Building a university IT community: strength through collaboration and partnerships

ABSTRACT

What can universities do to create an IT community that can share expertise, insight and creativity? Often, it is the IT divisions themselves that bridge the gaps, providing the conduit for communication, the tools to facilitate collaboration and initiate partnerships. NC State University's Information Technology Division (ITD) has undertaken several projects that provide the framework to facilitate collaboration. In this paper, we will focus on the recent partnerships and collaborations which ITD has found to be most rewarding and those with prospects yet to be fully realized. These partnerships, with academic units and student service organizations alike, bring opportunities to promote learning in a technology rich environment while providing the framework for true collaboration.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.6 MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
      K.6.1 Project and People Management

General Terms:
Economics, Human Factors, Management

Keywords:
collaboration, communication, partnerships, projects, software licensing