Bats Achievements

BATS Achievements

To date, CSUS has achieved the following programmatic outcomes related to the BATS project:

Objective

Outcome

Establish an Ad Hoc Committee on 24-Hour Access and BATS

Developed implementation plan.

Gained approval from the Provost and the academic Deans on the plan and budget.

Developed two-phase rollout program for both open university and discipline-specific labs involving a total of 638 workstations.

Designate and establish a 24-hour open computing laboratory and pilot test the demand for an on-going environment.

Tahoe 1006/1007 was designated as the test site for a 24-hour lab.

Collaborated with Facilities Management and Public Safety on providing a more secure setting.

Reconfigured space to accommodate some personal amenities, e.g., coffee machine, etc.

Installed video surveillance equipment and computer controlled access doors.

Refreshed 310 workstations in the eight University open labs and expanded workstation capacity by forty additional spaces.

Established equipment configuration for hardware and software.

Circulated the hardware and software specifications for campuswide approval.

Coordinated with Facilities Management, Colleges, Services to Students with Disabilities, and CCMS units as to renovation, furniture, and networking services.

Sent out specifications to pre-approved vendors under the CMAS and Community College acquisition program.

Invited vendors to showcase equipment.

Issued purchase order for 350 MHz PCs to IBM for a campuswide total of 443 stations; and to Apple for thirty-one Macintosh G-3.

Installed 350 stations in open university labs.

Creating or refreshing eight discipline-specific labs (one for each college, plus one for basic skills). Each must accommodate no less than 30 student stations and an instructor station.

Agreed that equipment configuration and selected vendor would be the same for open university and discipline-specific labs.

Requested colleges to identify new and/or current facilities that would be recommended for BATS support.

Developed detailed discipline-specific lab implementation process and program for the colleges.

Coordinated with Facilities Management, Colleges, Services to Students with Disabilities, and CCMS units as to renovation, furniture, and networking services.

Began renovation of three discipline-specific labs.

Completed installation of 31 stations in Lassen Hall.

Expand baseline commitment and support for SacLink, shared site software licensing, and "help desk" inquiries.

Shared software licensing has been specified and is now included as a part of the baseline load.

A job description has been prepared for a SacLink ITC.

Help desk management system has been procured and is being operationalized.

Modem pool has been expanded.

Establish formal relationship with strategic providers for a direct purchase, lease/purchase, or loan procurement program.

Met with six major vendors.

Promulgated a series of procurements.

Awarded contracts to IBM and Apple.

Have begun discussions with vendors on direct purchase programs for faculty, students, and staff.

Develop a multi-year budgeting approach and allocation model for generic items.

Established two-year operational budget.

Objective	Outcome
Establish an Ad Hoc Committee on 24-Hour Access and BATS	Developed implementation plan. Gained approval from the Provost and the academic Deans on the plan and budget. Developed two-phase rollout program for both open university and discipline-specific labs involving a total of 638 workstations.
Designate and establish a 24-hour open computing laboratory and pilot test the demand for an on-going environment.	Tahoe 1006/1007 was designated as the test site for a 24-hour lab. Collaborated with Facilities Management and Public Safety on providing a more secure setting. Reconfigured space to accommodate some personal amenities, e.g., coffee machine, etc. Installed video surveillance equipment and computer controlled access doors.
Refreshed 310 workstations in the eight University open labs and expanded workstation capacity by forty additional spaces.	Established equipment configuration for hardware and software. Circulated the hardware and software specifications for campuswide approval. Coordinated with Facilities Management, Colleges, Services to Students with Disabilities, and CCMS units as to renovation, furniture, and networking services. Sent out specifications to pre-approved vendors under the CMAS and Community College acquisition program. Invited vendors to showcase equipment. Issued purchase order for 350 MHz PCs to IBM for a campuswide total of 443 stations; and to Apple for thirty-one Macintosh G-3. Installed 350 stations in open university labs.
Creating or refreshing eight discipline-specific labs (one for each college, plus one for basic skills). Each must accommodate no less than 30 student stations and an instructor station.	Agreed that equipment configuration and selected vendor would be the same for open university and discipline-specific labs. Requested colleges to identify new and/or current facilities that would be recommended for BATS support. Developed detailed discipline-specific lab implementation process and program for the colleges. Coordinated with Facilities Management, Colleges, Services to Students with Disabilities, and CCMS units as to renovation, furniture, and networking services. Began renovation of three discipline-specific labs. Completed installation of 31 stations in Lassen Hall.
Expand baseline commitment and support for SacLink, shared site software licensing, and "help desk" inquiries.	Shared software licensing has been specified and is now included as a part of the baseline load. A job description has been prepared for a SacLink ITC. Help desk management system has been procured and is being operationalized. Modem pool has been expanded.
Establish formal relationship with strategic providers for a direct purchase, lease/purchase, or loan procurement program.	Met with six major vendors. Promulgated a series of procurements. Awarded contracts to IBM and Apple. Have begun discussions with vendors on direct purchase programs for faculty, students, and staff.
Develop a multi-year budgeting approach and allocation model for generic items.	Established two-year operational budget.