The Office of Information Technology (OIT) delivers high-quality information technology solutions and services that further Brown University's ability to achieve its mission of excellence in education, research, and public leadership.
To this end we strive to:
OIT is the centralized computing department at Brown, with over 180 staff. OIT supports over 120 services.
Departmental Computing Coordinators (DCCs) are computer support people within many departments on campus. Usually the DCC has many functions within their department, of which computer support is a fraction of their daily tasks.
If a department has a dedicated support person, they are encouraged to designate that person as a Departmental Computing Coordinator. The purpose of this program is to recognize the important role local Coordinators play and to help them do their job. The role of a DCC depends upon the skills and specialization of the Coordinator involved, the needs of the individual department and the time that the appointed Coordinator has available to devote to the task. A Coordinator might act in one or more of the following capacities:
The DCC program is currently run by a steering committee of seven DCCs from various disciplines across campus and a CIS liaison. If you would like more information on this program, please contact the CIS DCC liaison.
Several larger departments have internal IT groups, including: