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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

ESTABLISHMENT O F UNIVERSITY COMPUTER COORDINATION OFFICE

[May

16

(15) For several months the Board of Trustees has been kept informed of steps toward consolidation of the administrative data processing function into a University administrative data processing organization, with remote job entry stations for the campuses and the University offices. During that time the general purpose research and instruction computing needs and organization of the campuses have been reviewed, A special task force was created by the University Planning Committee to advise Vice President Brady on steps which should be taken to address the longrange needs of R & I computing and how to relate to the Illinois Educational Consortium for Computer Services. The task force recommended the creation of a University Computer Coordination Office as the first step. The University Planning Committee and the various computer advisory committees have concurred. The Office is to: 1. Assess the quality and availability of computing services on all campuses, 2. Coordinate technical resources to meet established needs of the various University constituencies. 3. Prepare and supervise the operation of allocation plans to coordinate access to computing resources. 4. Develop plans for the expansion or reconfiguration of University computing resources in the light of changing academic needs and evolving technology, 5. Collect and maintain information regarding the deployment and use of special computer facilities (sometimes called dedicated computer facilities). 6. Coordinate arrangements between the University and the Illinois Educational Consortium for Computer Services. The initial funding of the Office will come from existing computer budgets, and the initial leadership will come from Dr. Dillon E. MapotheT, currently Director of Computing Services for the Urbana-Champaign campus, who will be on partial released time from that campus. It is anticipated that the first phase of the effort of the Office will be to propose a configuration of computer services to optimize computer services in the area of general purpose research and instruction for the University. The result of this effort should lead to specific recommendations to the Board of Trustees. The Office will report to the Vice President for Planning and Allocation and be advised by a policy council with members from all three campuses. The Vice President for Planning and Allocation and the Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination recommend this action. I concur.

On motion of Mr, Swain, this recommendation was approved,

CHANGE IN NAME OF T H E MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY, MEDICAL CENTER

(16) The Dean of the Graduate College at the Medical Center campus has recommended that the name of the Medical Research Laboratory be changed to Biologic Resources Laboratory. (At its meeting on April 18, 1973, the Board of Trustees upon recommendation of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds approved a change in the name of the Medical Research Laboratory Building at the ^f.edical Center campus to Biologic Resources Laboratory Building. A similar change in the name of the administrative unit which occupies the building is now proposed.) The Medical Research Laboratory provides support services to the healthrelated research effort at the Medical Center campus. The support services rendered, while essential and important, are specific and limited; and the words "medical research" are too broadly descriptive. Because the unit provides only those research support services related to the use of laboratory animals, it is believed the words "biologic resources" more accurately describe the functions performed. This change of name does not require the approval of the Board of Higher Education, but will be reported to the staff of the Board of Higher Education immediately following approval by the Board of Trustees. The Executive Committee of the Graduate College has been consulted and joins in the recommendation. The Chancellor and the Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination concur.