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Friday August 2nd, 2013

School Computing Coordinators (SCC)

About School Computing Coordinators:

The SCC group was formed in late 1998, to facilitate discussions between Campus Computing Managers and the Offices of Academic (now Network & Academic Computing Services) and Administrative Computing (AdCom), towards building consensus on Campus technology directions and computing standards.

The SCC role was defined in:

UCI Academic Computing Support Review Committee Final Report
April 10, 1998
Section V
Recommendations on the Structure of UCI Computing Support:
A Proposed UCI Support Plan:

Support Roles: Schools and Major Units

Each UCI school, other academic unit not a part of a school, or major administrative unit, is responsible for providing local infrastructure, desktop computer, and end-user support for faculty, graduate students and staff associated with the unit. Specifically, it is recommended that each unit have the following:

School Computing Coordinator

The School (or Unit) Computing Coordinator (SCC or UCC) is the person in a school/unit identified by unit management as being the overall lead with regard to matters of unit computing and network support. The SCC is often the manager of a unit's technical support staff, and typically also supplies some support him/herself. An important SCC function is to maintain awareness of faculty and end-user needs and facilitate access to support services and expertise available in the unit and around the campus. The SCC represents the unit on technical support matters, and is a primary conduit of information among central computing organizations and the unit.