Information technology deals with processing, transmitting and displaying information. It includes data processing, office automation, multimedia, telecommunications, and library systems. Information technology activities at Eastern Washington University have been divided into infrastructure and departmental activities or resources. Infrastructure activities are those that have a broad and strategic impact across the institution.
Departmental activities are more tactical and focused on a particular business unit.
Infrastructure activities have been centralized, and departmental activities have been decentralized. An information technology governance structure has been set up to provide oversight to the use, standardization, and distribution of information technology resources at the university. University Libraries is the name of the central organization that ensures that the students of the university have access to information and ideas essential to achieving a high quality education at Eastern Washington University. Information Resources is the name of the central organization focused on information technology infrastructure activities. Information Resources provides for the planning, development and support of the information technology infrastructure of the university.