FY-11 ACADEMIC COMPUTING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE

Approved by SenEx: 5/17/10

Approved by University Senate: 9/9/10

• For further information or to schedule a meeting with SenEx to discuss charges or the committee’s work, contact SenEx chair Ben Eggleston at eggleston@ku.edu.
• Please send minutes of each meeting to University Governance, at govern@ku.edu, for posting to the Governance web site.
• Please send recommendations for changes to the University Senate Code, the University Senate Rules and Regulations, and the Faculty Senate Rules and Regulations as early in the academic year as possible. Because of the waiting periods involved in changes to these documents, recommendations proposed after spring break may remain pending the following fall semester.
• Please send a report of the committee’s actions on each of the charges, as well as any recommendations the committee wishes to make concerning charges or membership for the following academic year, to University Governance, at govern@ku.edu. Please submit the report by April 1, 2011. If the committee still expects to conduct business after April 1, please submit a report by April 1 and later submit any addenda that may be appropriate.

Standing charges:

1. Monitor current and proposed policy concerning security of information, intellectual property rights and responsibilities, and other matters relating to information technology. Identify issues for which policy should be developed or revised. Report issues and any recommendations for action to SenEx. (ongoing)

1. Continue to monitor the development of the “Initiative One” strategic program. Report issues or recommendations for action to SenEx. (ongoing)

2. Obtain a report from Information Technology and consult end users concerning the effect of the Libraries’ separation from IT as a result of the dissolution of Information Services. Report issues and recommendations for action to SenEx by 12/1/10.