Academic Computing Committee
Meeting Minutes 
September 10, 2007
 
Members Present:
University Senate Representative: J. Alvares, R. Wolfson
 
Faculty Representatives: E. Renfro-Michel [CEHS Rep.], S. Sotillo [CHSS Faculty Rep.], C. Du [CSAM Faculty Rep], A. Pemberton [CART Faculty Rep.], S. Shapiro [Library Faculty Rep.], R. Xing [SBUS Faculty Rep].
 
Administrative Representatives (Academic Deans): M. Mallery [Library Administrative Rep.], A.J. Kelton [CHSS Administrative Rep.], S. Poger [CEHS Administrative Rep.], J. Youn [CSAM Administrative Rep.], R. Salomon [SBUS Administrative Rep.], S. Garber [CART Administrative Rep.], .J. O’Brien [proxy for Associate Vice President for Information Technology]
 
Non-voting Members Present: E. Chapel, OIT, T. Devlin [Academic Coordinator of Education Computing Network]
 
Guests: T. Hoskinson
 
Absent: D. Stevens [Undergraduate Student Rep], J. Donadeu [Graduate School Administrative Rep.], A. Mohiuddin [Graduate Student Rep.], VACANT [Undergrad. Student Rep.], VACANT [CEHS Faculty Rep.]
 
Presiding: J. Youn, Deputy Chair, and M. Kasner, Chair
Reporting: M. Mallery, Secretary
Distribution: ACC Web at http://frontpage.montclair.edu/acc/
Convened: 3:17 p.m. [Library Special Collections Room]
Adjourned: 4:40 p.m.
 
1. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 3:17 p.m. when there was a quorum. 
 
2. Minutes: Members approved with one correction the ACC Minutes of the May 7th meeting. 
 
3. Announcements: Kelton noted that CHSS is continuing its pilot project on teaching and learning in virtual worlds using Second Life. Contact Kelton if you would like a presentation on this project.
 
O'Brien announced that on October 23 at 1PM, there will be a Faculty Forum on "No Faculty Left Behind: You CAN Teach Online!" Register online at:
http://fm.montclair.edu/fmi/xsl/tti/browserecord.xsl?-lay=schedule&-recid=2008&-find=-find
 
O'Brien also reported that the BlackBoard Northeast Connect Users Group is hosting a conference on November 16th in New York City at the CUNY Graduate Center, 5th Avenue at 34th Street. The keynote speaker is Marc Prensky from Microsoft. For more information on registration, see the Web site at: http://www.northeastconnect.org
 
4. Reports
• Chair's Report: Kasner introduced the new CEHS Faculty representative, Edina Renfro-Michel, Assistant Professor in Counseling, Human Development, and Educational Leadership. Kasner reported for Youn that the MSU Adobe CLP (Contractual License Program) has started, and anyone interested in Level 3 discounts should contact Youn.
 
• OIT Report: Chapel reported that over the summer OIT converted to switched Ethernet service through NJEDge. Chapel noted that although Minto Gill was unable to attend today's meeting, he will come to a future ACC meeting to talk about where the major bandwidth usage is on campus. Chapel also reported on the following OIT initiatives:
 
a) Computer replacement program: The labs were configured very quickly over the summer, but the replacement program, particularly for faculty, was postponed. 
 
b) UPS for Data Closets: Power failures used to cause loss of voice service, but now with the uninterrupted power supply (UPS) systems installed for data closets there will be no loss of data due to power outages.
 
c) Bell Tower Initiative: The final draft of the RFP document for a campus management system to replace SCT Plus is at MSU Procurement. In two weeks, MSU hopes to get underway with the bidding process. This is a large, long-term project. MSU will be engaging consulting services especially to assist with the administrative systems. OIT is acquiring Oracle databases now as a preliminary step to implementation.
 
d) AudioVisual (AV) Equipment Replacement: This year’s budget cycle has a quarter million dollars allocated for audiovisual equipment replacement. John O’Brien’s department will prioritize spending for projectors, audio components, etc. MSU has doubled the space for computer-mediated classrooms in the past few years, and much of the equipment is almost three years old. The OIT plan is to eventually tie everything together into a campus-wide AV network.
 
• Ad Hoc Committee Reports:
 
a) Learning Management Subcommittee (LMS): 
O'Brien reported for Kahn that C. Lemesianou can no longer be the LMS Chair. Kahn is willing to co-chair the LMS with a faculty member. Kahn will put out a call for a co-chair and plan for the next meeting of the LMS.
 
b) Responsible Computing Policy Subcommittee
Wolfson (Chair) noted that the MSU Policy on Responsible Use of Computing was released in July before the ACC Subcommittee could comment. After discussion, Kasner requested a report from the ACC RCP Subcommittee on their concerns about the policy as it exists. Also, Kasner will send a note to Saundra Collins saying that the ACC is concerned about the manner that the MSU Policy on Responsible Use of Computing was put forward. The complete text of the policy is on the OIT site at: http://oit.montclair.edu/aboutoit/guidelines.html 
 
c) Campus-Wide User Satisfaction Survey Subcommittee: 
Kelton (Chair) reported that in August he sent to the ACC listserv the User Satisfaction Survey data that he requested about CHSS responses. Kasner asked the ACC administrative representatives notify their Deans to request the User Satisfaction Survey data for their own schools from the Office of Institutional Research. Chapel noted that the complete "Technology Service & Support Satisfaction Surveys" report is available online at: 
http://www.montclair.edu/InstResearch/surveys.htm 
 
d) MSU EDUCause Representation Subcommittee:
Kelton (Chair) announced that there are vacancies to fill for MSU in EDUCause for 3 Participating Representatives and 5 Subscribing Representatives. After discussion and review of Youn's suggestion that we might have members-at-large EDUCause representatives instead of assigned representatives, Kelton moved that 
 
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MSU will add to their EDUCause Representatives:
 
a) one Participating Representative each from: ResNet, Language Learning Technology, and Institutional Research; and
 
b) one Subscribing Representative from each of the five (5) MSU academic units. 
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Wolfson seconded the motion, and it passed by acclamation. Kelton will contact the administrators and Deans to request the names of their appointees for these 8 representatives and report back to the ACC.
 
e) Digital Repository SubCommittee:
Mallery reported that the MSU Digital Repository Subcommittee met on May 19th, and she submitted the summary of the meeting to the ACC listserv. In response to L. Hong’s memo and the Library’s analysis of databases, the Library has purchased ARTStor, an comprehensive image database in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes, available to the MSU community online at: http://www.artstor.org . 
 
Mallery will call another DR Committee meeting in late September and present the Subcommittee's report on Digital Repositories at the October ACC meeting.
 
5. New Business:
a) Single-Login for MSU Campus: Xing asked if MSU could integrate all the different logins for BlackBoard, Webmail, EZProxy, and other online services into a single login? Chapel noted that currently most students use their netID for BlackBoard and Webmail. WESS has a different login because it’s a legacy system, but it will be replaced by the new campus management system that the Bell Tower Initiative Committees are currently working to select.
 
b) Next Meeting:
The next meeting of the ACC is scheduled for Monday, October 8th, in the Library's Special Collections Room, from 3PM-5PM. In response to ACC members' requests, Kasner will try to schedule the December 10th ACC meeting in the President's Conference Room in University Hall, or he will try to schedule at least one meeting there before the end of the academic year
 
7. Adjournment: 
The meeting was adjourned at 4:40 PM.