Information management

From The Collaboratory

Staff Services
The Information Management Team, Fall 2010
Members
Bethany Berge (?) Brian Douglass (?) Jeremy Stuter (left) Devon Lehman (Team Leader) (right)
Advisors
Scott Weaver

Summary

The Information Management team provides technological solutions to the informational needs encountered by Collaboratory Application Groups. Our primary projects at this time are our own applications for tracking equipment, attendance, and contacts, as well as wiki, database, and general server maintenance.

News

• The IM Team meets at 7:00pm in Frey 366 on Monday nights (after the general Collaboratory meeting at 6:00pm (chapel credit) in Frey 110, and the Staff meeting at 6:45pm in Frey 143)

Core Services

1. Server
   • The Collaboratory has a server which stores all of our information and hosts the database, file server, attendance application, and this wiki!
   • If any of these services are unavailable, please contact us at CollabIM@messiah.edu so we can fix it
2. Attendance Tracking (MAP)
   • The Member Achievement Portfolio (MAP) application was created to take attendance and generate reports
   • MAP is located at http://www.thecollaboratoryonline.org/rails
3. Database
   • The Collaboratory database is used to track information on members, partners, and contacts
   • The database login is on our website
4. File Server
   • A central location for Collaboratory files is Collab-Main
5. Wiki
   • The Collaboratory has this wiki to document all of our work
6. Training
   • The IM team offers training for all Collaboratory technology
7. Website
   • The Collaboratory website, developed by Messiah College's Marketing and Public Relations, is up at http://www.messiah.edu/collaboratory (or http://www.thecollaboratoryonline.org)
   • Messiah College Marketing and Public Relations will be designing a new website geared toward our external audiences (e.g. clients, donors, prospective members), which will be hosted on Messiah's servers

Resources

MAP

To learn how to take attendance with MAP, check out Using MAP

Database

Using the Collaboratory database

Server

Learn about our server, Collab-Main

Wiki

For information on using the wiki, see the Help page

Cumulus

Learn about Cumulus

Novell

Instructions on how to add appointments and proxies using Messiah's email

Equipment

• To check out equipment, see the Collaboratory Manager (Tony Caito) in Frey 353
• Check the Equipment Checkout Calendar for availability
• Information on how to use equipment
  • Using Collaboratory Laptops

Checkout policies and forms

• Camcorder
• Digital Camera
• Digital Recorder
• External HDD
• Headset
• Laptop
• Microphone
• PDA
• Projector
• Web Cam

Accounts

Although the Information Management team is responsible for maintaining user accounts for the wiki and the database, group and team leaders should request accounts for new members through the Manager, Tony Caito (ACaito@messiah.edu), or his student work study (CollabAdmin@messiah.edu)

Questions

• Although we are able to answer your questions, please try to find answers to general questions on the wiki
• For requesting technology training and other questions, please contact the Collaboratory IM Team at CollabIM@messiah.edu

Internal pages of Information management

For more information about this template, please read Help:Staff team article and Help:Template.