Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1958 [PAGE 230]

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(b) The functions of the University Research Board include: (1) Making assignments of research funds of the Graduate College to individual and group research projects. (2) Reviewing applications from faculty members to outside agencies for financial aid in support of research projects. (3) Advising the President on potentially patentable inventions by faculty members. (4) Advising the President and the Dean of the Graduate College on any matters they desire to submit to the Research Board.

SPECIAL UNITS O F THE GRADUATE COLLEGE

Sec. 18. ( a ) On the recommendation of the University Research Board, and of the Executive Committee and the Dean of the Graduate College, with approval by the President, the Board of Trustees may create special units of the Graduate College for the purpose of carrying on or promoting research in areas which are broader than the responsibility of any one department Any such unit may be abolished by similar action. (b) Staff members of such units shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees on the recommendation of the Executive Committee and the Dean of the Graduate College and on the nomination of the President. Appointments which carry academic rank and title indicative of departmental association shall be made only after consultation with the department concerned. (c) Subject to the foregoing stipulations, the special units of the Graduate College include: (1) Digital Computer Laboratory; (2) Electron Microscope Laboratory; (3) Radiocarbon Laboratory; (4) Physical Environment Unit; (5) Institute of Communications Research; (6) Illinois Historical Survey.

D. ALL-UNIVERSITY UNITS UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Sec. 19. ( a ) The University Libraries include all books, pamphlets, periodicals, maps, music scores, photographs, prints, manuscripts, micro-reproductions, and other materials purchased or acquired in any manner by the University and preserved and used in libraries to aid students and investigators. Such materials may include sound recordings, motion picture films, lantern slides, film strips, and other appropriate audio-visual aids. (b) The University Libraries shall be in charge of the Director of Libraries. The libraries at the Chicago Professional Colleges and the Chicago Undergraduate Division and all branch libraries shall be in charge of librarians who are under the supervision of and represent the Director. (c) The Director shall be responsible for the arrangement and care of the University Libraries and for the organization of the University Library staff. In the purchase of books and similar materials he shall act in accordance with business methods approved by the Vice-President and Comptroller. He shall make an annual report to the President on the condition and needs of the University Libraries and on the work of the staff. With the approval of the President, and with the approval of the Vice-President in Charge of the Chicago Professional Colleges or the Executive Dean of the Chicago Undergraduate Division, as the case may require, the Director may establish libraries °n any campus when in his opinion efficiency in reference work, circulation,