These email lists are used by Office of the CIO to share information and communicate about a variety of initiatives, projects, and services.
Mailing lists for organizational announcements and updates
Tech News Weekly
Who is the audience: Tech News Weekly is used by Technology Services to communicate important technology-related information to university IT professionals so they are better prepared to assist Illinois faculty, staff, and students.
When is it sent: Every Thursday morning.
How to subscribe: https://lists.illinois.edu/lists/info/techsupport
Office of the CIO Newsletter
What: This quarterly publication highlights important updates and initiatives across the IT community, and has an audience ranging from IT pros to other staff and faculty and also students. The newsletter includes content such as:
- Success stories and IT news: Collaboration, community-building and impactful work across IT.
- Strategic priorities and organizational goals.
- Digital Accessibility Excellence Initiative updates.
- Services: University service updates and reminders.
- Training and workshops.
- Reorganizations and staff changes.
When is it sent: The newsletter is sent quarterly.
How to subscribe: https://go.illinois.edu/CIOsubscription
Mailing lists for specific teams or services
Accessibility mailing list
What: This is a mailing list for all web accessibility design, technique, and implementation questions.
When is it sent:
How to subscribe: https://lists.illinois.edu/lists/info/accessibility
AV-Pros mailing list
What: A list for the discussion of AV (and surrounding topics) by campus AV & IT professionals.
When is it sent:
How to subscribe: https://lists.illinois.edu/lists/info/av-pros
Caffeine Break mailing list
What: Information about the University of Illinois Caffeine Break weekly seminar series.
When is it sent:
How to subscribe: https://lists.illinois.edu/lists/info/caffeinebreak
Campus Computer Support Professionals (CCSP)
Who is the audience: The CCSP is the largest campus mailing list for IT professionals, with active discussion on campus topics.
When is it sent: There is no set time. This is an informal email list where subscribers can send an email at anytime to other CCSP subscribers to ask a tech question or share IT-related information.
How to subscribe: Send an email to ccsp-request@lists.illinois.edu to ask for CCSP subscription approval.
Crowdstrike announcement mailing list
What: Announcements from service providers about new software and other changes.
When is it sent:
How to subscribe: https://lists.illinois.edu/lists/info/crowdstrike-announce
Digital Signage mailing list
Who is the audience:
When is it sent:
How to subscribe: https://lists.illinois.edu/lists/info/signage-l
Interest Group in Educational Technologies (IGET)
What: IGET is a group that meets monthly over Zoom during the semester and also has a Teams space, listserv, and website. IGET’s main goal is to cultivate a community in which members engage with and learn from each other, generate new ideas and share best practices, as well as identify and help adopt technologies that advance the overall educational mission of our institution. The group is focused on educational technology (often in the online educational space but also discusses ed tech used in in-person classes as well).
When is it sent:
How to subscribe: eforum@lists.illinois.edu
Publish @ Illinois Announcements
What: Announcements list to notify Publish @ Illinois users about changes to the service.
When is it sent: As needed.
How to subscribe: https://lists.illinois.edu/lists/info/pie-announcements
Shibboleth announcement mailing list
What:
When is it sent:
How to subscribe: https://lists.illinois.edu/lists/info/shibboleth-announce
UI Datamasters mailing list
What: A forum for technical architects, database administrators, and data analysts that fosters sharing information and professional development across the University.
When is it sent:
How to subscribe: https://lists.illinois.edu/lists/info/ui-datamasters
Webmasters mailing list
Who is the audience: University of Illinois Webmasters is a subscription list that provides web professionals a resource for discussing web techniques and exchanging information. It also provides a way for the Campus and the Webmaster Coordinating Committee to disseminate and gather information regarding the University of Illinois web presence.
How to subscribe: https://lists.illinois.edu/lists/info/webmasters