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BOARD O F TRUSTEES

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Academic staff members (13.5 F T E ) Nonacademic staff members (8.0 F T E ) Expense and equipment Wages Financial aid for students Total

Annual Increases 1969-70 1970-71 $ 84 500 $18 700 40 520 5 040 15 830 3 000 3 000 100 000 50 000 $243 850 $76 740

Biennial Total $187 700 86 080 34 660 6 000 250 000 $564 440

2. Library Acquisitions and Other Expense ($353,530). The Library's needs for a special budget increase — beyond what can be made available under enrollment-increase and price-increase formulae — arise from several conditions: (a) increasing costs of publications, including books, periodical subscriptions, and out-of-print rare books; (b) the rising volume of publications, requiring a progressive increase in the number of acquisitions in order to maintain the Library's relative standing among educational libraries; (c) increasing cost of binding journals; (d) substandard holdings in areas of growing enrollment and research demand (e.g., foreign-area studies). As an example of cost increases, the indexes of book and periodical prices over the past ten years show an average annual increase of nearly 10 per cent, while in several important categories the range is even higher. For example, the index figure for periodical prices in chemistry and physics during the past decade went from 100 to 222.6, and that for mathematics, botany, geology, and general science increased from 100 to 219.3. All told, it seems clear that an increase of at least 25 per cent in the Library's budget for acquisitions, expense, and equipment will be necessary for the coming biennium if the quality of the Library's holdings and services is to be maintained. This would require the sum of $251,095 for each year of the biennium for a total of $502,190. Of this amount, it is estimated that the sum of $148,660 would become available from enrollment-increase and price-increase funds, leaving a balance of $353,530 to be provided by a special incremental increase. 3. Computer Services for Instruction and Research ($314,440). The Department of Computer Science at the Urbana-Champaign campus performs three major types of functions: (a) instruction in computer science; (b) mathematical and engineering research on computers and computer systems, including the development of "software" systems: (c) computational and data-processing services in support of instruction and research. The third of these functions is conducted by the Service Unit, which operates the new I B M 360/50/75 system. The latter has been installed and operated during the present biennium with substantial support from the National Science Foundation. The total budget for the Service Unit in 1968-69 will be approximately $1,466,000, of which state funds provide only about 24 per cent ($348,700). Thirtyone per cent of the total ($450,000) comes from the N S F grant, and the remaining 45 per cent is provided through charges to users and from grants of non-state funds made by the University Research Board. It seems likely now that part of the N S F grant for 1968-69 will have to be replaced by other funds, in view of the Foundation's recent directives to educational institutions to reduce their expenditures under N S F grants during 1968-69. For 1969-70, the University had expected to receive further support from N S F — under a tentative commitment made at the time the two-year grant was approved — but there is no certainty at this time either that the grant will be renewed or that, if renewed, the anticipated amount would be forthcoming. An application is being submitted to N S F , however, and the budget for 1969-71 is being prepared on the assumption that N S F funds will be available. The requested increase of $125,000 per year in state funds ($250,000 for the biennium) would cover mainly the computer-service costs of increasing enrollment in computer courses. A t least an additional 850 students are expected to enroll in computer courses during both years of the coming biennium, with a resulting increase in student use of computer time. Computer use and related costs associated with this type of instructional service can not be met from enrollment-increase funds, which are barely sufficient to provide the additional teachers needed for regular classroom instruction in computer courses. In addition to the instructional funds, a small biennial amount ($64,440) is requested for additional staff to support developmental work on the Illinet system