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Students as Angel Investors

Dee Childs, Deputy CIO

Stacey Morales, Manager of Customer Services

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28,000 students1,600 international students

5,000 graduate students. 8,000 on-campus residents

substantial commuter population

4 schools & 9 senior colleges 1,200 full-time faculty

5,000 staff

$144.7 million annually in outside research grants and contracts, a

significant factor for the Louisiana economy.

LSU is a land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant institution, one of only 21 such

universities in the nation

Students?

Session OverviewIntroduction to Louisiana State University

Student Technology Fee as Foundation

Outsourcing E-mail & Web-hosting

Microsoft Select & Tigerware Distribution Server

Going Wireless

Gear-to-Geaux & Information Kiosks

21st Century Information Commons

VLAB

GROK Knowledge Base

Conclusions / Q & A

Who or What Exactly is an Angel Investor?

Presentation OverviewIntroduction to Louisiana State University




Going Wireless



VLAB

GROK Knowledge Base

Conclusions / Q & A

1997: LSU’s web portal won the

Educause Exemplary Practices Award

However, students weren’t as impressed with e-mail:

The SG Information Technology Officer sent an email to our office asking that we upgrade the student e-mail system to “greatly aid students who use PAWS as their primary e-mail client.”

Students requested improved functionality including multiple attachments, a signature block, a personal address book & group calendaring.

“When I am forced to use the PAWS e-mail (e.g. when accessing via the web from remote locations), I am amazed that such a frustrating, horrible, primitive, user-unfriendly e-mail system hasn't been replaced or at least significantly improved by now. . “





Going Wireless



VLAB

GROK Knowledge Base

Conclusions / Q & A

Going Wireless

In 2003 Tech Fee funded the installation of 200 wireless access points in high traffic areas.

In 2004 Tech Fee funded an additional 200 access points to provide more ubiquitous coverage.

Tech Fee pays the annual node charges of $86,400 for these access points.

Currently LSU has over 1500 access points.





Going Wireless



VLAB

GROK Knowledge Base

Conclusions / Q & A

Gear to Geaux History

The program was started in 2003 The initial program only had 12 laptops and 50 wireless cards. The items were circulated by ITS and students could only use the laptops for two

hours and could not leave the library. In 2005 we partnered with the library to have them circulate the items and they

could collect and keep the fines revenue. In Fall of 2005 we added 10 additional laptops and changed the circulation to

allow students to check them out for up to three days with one renewal. In January 2006 we acquired 50 IBM laptops from those donated in support of

hurricane Katrina recovery efforts. ITS decided to put these machines into the library circulation program. This was a big hit.

In the Fall of 2006 we replaced the twelve additional machines, but with 6 windows compatible machines and 6 ibooks. We also added digital cameras and camcorders.

In the Fall of 2007 we added 6 additional ibooks and 6 new windows machines. The program continues to be nearly 100 percent checked out on any given day.

IT Circulation Items Laptops (win & mac)

Digital Cameras Digital Camcorders Tripods Adaptive Technology

– Laptops– Large format keyboards– Scroll ball mice– Opal magnifiers

Gear to Geaux

Internet Kiosks

3 year old computers are used as low-end, internet stations.

42 machines located in 15 high traffic areas on campus.

Provides students, faculty or staff quick access to the internet.

Most require a logon, however we have 12 machines in the Information Commons that are open access.




Tigerware Software Distribution Server

Going Wireless



VLAB

GROK Knowledge Base

Conclusions / Q & A

21st Century Information Commons at LSU

A collaborative environment where library and IT resources blend …

where people meet and collaborate … in a first-class showcase of IT tools and student

products.

Adaptive Technology Library Reference Multimedia Development

Studio Personal & Collaborative

Workspaces Social / Mobility Copy/Print Areas I.T. Enablement

21st Century Information Commons at LSU





Going Wireless



VLAB

GROK Knowledge Base

Conclusions / Q & A

Virtual Lab Concept piloted in 2005 with an

initial investment of $150,00. Great Success.

Access to all students in 2006 with very little marketing.

Added additional terminal servers to the backend in 2007.

It provides students thin client access to high-end software not available for download from TigerWare.

Software may be used from any Web browser.

Students able to save files to their local drives, shared drives, and print to their local printer.

http://vlab.lsu.edu/





Going Wireless



VLAB

GROK Knowledge Base

Conclusions / Q & A

• Create a student technology advisory group

• Include students in existing campus technology advisory groups

• Include student leaders in strategic IT planning

• Consider using students as beta testers for projects

• Cultivate relationships with student media

• Hire a student liaison for your IT staff

• Leverage residential IT living-learning colleges as advisors

• Cultivate a culture of investment in innovation

Take-Away Ideas

Thank You

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