About the University of Kansas Medical Center web site

The University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) web site (kumc.edu) is a communications tool committed to the support of the medical center's efforts to provide a technologically superior environment in support of health care and health education. For more information regarding patient care and consumer health information, please see the University of Kansas Hospital web site.

KUMC is not able to provide medical consultations via the Internet. It is strongly recommended that people speak directly with a medical care professional if they have questions about their or another person's health.

Who do I contact for help using kumc.edu?
Who manages and operates kumc.edu?
What happened to the original kumc.edu design?
Who do I contact to report a possible copyright or intellectual property violation?

Getting Information on kumc.edu

How can I get help putting information on kumc.edu?
Where can I find publishing guidelines, developer updates, and self-paced tutorials for web publishing?
Can organizations other than the University of Kansas Medical Center put resources on kumc.edu?

Who do I contact to get help using kumc.edu?

You can contact Internet Development at pulse@kumc.edu

Who manages and operates kumc.edu?

The Director of Internet Development is Jameson Watkins. Associate Vice Chancellor for Information Resources, Jim Bingham, works with ID on issues related to policy, planning, and implementation.

What happened to the original kumc.edu design?

The original kumc.edu design was introduced in May of 1995. In November 1996, the site was redesigned to provide better access to the various campus resources. On December 29, 1999, a design that utilized a database to dynamically generate information about units at KUMC offered greater functionality from the main page. An archive of previous designs is available for viewing in the Archives.

The current design, implemented on February 5, 2009, was created with a marketing focus for the institution's academic and research initiatives. At the same time, the design attempts to retain the searching, browsing and indexing functionality of the previous version.

Who do I contact to report a possible copyright or intellectual property violation?

James Bingham
Associate Vice Chancellor for Information Resources
Chief Information Officer
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas 66160
(913) 588-7300, jbingham@kumc.edu [Agent designation under Digital Millennium Copyright Act is at http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/onlinesp/agents/ukmc.pdf]

How can I get help putting information on kumc.edu? What support services are available?

Several units of Information Resources provide services to assist faculty and staff in developing and presenting resources on kumc.edu:

Teaching and Learning Technologies (ext. 87107) provides assistance to faculty developing educational materials to be presented through the KUMC web site. Teaching and Learning Technologies can also provide assistance in converting educational materials in other formats (both printed and digital) into web resources.
Internet Development (ext. 87387) provides assistance to faculty and staff in developing and presenting web-based resources; training and consulting in the use of WWW development tools; custom services including programming, forms development, database development, and other technical services; and development of custom resources such as the telephone directory, campus calendar, and the classified ads. Internet Development is also responsible for the organization of information and the web site's graphical look-and-feel.
Collection Management (ext. 87307) of Dykes Library provides scanning and OCR services selectively to faculty and staff who have important materials to mount on kumc.edu and who do not have machine-readable copies. Collection Management also provides selective services to convert documents in various machine-readable forms (especially standard word processors such as Word Perfect or Microsoft Word) into web-ready documents. Collection Management also provides conversion services for faculty who wish to convert Course Reserve materials into web-ready documents and make them accessible to students through the web.
Graphic Services (ext. 87163) high-resolution scanning of graphical images; and image manipulation for web publication. Graphics is self-funded, so fees are assessed.
Photo Services (ext. 87217) offers the University of Kansas Medical Center's faculty, staff, and employees professional quality photographic services including medical and scientific, studio, location, and copy photography, and a wide range of lab services.

Can organizations other than the University of Kansas Medical Center put resources on kumc.edu?

The University of Kansas Medical Center will, under certain conditions, accept sponsorship of web resources from both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. Additionally, the University may choose to host web resources for selected not-for-profit, charitable entities with missions related to public information in the areas of disease and disease management, fitness and wellness, public health, and other related areas. Please see Relationships with the greater community for further information.

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