Information Resources Environment
Information Resources Vision:
Information Resources strives to provide high quality service to all students, faculty and staff at SUNY Cortland. Everyone in Information Resources is committed to empowering members of the campus community to effectively use information and technology in the pursuit of excellence in teaching, learning, research, and administration.
Information Resources Values:
Information Resources seeks to make a difference by creating an environment that demonstrates integrity through collaboration, open and honest communication, and respect for individual differences and interests.
Information Resources Guiding Principles:
- Information Resources staff listen, understand, and respond to individual situations and perspectives.
- Information Resources takes a holistic approach to meeting campus needs for the common good.
- Innovation is encouraged as a means to positive change.
- Communication in Information Resources takes place across reporting lines at all levels, both internally and externally.
- Information Resources fosters an environment of trust and respect where risk and creativity are encouraged.
- Decision making is an inclusive and consultative process.
Information Resources Mission:
Information Resources is responsible for planning, developing, coordinating, and managing the information and technological resources and services of the campus. Information Resources advocates the utilization of information and technology to enhance the educational experience for SUNY Cortland students so that they graduate with information and computer fluency in a way that supports the College's Mission Statement, promotes critical thinking, and develops the skills necessary to function in a changing society. Information Resources supports student, faculty, and staff needs, facilitates distance learning initiatives, and provides a full complement of services to support the curriculum and campus administrative needs.
Academic Computing Services
Academic Computing Services supports, promotes, and advances the campus community's use of computing and emerging technologies for instruction, development, research, and office technologies in support of the mission of the College. Academic Computing Services provides consistent, high-quality technology support to students, faculty and staff at all College locations.
Administrative Computing Services
Administrative Computing Services provides technology which supports the academic and business mission and goals of the College. Administrative Computing Services is committed to providing a secure yet open technology infrastructure that protects the integrity and confidentiality of information while maintaining its accessibility.
Classroom Media Services
Classroom Media Services strengthens the link between students and faculty in teaching and learning environments through collaboration with faculty and professional support of current and emerging instructional technologies and facilities. Classroom Media Services creates and maintains technology-enriched environments to enhance teaching, learning and all aspects of student success.
Library
Memorial Library provides an environment for intellectual exploration through individual and collaborative study, and access to information in a myriad of formats. The library provides services, materials, courses and workshops, and other activities that open the world of information and knowledge to students, faculty and staff. The library organizes, disseminates, teaches, and facilitates access to information related to the intellectual and academic needs of students, faculty, and staff. The library uses both traditional media and new technologies to provide services and programs, promoting information and technology fluency.
Center for the Advancement of Technology in Education (CATE)
The Center for the Advancement of Technology in Education collaborates with faculty in the development and understanding of emerging instructional technologies. CATE fosters and promotes discussion among faculty and professional staff on the effective use of instructional technologies in education, its impact on their work, their students, and on society.
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