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Facebook Like service for UCSF Enterprise

Submitted by Dianne Holmes on July 31, 2012 - 7:08pm Last revised by Web Producer on August 25, 2014 - 10:07am.
Proposal Status: 
Review Complete

Project:

Develop a Facebook-like program for UCSF staff, faculty, researchers, post docs, students & affiliates where the site is searchable and displays photos of everyone and their specialties where liniks to their project sites is feasible. A chat and IM feature could be integrated.

Deliverables;

 Posted  ALL UCSF community with photos (uploardable), links to expertise, research and projects/grants, searchable and queries for specialties and groups. Chat and IM features as well as email and comments on their walls.

Impact:

Develop a more cohesive and integrated UC SFcommunity, spirit and feeling of belonging

Rationale

Because there are so many staff and faculty at UCSF dispersed across the city and many depts., we are pigeon-holed in our own little silos. If nothing else, we need photos of colleagues to be able to recognize them at meetings and/or on campus.

But to improve collaboration and knowledge databases, it would be nice to be able to query (SQL possibly) to search for an individual and learn more about them and their Work & Expertise, their Successes and Discoveries.

Team members:

DON'T HAVE ANY YET

Time Commitment/Required

HAVE NO TEAM THUS DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE TIME ESTIMATES OR DEVOTED

Supervisor PreApproval:

TBD

 

Dianne Holmes - Campus Procurement & Contracting 415-502-3025

 

Comments

Anirvan Chatterjee - August 1, 2012 - 11:38am
Dianne, UCSF Profiles (http://profiles.ucsf.edu/) goes some of the way in this direction, though it's focused largely on faculty, researchers, and post docs. It lets you find people by specialty, view their photos, see their NIH grants, and learn about the work. See http://profiles.ucsf.edu/ProfileDetails.aspx?Person=4669955 for an example of what a Profiles page looks like. Chatter also serves some of this purpose, and offers standard social media tools, including chat, a wall, shared file display, etc,. (https://ucsf.my.salesforce.com/) Maybe you could talk to the Profiles or Salesforce/Chatter teams about your idea?

Edwin Martin - August 2, 2012 - 3:00pm
Agree with Anirvan's comment. Dianne - Also take a look the proposal that Leslie Yuan put in. If we extend Profiles to staff and students, AND integrate with Salesforce Chatter, you'd essentially have what you're requesting.

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