MSCHE Self Study April 2021

Emergency Response Plan The College’s Emergency Response Plan provides a framework for dealing with emergencies. Knowledge of the Emergency Response Plan is a portion of annual compliance training required of all employees. At the outset of the pandemic crisis, the president formed a COVID ‐ 19 task force ‐ COVIDERT ‐ that has been meeting remotely and regularly to formulate strategy, circulate new information, assess progress, and share interdepartmental experiences. The first meeting of the COVIDERT was held March 2, 2020. COVIDERT’s membership is representative of all elements of the College. Library The Library serves students, faculty, researchers, residents, clinicians, alumni, staff, and the general public. It is operated by a staff of five people: library director, associate librarian, serials and document delivery services manager, evening administrative support, and administrative support. The Library underwent a major renovation 2017. A detailed Library Description is included. Information Technology Information Technology Services (ITS) provides high quality technology services throughout the College community, including supporting the College’s academic and clinical teaching programs. IT ensures high availability, dependability and reliability of the campus wired and wireless network infrastructure, electronic mail and conferencing system, as well as campus servers. This includes ensuring that information is secure and available and appropriate disaster recovery protocols are in place. ITS also provides comprehensive technical support throughout the College community, as well as training and web development and programming services. In addition, ITS oversees and maintains one of four designated University ‐ wide Video Conferencing System (UVCS) sites within the State University of New York system. ITS staffing is currently composed of 13 full ‐ time individuals. The entire College community, including all students and faculty, are provided with a network user account and an email account with access to campus network resources. The network user account not only allows users access to the campus network, but it is also used to access a private network directory (H: drive) to store files, as well as to access other online network resources and applications. Faculty members are provided a computer, and on a regular basis, computer equipment and peripherals are upgraded or replaced. High ‐ priority computer equipment are on annual maintenance contracts ‐ either 24x7, 7days/wk or 9x5, M ‐ F. All other technology equipment is maintained and repaired in ‐ house. The IT Equipment Replacement Policy is provided. The Office of Information Technology Services currently offers one ‐ on ‐ one student and faculty course training as requested and offers tip sheets on logging onto the campus network and

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