posted on April 29: Faculty and staff directory available for download
When the Faculty and Staff Directory for the university was launched on-line in early March (Telecommunications launches new online faculty, staff directory), the reaction from many in the campus community was positive, with comments that the online directory meant “good riddance to paper.”
“There was a large portion of the campus community, however, who was disappointed that we no longer offered a hard copy.” says Tara Pasalic, system administrator, telecommunications.
In an effort to satisfy those who prefer a printed copy of the faculty and staff directory, or for those who do not have regular access to a computer to check the online listings, the telecommunications department has been hard at work to provide this option to the McMaster community.
The directory can now be downloaded from the telecommunications website, printed as hard copy and used as a desk reference.
“As with anything available in print, the hard copy of the directory will be out of date almost as soon as it is printed. There will be a date displayed at the bottom of each page, indicating when that page was last updated,” explains Pasalic.
There are still a significant number of moves yet to take place on campus and Pasalic cautions that the campus community might want to hold off on printing hard copies until the majority of offices have been relocated.
“We definitely encourage them to download, but for those paper and toner-conscious people, it might be best to wait for all of the updates to be made after the moves,” says Pasalic.
There are four different directories currently available for download in Rich Text (.rtf) format, organized as:
- Faculty & Staff Sorted By Department
- Faculty & Staff Sorted By Name
- Building Reference by Abbreviation
- Building Reference by Code
Telecommunications will attempt to update the printable directories on a daily basis as changes are submitted to them. The online directory, however, remains the most up-to-date listing of faculty and staff contact information.
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