Project Management Services (OPMS) and hired E. J. Shaffer as the director. Shaffer's primary responsibility is to provide leadership support for planning, managing and implementing large-scale information system projects such as the existing PeopleSoft and the new Student Information Systems projects. He is also setting up the Office and will serve as project management best practices consultant to the university community.
Article by Catherine Bindewald
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In her State of the College of Education Address last February, Dean Donna Browder Evans spoke of ways to stake out Ohio State's leadership claim among America's teacher preparation institutions. She included a prominent role for technology among her other goals to realign and reinvigorate teacher preparation programs, strengthen research and grantsmanship, become more accessible, and increase diversity.
Article by Emmett Crawley
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Article by Sally Hritz
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The Office of Information Technology is phasing in new electronic Directory Services to provide improved e-mail forwarding and lookup for the university. The new system replaces Whois, a customized and outdated commercial product no longer supported by the vendor. New information on these evolving services will be posted online.
