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LEO: Ennice Sweigart |
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| This is the fourth in a series of discussions with faculty and staff that use LEO, OHIO’s Electronic Research Information Web application. The name LEO was selected as the acronym because the system is a partnership of the Linux Operating System and Oracle database software. Although the newest version of LEO uses MySQL database it was decided to keep the acronym "LEO" instead of "LEM". The lion represents dependability and strength, both of which this system provides. LEO’s design results from input from Research and Sponsored Programs staff, consultation with the Enterprise Project team and the Grant and Plant Fund Accounting staff. The purpose for this series is to share information about the application through the eyes of various end users; and to highlight aspects of the system. Ennice Sweigart, Assistant Department Administrator for the Physics Department said LEO has “eliminated the need for a paper file” because through it, she has access to all of the information she needs, organized by PI name. She said the tool “saves her a lot of time” and she thinks LEO’s data search capabilities are used mostly by the “support folks” in her department. She estimated the frequency of her use of the application to be at least “two out of three days”, and she commented that other administrators in her department “also use it a lot”. Sweigart referenced the time saved by using LEO in the conduct of the recent Center for Excellence review – a task many departments had to manage in a short timeframe. In discussing the faculty’s use of LEO she said those in Physics use it primarily for the eTransmittal Form. She continued, they “love it” …it is so much “quicker” than using the old paper form – and it “goes through the system much faster”. When asked what additional features she would like to have made available, she responded, “an electronic space form”. (This feature is a planned to roll out in the near future.) Ms. Sweigart concluded by saying – using LEO is easy – “it’s in and out quickly”. |
