McMaster IT staff are invited to share their input to the McMaster IT Strategic Planning process. Gayleen Gray will be hosting sessions June 4, 6, 7, 11 to gather input from the IT community on aspects of the strategic plan framework. Be sure to register for one of the sessions here. […]
Month: May 2018
AVP & CTO update May 28 2018
Good morning colleagues What great weekend weather! I am hopeful that you all enjoyed a bit (or a lot) of time outdoors. This email gets a #longread warning! A reminder that these updates are posted on my website as well, usually the same day they are sent out. What I learned last week: As you […]
Guest blog: McMaster Experts project
By Dale Askey, Associate University Librarian One of the major challenges any large research institution faces is having a full and accurate picture of its broad research activities. This challenge has both inward-facing and an outward-looking aspects. Inwardly, the institution wants to know how the money it invests in research is being spent. Additionally, faculty […]
AVP & CTO Update, May 21 2018
Good morning everyone from Sunny Sudbury I am here for the OHEIT conference until Wednesday night – I will be back in the office on Thursday. I came up a day early to hang out with a friend of mine and had an amazing time wandering around Ramsey Lake, where Laurentian University sits (see pic […]
McMaster CRM kick-off meetings scheduled
The Discovery process to understand the current and desired state of Customer/Contact Relationship Management (CRM) at McMaster has begun. A kick off is planned for June 6 & 7, 2018 with the goals to: Develop a shared understanding of CRM at McMaster. Identify problems we want to solve at McMaster with community interaction. Validate our […]
AVP & CTO Update, May 14, 2018
Good morning I hope everyone had a great weekend! What I learned last week I was in San Diego for part of the week. While I was there, the Internet2 Global Summit conference was in full swing. Although I wasn’t an attendee, I managed to find opportunities to connect with a few of my colleagues […]
Upcoming System Upgrade
An upcoming system upgrade will change the way staff and students log in to a number of McMaster applications. Instead of reading and agreeing to the Privacy and Information Statement each time the application is accessed, users will now only need to do this once per device. The software applications impacted by this system upgrade […]
AVP & CTO Update, May 7, 2018
I am in sunny sunny San Diego and as a result of this trip, I won’t be providing my usual update on last week’s activities, but I recap my intended activities below. am back in the office on Thursday and will be back to regular blogging action next week. […]
McMaster IT Strategic Planning Underway
On April 24th, Gayleen Gray and the IT Strategic Plan Steering Committee kicked off their Strategic Planning process. […]