For some universal tasks, like email and printer control, the College Office of Technology will develop guides showing exactly the steps required for the most common operations. There is a major need to provide individual consultation about the use of the software packages. Unfortunately, the College Office of Technology cannot provide very much of this kind of service. We will refer people to outside consultants and we will encourage user communities to develop within the College to share expertise. Finally, having manuals or instructional books readily available in each of the Divisions would be a major help.
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Last year the College used the money from the OBR instructional equipment funds to take a major step toward providing adequate computer systems for all faculty members. There are still some systems, however, that need to be replaced. Many more need upgrades, especially memory, in order to meet the baseline standard. The College Office of Technology has done a detailed survey by Division of what is needed. This table shows the totals for all items in the baseline plan except for the hardware upgrades to individual work stations.