Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1990 [PAGE 333]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

321

Central Administration 1(0) Total 88 1 101 11 1 1 6 209(173) 6( 5)

To the rank of Chicago Professor and Research Professor 33(25) Clinical Professor 1(2) Associate Professor and Research Associate Professor . . 45(39) Clinical Associate Professor . . . . 1 1 ( 9 ) Adjunct Associate Professor. . . . 1( 0) Assistant Professor 1(1) Clinical Assistant Professor 6( 1) 98(77)' To tenure without change in rank 5( 2)

UrbanaChampaign 54(49) 56(47)

110(96) 1( 3)

1(0) 2

T h e recommendations have been prepared in accord with provisions of the University of Illinois Statutes. Each campus has established formal procedures for the initiation, review, and approval of recommendations for academic promotion. T h e vice president for academic affairs recommends approval of the recommendations as submitted. I concur.

On motion of Ms. Reese, these recommendations were approved.

Establishment of the C. Walter and Gerda B. Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, University Library

(10) The Urbana-Champaign Senate has recommended the establishment of the C. Walter and Gerda B. Mortenson Center for International Library Programs within the University Library. The center, funded entirely by a gift from the Mortensons,2 will build on the activities of the Mortenson Professorship for International Library Programs (also a gift from the Mortensons). These will include, among other things, the Mortenson Fellows program, bringing librarians from various countries to our library and sending University library faculty to institutions in other countries. The Mortenson gift establishing the professorship, and the additional gift with which to establish the proposed center, are unique in the library world. This substantial endowment will allow ambitious and innovative programs that will focus international attention on the University of Illinois Library and open new opportunities for the University community in libraries worldwide. For example, through the fellows program, librarians from institutions in other countries will be offered appointments at the Mortenson Center, and some University librarians will be selected to spend time in foreign libraries as Mortenson Fellows; the resulting institutional and personal relationships will make it easier for University of Illinois scholars and students to gain access to materials they need. A center is believed to be the most appropriate structure within which to operate the fellows program and other international activities funded by the Mortenson gift. No new staff or other State-funded resources are required. The chancellor at Urbana and the vice president for academic affairs concur. I recommend approval, subject to further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

On motion of Ms. Reese, this recommendation was approved.

1 T h e figure in parentheses indicates the number of promotions approved at the beginning of the 1990-91 appointment year. 2 Mr. Mortenson, a chemist and patent attorney, is a 1937 graduate of the University. A gift from the Mortensons in 1986 made possible the establishment of the Mortenson professorship.