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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[July 18

the concurrence of the State Department of Central Management Services and cannot be implemented until the governor approves Senate Bill 840. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . Forsyth, this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d .

Acting Dean, Honors College, Chicago

(24) The chancellor at the Chicago campus has recommended the appointment of Dr. Howard Kerr, presently professor of English, as acting dean of the Honors College, beginning September 1, 1985, on a twelve-month service basis at an annual salary of $50,000. Dr. Kerr succeeds Susanna W. Pflaum. Dr. Kerr will continue to hold the rank of professor of English on indefinite tenure. This recommendation is made with the advice of the Honors Council.' The vice president for academic affairs concurs in this recommendation. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . Forsyth, this a p p o i n t m e n t w a s approved. By consensus, t h e board agreed that o n e roll call v o t e w o u l d be taken a n d considered the v o t e o n e a c h a g e n d a item nos. 25 through 4 5 inclusive. T h e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s were individually discussed b u t acted u p o n at o n e

time. (The record of board action appears at the end of each item.) Renewal of Contract, Bibliographic and Library Processing Services

(25) The University continues to hold an operating service contract, on behalf of the University's libraries, with the Office of the State Librarian. The contract has enabled the University libraries to acquire access to an automated system developed by the On Line Computer Library Center, Inc. The object is to aid bibliographic search and cataloging at both campuses and to improve service to the interlibrary loan program as well. By means of the system, requests for reference data or for catalog file cards for new publications are entered into a local terminal and passed to the center via dedicated telephone lines. Reference data are returned by the same method; catalog cards are produced automatically at the center and are sent by mail to the requesting library. Estimated expenditures for renewal of the program for Fiscal Year 1986 are $330,000.* Funds are included in the appropriation bill of the General Assembly to meet the ordinary and contingent expenses of the University for FY 1986. The funds will be included in the library's operating budget requests for the Urbana and Chicago campuses for FY 1986. The vice president for academic affairs and vice president for business and finance have recommended the renewal of the contract as described, subject to the availability of such funds. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r s . D a y , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s approved by t h e following v o t e : A y e , M r s . D a y , M r . Forsyth, M r s . Gravenhorst, M r . H a h n , M r . H o w a r d , M r . L o g a n , M r . M a d d e n , M r s . S h e p h e r d , Miss S m i t h ; n o , n o n e ; absent, Governor T h o m p s o n .

1 Helen Heitmann, professor of physical education, chair; Lloyd D. Gadau, associate professor of architecture; Gilbert Bassett, associate professor of economics; Doris A. Graber, professor in the Institute for Humanities; Sona Hoisington, associate professor of Slavic languages and literatures; Sidney Hyman, associate professor of criminal justice; Marilyn Jacobson, assistant professor of management; Sohail Murad, assistant professor of chemical engineering; Richard Norton, associate professor of music; Larry Nucci, associate professor of education; Thomas Poulson, professor of biological sciences; Sidney Zimbalist, professor of social work. > The expenditure for FY 1985 is expected to total $343,000.