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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Help Desk
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Transforming Data Management with Microsoft SharePoint: Practical Approaches to Get Your Institution Started
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June 1, 2012
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A session at the Southeast Regional Conference
Microsoft SharePoint is a powerful collaboration platform that enables IT to deploy quick and custom solutions to meet organizational and institutional needs. In this session, representatives from …
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IT Services Sourcing Survey
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November 4, 2008
This November 2008 survey is a critical component of the EDUCAUSE Center on Applied Research (ECAR) study of IT services sourcing in higher education. The historically binary decision to self-ope…
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Tools for Help Desk Management: Assessment and Guidance
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January 18, 2007
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2007
Penn State Schuylkill has developed a set of tools for the management of their help desk. An online system assists student help desk workers with resolving problems. Another tool is the evaluation …
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From the Pit to the Pinnacle: Transformation of Help Desk Services at Rutgers University
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October 19, 2005
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2005 Annual Conference
Rutgers University has developed a help desk request tracking application that strives to ensure excellence in customer service. This presentation will address the success story of how this in-hous…
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ERP Call Centers: Benchmarking and Implementation
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December 9, 2003
This bulletin describes principles, structure, reporting structure, and best practices related to call centers specifically designed to support institution-wide applications. Based on a case stud…
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Management by Fact: MIT and Stanford Benchmark the IT Help Desk
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January 1, 2003
A joint Stanford/MIT team developed metrics, assessed costs, and unearthed best practices from each campus. An innovative "dashboard" provides key data to manage the Help Desk. Learn abou…
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Home Grown Web Help Desk Software
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January 1, 1998
In the fall of 1996, Illinois Wesleyan University's office of Information Technology developed a simple intranet web application for tracking user support calls. This presentation looks at ho…
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Home-Grown Web Help Desk Software
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January 1, 1998
In the fall of 1996, Illinois Wesleyan University's Office of Information Technology developed a simple intranet Web application for tracking user support calls. This paper looks at how the us…
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Dear WWW: Managing Communication through the World Wide Web
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January 1, 1997
In the four years since the authors first implemented a WWW infrastructure for the UC Davis campus, they have received an amazing amount of e-mail regarding general campus questions and concerns. T…

















