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Expand current campus-based support and training services to faculty and staff on
administrative and personal computer systems, and create a collaborative forum for
sharing training and knowledge.
Develop campus capabilities to support the growing number of student users in labs
and residence halls.
Establish a training fund to ensure that the professional development needs of IT staff
are met.
Invest in local training facilities as a foundation for increased training of faculty, staff
and students.
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Collaborative Procurement
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Some campuses already have stretched their budgets by collaborating in the
purchase of various types of equipment and services. The Logistical Needs Task Force
recognized that campuses could realize significant savings and increase their buying
power by voluntarily banding together to purchase IT hardware, software and services.
The task force recommended establishing a formal collaborative procurement program to
facilitate such multi-campus IT purchases.
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“UNC will need to seek economies of scale in procuring technology and services in order
to contain costs, create benefits of strategic vendor alliances, and offer all campuses
comparable purchasing opportunities.”
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The IT Action Plan
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The chancellors’ IT Strategy Steering Committee has recommended that UNC
undertake 11 strategic IT initiatives and 29 projects or programs over the next five years.
While some of these will require much more study and planning, many others could be
initiated relatively quickly, provided enough of the campuses endorse the proposals and
adequate funding is available.
 The IT Action Plan adopted by the Steering Committee includes a three-year
implementation schedule:
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First Year
•Expand campus network maintenance
•Create a collaborative procurement program
•Enhance campus activities in teaching and learning with technology (TLT)
•Create a program of inter-campus TLT collaboration
•Implement Web-enabled student services and establish the Alliance Shared Software
Support Center
Estimated cost:$10 million
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October 1999
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