University Information Technology Records

Collection

Call Number: UA161

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Scope and Contents

University Information Technology (UIT) is a university-wide service dedicated to the strategic planning, implementation and support of technical products and services that anticipate and meet the academic and business needs of the Tufts community. This collection contains the records of UIT and the Office of the Chief Information Officer including reports, brochures, posters, presentations, communications, meeting minutes, photos, and videos.

Dates

1984 -- 2019

Creator

Tufts Computing and Communications Services

Access

University records are closed for 20 years from the date of their creation. Records older than 20 years that do not pertain to student education, staff and faculty employment and Board of Trusteees records are open for research. This collection may require review before it is available for use. Please contact DCA or further details.

Conditions Governing Use

Some material in this collection may be protected by copyright and other rights. Please see “Reproductions and Use” on the Digital Collections and Archives website for more information about reproductions and permission to publish. Copyright to all materials created by Tufts University employees in the course of their work is held by the Trustees of Tufts University.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred by the University Information Technology Office, 2008 -- 2021.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in received order in three series: Additional accessions, the Office of the Chief Information Officer records, and Library Technology Services records.

Extent

10.08 Linear Feet (14 boxes)

24 Digital Object(s) (17 of the 24 digital objects comprise 3,838 files.)

23.4 Gigabytes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Overview

University Information Technology (UIT) is a university-wide service dedicated to the strategic planning, implementation and support of technical products and services for the Tufts community. This collection contains records of UIT and the Office of the Chief Information Officer, including reports, brochures, posters, presentations, communications, meeting minutes, photos and videos.

Biographical / Historical

University Information Technology (UIT) is a university-wide service dedicated to the strategic planning, implementation and support of technical products and services that anticipate and meet the academic and business needs of the Tufts community. Under the direction of the Vice President and Chief Information Officer, UIT delivers information technologies to the university that faciliate teaching, learning, research, administration and outreach.

Appraisal

Go-Pro videos of a Tufts Technology Services bowling outing that were part of accession UA-2020-052 were not retained due to their large file size and lack of research value. Records and Accessioning Archivist, Jane Kelly, contacted the Office of the Chief Information Officer to inform them of this decision and ensure they had access to the original files if necessary.

Processing status

This collection is minimally processed. In June 2020, Margaret Peachy, Digital Archivist, and Jane Kelly, Records and Accessioning Archivist processed accession UA-2020-052, the records of Chief Information Officer David Kahle. Accessions UA-2022-010 and UA-2022-021 were processed by Records and Accessioning Archivist, Jane Kelly, in October 2021, and accession UA-2022-012 was processed by Records and Accessioning Archivist, Jane Kelly, in December 2021. Original order was maintained and loose items were placed in archival folders.