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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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graphic search and cataloging processed at all campuses, and to improve the service to the interlibrary loan program as well.1 Estimated expenditures for Fiscal Year 1981 associated with the renewal of the program are $247,000. Funds sufficient to procure the system services and maintenance are included in the FY 1981 operating budgets of the three campus libraries. The executive vice president, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative omcers, has recommended that the comptroller and the secretary of the board be authorized to execute a renewal agreement for the Illinois/OCLC contract for FY 1981 with the Office of the Secretary of State (State Librarian). I concur.

O n motion of Dr. Donoghue, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Dr. Donoghue, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. H a h n , Mr. Howard, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Stone, Mr. Velasquez; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson. ( T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Maltese, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Silverman; no, none.) Agreement for the Relocation of the University of Illinois One Meter Optical Telescope

(26) San Diego State University Foundation, acting on behalf of San Diego State University, and the University of Illinois are completing final negotiations on an agreement providing for the relocation of a University of Illinois one meter (40 inch) astromechanics telescope to the San Diego University's Mount Laguna Observatory. Title to the telescope will remain with the University of Illinois. The telescope is currently located at the University's Prairie Observatory near Oakland, Illinois. The telescope cannot be used effectively in its current location due to environmental and climatic conditions. The relocation will benefit both institutions by increasing the photometric observing time on the telescope. After the telescope is operational, approximately 90 percent of its use will be equally shared by the two institutions with approximately 10 percent of the time being available to outside investigators. The estimated moving cost of approximately $25,600, including insurance, rigging, and draying charges, will be paid by the University of Illinois. In addition, the University of Illinois will provide $40,000 for costs connected with the installation of the telescope. Under the terms of the proposed agreement, starting in FY 1982 the University of Illinois will annually provide approximately $25,000, adjusted periodically for inflation, toward the operating costs of the observatory facility, including operation and maintenance of equipment and maintenance of buildings and grounds. Funds required in FY 1981 for the University's share of the relocation ($65,600) are included in the Department of Astronomy's operating budget for FY 1981. In FY 1982 and in subsequent years, annual operating costs of approximately $25,000 will be included in the Department of Astronomy's annual operating budget authorization request. The proposed agreement will also provide for termination upon proper notice or upon the unavailability of funds. The chancellor at the Urbana campus recommends approval of this proposal and further recommends that the comptroller and the secretary be authorized to enter into an agreement with the San Diego State University Foundation as described above. The executive vice president concurs. I recommend approval.

1 By use 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 is returned by the same method while catalog cards are produced automatically at the Center and sent by mail to the requesting library.