LSNTAP.org readers who browse the Tech Library at the directory level will find that the Systems Administration section is empty.   If you have noticed this don't panic!  All of the content (even stale stuff) is still available.

We had a meeting with several LStechies earlier this year and realized that material we'd been filing in the Systems Administration category belonged to the larger category of "Technology Management," and that "Systems Administration" was so broad as to be a useless label. (Those of you who are systems administrators may know what I mean.)  So, we've added categories to the larger Technology Management section and refiled all the articles.   Eventually we'll delete the Systems Administration section altogether, but I wanted to let you know what had happened.

The new categories (Email Services, Network Services, Open Source, Security, and Web Services) aren't 100% solid yet -- Network Services and Web Services seem very broad to me, and there's considerable overlap between Email Services and Security.  Still, we're hopeful that these are better labels for the work legal aid techies are doing. 

Here's the new category structure for Technology Management, which is where you should seek systems administration material:

•  Disaster Planning
•  Email Services
•  Network Services
•  Open Source
•  Program Planning and Budgeting
•  Security
•  Software and Hardware
•  Staffing and Consultants
•  Statewide Technology Planning
•  Technology Job Descriptions
•  Training and Technical Support
•  Web Services

As for new systems administration content, it's coming.  Most of the new categories aren't entirely empty, but they're waiting for me (or you) to find or develop resources for them.  Over the next few months I'll be collecting key links for reading rooms on many of the subjects. I also hope to recruit some of you for more in-depth information here and there, and to find a way to import discussions from the LStechie email list without publishing everyone's email addresses on the web.

I welcome your thoughts about any of these things, as well as broader ideas about what would be useful in terms of Technology Management resources.  Leave me a comment here, or drop me an email at eva AT lsntap.org.