Goal 1.  Preserve and strengthen network and system integrity

• Second firewall to protect law school servers
  
• Add temperature,  electricity &  humidity monitors to server rooms -  $400
  
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• Upgrade JURIS, law school fileserver -
  
• Replace hardware completely - $12,000 - $15,000
• GAVEL, law library online catalog,  Raid 5 -  (Redundant Array of Independent Disks, a category of disk drives that employ two or more drives in combination for fault tolerance servers)  -  $7,500
• Classrooms A & B - complete hardwiring project  Currently wireless is available in A/B.  Only reason to upgrade to hardwired connections would be if we plan on transmitting large amounts of data, i.e. distance learning  -  $75,000
• Recent acquisitions:
• JURIS - upgraded memory and replaced hard drives
  
• Wireless access - Dean's conference room & third floor of Rusk Hall
  
• Firewall - $16,000.  Currently in place.  Configuration ongoing.
• Purchased software to automatically update all faculty & staff pcs with latest Windows patches in order to reduce vulnerability.
  

Goal 2.  Optimize CX portal functionality

• Hire student programmers to assist LG & JP with programming projects - $10 per hour.
  
• Establish sufficient funding to allow several c.s. staff members to attend JAMS  - annual meeting.
  
• More Impromptu training
  
• Facilities management add-on product.  Interface between CARS & Adastra.  - $8400
  
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• Additional training - $150 per hour for Beth Gross' time or related travel expenses to Cincinnatti
• Continuous Logging - $4,000
• Test box configuration and disaster recovery consulting time
  $45 per hour with CITP (campus consulting group) x 40 hours - $1,800
• Recent acquisitions:
• Test box (recently received gratis from EITS when they upgraded arches servers).  Need to configure properly
• Upgraded CX server  - $40,000

Goal  3.  Improve Communication

• 3 additional information kiosks
  3 Locations:  student mailbox area, outside classrooms A/B and outside classroom K.  3 x $3,500 - $10,500
• Purchase blogging software such as Movable Type.
  
• Purchase 2 tablet pcs for trial & testing.  $5,000
• Real Audio/Video server and software - $17,000
• Digital Video Camera - $1,000
  
• Wireless PDAs for faculty, staff & librarians - 60 pdas x $500 each - $30,000
• Recent acquisitions:
• 2 information kiosks
  

Goal 4.  Improve Student Support

• New lab furniture for computer labs.  $30,000
  
• Additional funding for student worker to support lab help desk. $10,000
  
• Develop a lab with multimedia production capabilities to support trial practice presentations.
  
• Purchase a Mac and improve law school Mac support.
• Recent acquisitions:
• Renovated of  Annex lab space.  Added window and door between 2 labs
  
• Ordered 35 chairs for computer labs
  

Goal 5.  Empower our users

• Add permanent equipment to 4th floor Rusk Hall
• Replace all current pc monitors with flat panels  - $30,000
• Priorities:
  
• Faculty or staff with health requirements
  
• Library tech services  where space is critical
• Law school faculty and staff where space is critical
• Remaining faculty & staff
  
• Install video cameras in all classrooms (except A/B which is currently being equipped).  $900 per room.  Will provide foundation for taping and rebroadcasting presentations between any classroom.  (additional equipment needed, but this is the first step).  $8,100
• Upgrade classroom audio equipment. $3,000 per room. (except A/B which is currently being equipped) Will also allow rebroadcasting presentations between classrooms. 
  
• Install multimedia presentation equipment in Cheeley Room.
• Install and upgrade equipment in Hatton Lovejoy Courtroom.  In particular, improve audio and add video for overflow situations.
• Personal requests:  SB - swap desktop for laptop.  LCS - color printer. 
• Handheld Wireless Transmitters (AKA "Clickers," allow immediate, anonymous voting-style feedback from students in a class or any audience)
  
• Court TV Sponsorship - Contribution to University Cable  will allow us and entire University to access Court TV   $3,800
• Recent acquisitions:
• Outstanding work order with physical plant electrical outlets to be added to classrooms D,E,H & I  (to be funded with student tech fee)
• Video equipment for classrooms A/B to allow video taping and rebroadcasting presentations between rooms for crowd overflow situations.
  (currently on order  to be funded by student tech fee)  $6,500

Goal 6.  Simplify Resource Management and Tracking