Help Central: Creating a Help Desk and Knowledge Portal in SharePoint
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| author | Ennis, Lisa A. Tims, Randy S. |
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| contents | Help Central: Creating a Help Desk and Knowledge Portal in SharePoint Ennis, Lisa A. Tims, Randy S. Library Materials Internet Library Services Technical Support Web Sites Librarians Information Systems Higher Education This article discusses the authors' implementation of Help Central, a site within the Lister Hill Library Collection on the University of Alabama-Birmingham's SharePoint server. Initially, Help Central was designed to address the inadequacies in the library's old, static HTML web-based support system, including haphazard issue reporting by staff and tracking these issues and their solutions. The old request form provided only limited fields for defining the request (name, email, and comments). Further, the web-based support system lacked intelligent workflow design. While none of the problems caused library services to come to a screeching halt, the authors knew they could do better, and they believed SharePoint held the solution for them. SharePoint is great for developing dynamic lists and forms quickly, attaching intelligent workflows to them, and integrating list data with other products for analysis and reporting. The migration of the library's website to Joomla! provided an excellent opportunity to implement a new, user- and management-oriented solution to their web-based support needs. SharePoint's reporting capabilities really shine through in Help Central. Overall, implementing Help Central in SharePoint has been successful on multiple fronts. For the systems staff, having everything in a central location has definitely increased efficiency and accuracy in dealing with the variety of requests. |
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| spellingShingle | Help Central: Creating a Help Desk and Knowledge Portal in SharePoint Ennis, Lisa A. Tims, Randy S. Library Materials Internet Library Services Technical Support Web Sites Librarians Information Systems Higher Education Help Central: Creating a Help Desk and Knowledge Portal in SharePoint Ennis, Lisa A. Tims, Randy S. Library Materials Internet Library Services Technical Support Web Sites Librarians Information Systems Higher Education This article discusses the authors' implementation of Help Central, a site within the Lister Hill Library Collection on the University of Alabama-Birmingham's SharePoint server. Initially, Help Central was designed to address the inadequacies in the library's old, static HTML web-based support system, including haphazard issue reporting by staff and tracking these issues and their solutions. The old request form provided only limited fields for defining the request (name, email, and comments). Further, the web-based support system lacked intelligent workflow design. While none of the problems caused library services to come to a screeching halt, the authors knew they could do better, and they believed SharePoint held the solution for them. SharePoint is great for developing dynamic lists and forms quickly, attaching intelligent workflows to them, and integrating list data with other products for analysis and reporting. The migration of the library's website to Joomla! provided an excellent opportunity to implement a new, user- and management-oriented solution to their web-based support needs. SharePoint's reporting capabilities really shine through in Help Central. Overall, implementing Help Central in SharePoint has been successful on multiple fronts. For the systems staff, having everything in a central location has definitely increased efficiency and accuracy in dealing with the variety of requests. |
| title | Help Central: Creating a Help Desk and Knowledge Portal in SharePoint |
| topic | Library Materials Internet Library Services Technical Support Web Sites Librarians Information Systems Higher Education |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ970466 |