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We feel that our current four-tier approach to meet<strong>in</strong>g the support and tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g needs of our faculty<br />

<strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion owners is appropriate for the variety of technical capabilities and <strong>in</strong>quisitiveness demonstrated by<br />

that group. As our base of faculty Web Sp<strong>in</strong>ners grows <strong>in</strong> the com<strong>in</strong>g year, we will cont<strong>in</strong>ue to develop more<br />

tools and tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g venues that will facilitate the development of course materials and <strong>in</strong>tegrated, discipl<strong>in</strong>especific<br />

databases, while leverag<strong>in</strong>g modest staff resources that are not scheduled to grow <strong>in</strong> that same<br />

timeframe. If these tools and tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g truly do their jobs, then faculty can, <strong>in</strong>deed, be the primary architects of<br />

academic Web content. They can concentrate on transform<strong>in</strong>g traditional l<strong>in</strong>ear forms of deliver<strong>in</strong>g<br />

<strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion to their students and colleagues <strong>in</strong>to creative and collaborative associations of <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion via the<br />

Web without becom<strong>in</strong>g mired <strong>in</strong> code and procedures. The fifth and f<strong>in</strong>al tier of user support: self-support and<br />

full ownership of <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion that advances contributions to the curriculum and discipl<strong>in</strong>e on the part of<br />

College Park faculty.

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