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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Revision of Curriculum in Teacher Education in Mathematics, Chicago Circle T h e Illinois Office of Education and State Teacher Certification Board require 100 hours of pre-student teaching supervised clinical field experience for each candidate for state certification. Eighty of these hours are to be provided through four professional courses. The other 20 hours are to be in the student's area of specialization. In the curriculum in Teacher Education in Mathematics, the Mathematics Department has provided the latter requirement in Math 302, increasing the credit hours from 3 to 4 hours. The effect of this change is to increase the graduate requirement for this curriculum by 1 hour to 180. T h e Chicago Circle Senate has approved this change. T h i s r e p o r t w a s r e c e i v e d for r e c o r d . By c o n s e n s u s t h e b o a r d a g r e e d t h a t o n e roll call v o t e w o u l d b e t a k e n a n d c o n s i d e r e d t h e roll call v o t e o n e a c h of t h e n e x t t w e l v e i t e m s . T h e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e i n d i v i d u a l l y discussed b u t a c t e d u p o n a t o n e t i m e . Subcontracts for Regional Medical Library Services, Medical Center (22) The University has contracted with the National Library of Medicine (U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare) to manage and coordinate the Midwest Health Sciences Library Network. The network includes an estimated 1,400 medical and health sciences libraries in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. It is estimated that the full cost to the National Library of Medicine for the three-year contract period will be $1,365,000. T h e amount of money available to the University for the fourteen-month period ending December 31, 1980, is $430,997. Under the contract, expenses incurred by the University for this purpose are reimbursable. T o implement the agreement, several subcontracts with other organizations within the six state region are necessary. The chancellor at the Medical Center has recommended that subcontracts be executed for the calendar year 1980 with the following institutions in amounts not to exceed those indicated: Indiana University School of Medicine Library Mayo Foundation Mayo Medical Library University of Wisconsin Middleton Health Sciences Library $15 012 $16 263 $18 765

Federal funds are available from the Regional Medical Library Services Contract. The subcontractors will provide document delivery services (interlibrary loans), ensuring that all individual users or organizations receive equal and rapid access to all health information resources of the six state region and of the Regional Medical Library Network. The vice president for academic affairs and the vice president for administration concur. I recommend approval. Employment of Consultant, General Design, Data Processing System, Physical Plant, Chicago (23) The chancellors at the Chicago Circle and Medical Center campuses have recommended the award of a contract to American Management Systems, Inc., Chicago, for the preparation of the general design of an integrated management information system for the Chicago Physical Plant Department. The department presently has limited computer capability for routine billing services, payroll time-