On Wednesday, February 4, 2009, the ITSMf USA Higher Education Special Interest Group held its first event on the campus of UC Santa Cruz. We attended the event online. Although we were not physically in attendance, I thought it was noteworthy that we attended the very first meeting of this SIG. Many of groups representing best practices have been around for decades. It is exciting to say that we took part in the initial event of a SIG that has the potential to transform the use of information technology in higher education.

ITSMf USA has a Special Interest Group devoted to Higher Education. You can join the group by visiting their website and submitting an email request.

Go to http://www.itsmfusa.org/higher-education-sig for more information or to join.

The ITSMF USA site mentions that the Higher Education Special Interest Group plans to have its first public meeting in early 2009.