At the end of the Summer A 2015 this year, CLAS IT started a new project to update the inventory of all its computers and devices in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. We hired Ian Aranca as a new inventory specialist to go to every office and do just that.
In the two months that Aranca has been on the project, he has finished 17 out of the 32 departments. So far, he has found that approximately 10% of the inventory list was wrong due to incorrect service tags, model numbers, and whether or not a professor has two offices.
Through this effort, CLAS IT has been able to visit new buildings as well as connect with professors and staff that we wouldn’t normally meet on a regular basis.
“When you visit some of the faculty offices you get to see everyone’s own individuality through their décor. Not only do I get to use my interpersonal skills throughout this job, I feel I am improving my little to no skills in navigating PC computers since I am a Mac user.”
Thanks to the help of the faculty and staff members he’s visited so far in departments like Biology and Anthropology, the experience has been positive.