IT Planning
On this page:
- Information Technology Planning at UCLA
- Campus Input
- Information Technology Evolution at UCLA
- Areas of Emphasis
- Campus IT Portfolio
- Key UCLA IT Accomplishments
Information Technology Planning at UCLA
While UCLA has made great strides in incorporating technology into campus life, its full potential as a campuswide educational, research, and productivity tool has yet to be realized. We all agree that information technology will pave a path that guides UCLA into the future, but the direction of that path is still uncharted. Until now.
For the past two years the Information Technology Planning Board and the Office of Information Technology (OIT) have worked with the Academic Senate and other campus groups to create a cohesive vision and implementation process for information technology at UCLA. The result has been the creation of the UCLA Information Technology Strategic Vision and five Areas of Emphasis that have been forged as the foundation for that vision.
On this website, you will find UCLA's Areas of Emphasis and descriptions of many of the projects and initiatives that are already pushing forward UCLA's strategic information technology vision. Most importantly, through this website, you will be able to respond to UCLA's IT vision. You will be able to tell us what you think about the vision and tell us how it will help support and drive your programmatic direction.
The development of UCLA's Information Technology Strategic Vision (PDF File) evolved over the course of two years during which the Information Technology Planning Board interviewed more than 70 academic and administrative leaders - asking for thoughts about, and experieces with, information technology in the pursuit of research and instruction.
The ITPB also held focus groups and formed ad hoc committees to look at the current state of information at UCLA and to help forge discussion about the future.
Information Technology Evolution at UCLA
The thoughts and requirements about information technology that were articulated by the campus were forged into five Areas of Emphasis. They are:
Integrate students into an information technology-enhanced, individualized teaching, learning and research environment.
Make UCLA a leader in three information technology areas: data management and analysis, digital media, and computation-based research.
Use the Internet to support centers of scholarly interaction both to engage students and to enhance external access to UCLA.
Provide information to increase productivity and to enhance the relationship of individuals to the unversity.
Use UCLA's information technology resources to improve interaction with external communities.
This is a brief overview of the projects and initiatives that are currently under way for the 2003-04 year.
Campus IT Portfolio (PDF File)
During Fiscal Years 2001-2003, more than 70 projects and initiatives related to each Area of Emphasis, IT infrastructure, policy, process or staffing models were completed with direction or assessment by ITPB, OIT, Administration and/or ITPB Assessment Process.
Key IT Accomplishments (PDF File)