The University’s Strategic Plan and Information Technology Master
Plan have both identified information technology and its academic and
administrative applications as key strategic directions needing focused
attention in order to strengthen the University’s educational,
research, and communications infrastructure. While the current IT
structure has served the University well, we now need to create
integrated organizational partnerships and institutional teams
that deploy our technological resources in the most strategic and
cost-effective manner possible.
To that end, we are conducting a national search for a Chief
Information Officer who will be responsible for ensuring the support
necessary for our University’s mission, compliance, productivity, and
on-going strategic business operations. The CIO will oversee the core
CIT infrastructure and staff, implement renewed business and student
information systems, manage the central information technology and
telecommunications infrastructure, interact closely with colleagues
across the institution, and lead IT planning activities. He/she
will support the requirements of major academic initiatives dependent
upon the infrastructure such as the Vermont Advanced Computing
Center. The CIO will report to the Vice President for Finance and
Administration.
Educational technology applications and instructional support have long been closely aligned at UVM through informal collaboration between the Libraries, University Web Team, Center for Teaching and Learning, Academic Computing, Media Services, and the Instructional Television (Rowell) Studio. In order to leverage the synergies between these units, their budget and reporting lines were moved to the Dean of Libraries and Information Resources effective July 1, 2005.
A primary goal of this realignment is to apply the expertise and resources represented in this new learning technology grouping to better support institutional goals and priorities, create opportunities for cross training and team building, create a critical mass for high priority projects, minimize redundancy and administrative overhead, and maximize programmatic impact. The Dean of Libraries and Learning Resources will work closely with the new CIO and colleagues across the institution to identify priorities for learning technology and resources. Initial high priority projects will be:
Dean Saule will continue in the role of Dean and CIO until the new CIO is appointed.
Last modified July 12 2005 04:21 PM
