Mission

The primary mission of OIS is to provide centralized computer services and information systems resources for the entire School of Medicine community, from medical students to faculty to administrative staff. Services provided by OIS include: email support, applications support for administrative and clinical applications, applications development, telephone and deskside help desk support, resources supporting research activities, support for departmental Local Area Networks (LANs) and network access to resources available on campus and the Internet. OIS also provides extensive web development and support, including design and development of the primary School of Medicine web site ( www.med.unc.edu ), development and support of the on-line curriculum for medical students, development of web sites for several major departments, and development of numerous web-based database projects.  OIS also provides a variety of digital media services including video conferencing, support of classroom video systems, still digital photography and video recording, production and editing.