The FACSE is the first to begin the process of digitizing several relevant documents, including the Operational Plans of the Departments, Schools and careers, in addition to the Compliance Reports of the respective units.

The digital repository is an initiative that is developed between the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, and the University's Informatics and Computing Center (CICULS). That is why, to understand how this private cloud works, CICULS initially trained academics and members of the expanded FACSE quality assurance commission.

NextCloud is the name given to the private cloud that consists of digital storage with high security standards of the University of La Serena, which allows this relevant documentation for the institution to be stored with complete protection.

The Dean of the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Dr. Luperfina Rojas Escobar, valued the drive for improvements towards digitalization and security: “this is a great milestone for FACSE, since it allows us to optimize our academic management and improve procedures follow-up and monitoring of the Faculty Development Plan and the Department and School Operational Plans. In this way we can control the actions and evidence of the quality assurance processes.”

In a second stage, the Directors of Departments and Schools of the entire Faculty will be trained so that the relevant actors have access to this cloud, in addition the digitalization of academic performance agreements and academic performance compliance reports will be incorporated, this to give compliance and to contribute to the Strategic Development Plan of the University, with the purpose of improving academic management, access to information, and complying with the Transparency Law. In this way, it is expected that this initiative will be replicated by the other academic macro units on campus.

Written by Paula Godoy, ULS journalist