With 2010 drawing to a close, it's time for a taster of what's coming in the New Year.
A number of major IT projects have recently kicked off, with the University Portal project starting in November. The Portal project aims to bring information from a number of systems into a single place, making it easier for students to access up-to-date information.
Our E-mail and Calendaring provision is also being reviewed, with the aim to implement a new system for staff and students over the next year. An updated platform will provide a better webmail facility with larger amounts of e-mail storage, support for different e-mail clients and improved mobile device support.
The Harry Fairhurst building (formerly the home of the Computer Science Department) will open in Easter 2010. The building will provide a number of new IT-rich learning and study spaces for students and researchers, complemented by on-site IT, Library and Academic support, and will be linked directly to the JB Morrell Library.
On a final note, the Directorate recently won a JISC Bid looking at ICT Strategy, which will provide useful input for us on mananging our IT projects going forward.
More details on these and other projects will be provided here in the New Year.
Tuesday, 21 December 2010
Thursday, 18 November 2010
JISC Access Management Feature
The University has recently been working with Group GTI who manage our TargetCONNECT interactive careers service portal, in order to make sure students can sign in to the careers portal without needing separate usernames and passwords.
This work has been featured as a case study in the latest JISC "Access Unlimited Access Protected" brochure - you can download the brochure from their website. The University of York is featured on page 7.
This work has been featured as a case study in the latest JISC "Access Unlimited Access Protected" brochure - you can download the brochure from their website. The University of York is featured on page 7.
Friday, 15 October 2010
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Press Release
IT Services has recently been working on providing a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure that enables students to access their desktop and learning resources from PCs both on and off campus.
This work has recently been featured in a press release - read the full article here.
This work has recently been featured in a press release - read the full article here.
Friday, 24 September 2010
New Borthwick Website
The Borthwick Institute for Archives launched their new website this week. The Borthwick is located next door to the JB Morrell Library at the University and is one of the biggest archive repositories outside London. The Archives is open to students, staff and the general public.
Visit their new website for further details.
Visit their new website for further details.
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
YorSearch - new library search
The YorSearch library search function has now been made available as the main library catalogue search tool for the University.
YorSearch offers a modern Google-style interface, with a tag cloud for finding resources on similar topics. It also returns results from several sources - the University libraries, Archives, Metalib and White Rose e-repositories, amongst others. The search is available on the main library website and on PCs in the Library.
YorSearch offers a modern Google-style interface, with a tag cloud for finding resources on similar topics. It also returns results from several sources - the University libraries, Archives, Metalib and White Rose e-repositories, amongst others. The search is available on the main library website and on PCs in the Library.
Sunday, 15 August 2010
Real name email addresses
The real name email address project is gaining momentum within the University, with an initial launch with staff planned for October 2010.
Background
University e-mail addresses for staff and students have always been offered on the basis of a person's initials and a unique number - e.g. abc123@york.ac.uk.. Unfortunately, this has lead to some confusion both internally and externally, as the e-mail address gives very little indication of who the sender is, or their role in the University.
The real name e-mail address project aims to solve this, by allocating users e-mail addresses based on their name. Typically, users will be given an e-mail address using their forename and surname or an alternative using other combinations if this is not unique.
The project has not been straightforward as it involves the migration of thousands of existing e-mail accounts and must also take into account other considerations such as preferred names (e.g. Joe Bloggs uses his middle name "Warren" professionally, or Jane Bloggs is known by her maiden name, Jane Doe).
Launch
Staff e-mail addresses are due to be migrated on October 1st. It should be noted that old e-mail addresses will still remain active, so there is no need to worry about existing contacts or business cards with old e-mail addresses on.
Background
University e-mail addresses for staff and students have always been offered on the basis of a person's initials and a unique number - e.g. abc123@york.ac.uk.. Unfortunately, this has lead to some confusion both internally and externally, as the e-mail address gives very little indication of who the sender is, or their role in the University.
The real name e-mail address project aims to solve this, by allocating users e-mail addresses based on their name. Typically, users will be given an e-mail address using their forename and surname or an alternative using other combinations if this is not unique.
The project has not been straightforward as it involves the migration of thousands of existing e-mail accounts and must also take into account other considerations such as preferred names (e.g. Joe Bloggs uses his middle name "Warren" professionally, or Jane Bloggs is known by her maiden name, Jane Doe).
Launch
Staff e-mail addresses are due to be migrated on October 1st. It should be noted that old e-mail addresses will still remain active, so there is no need to worry about existing contacts or business cards with old e-mail addresses on.
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
24/7 IT Support Launched
IT Services launched 24/7 phone support on 28th July. Previously the University IT Helpdesk had been available in office hours (9-5, Monday to Friday).
Since the introduction of the service, calls outside of these times will be handled by the NorMAN IT Support service, based at Northumbria University.
View the IT Services news article for further information.
Since the introduction of the service, calls outside of these times will be handled by the NorMAN IT Support service, based at Northumbria University.
View the IT Services news article for further information.
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