Basic Institutional Data Form E

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1998-99
INSTITUTIONAL COMPUTING RESOURCES

WorldWideWeb (WWW) URL address: http://illinois.edu

UIUC computing is managed by two different organizations:

  YESNO
A. ORGANIZATION, PLANNING, AND POLICIES
Designated administrator(s) for institutional computing?   X
Designated administrator(s) for Administrative computing? X 
Designated administrator(s) for Academic computing? X  
Centralized computing services? X 
Formal, written, and approved technology plan? X 
Technology plan linked to institutional mission and purposes? X 
Computing resources included in institutional strategic plan? X 
Policies on the purchase, replacement, and repair of hardware?  X
Policies on the purchase and updating of software?  X
Institutional computing responsible/ethical use policy? X 
Institutional policies that include institutional computer issues? X 
Institutional policies that include administrative computing issues? X 
Institutional policies that include academic computing issues? X 
B. FACILITIES
Institutional network backbone? X  
Computer labs networked? X  
Classrooms functionally networked? X
(some)
 
Multi-media computers in labs? X  
Administrative offices networked? X  
Academic offices networked? X  
Residence halls wired? X  

Workstations


Number of non-networked computer labs: 0
Total number of workstations on campus network: 24,000 (est)
Number of networked labs: 80 (est)
Total number of stations in networked labs: 3,000 (est)
Type of access includes all of the following:

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C. FUNCTIONS: ADMINISTRATIVE

(Place checks where appropriate)

  Access Available To Via
StudentsFacultyStaffAdministrators PublicDirect AccessRemote Access Modem WWW
College Activity Calendar XXXXXXX
College Catalog XXXXXXX
Class Schedule XXXXXXX
Financial Aid        
On-line registration XXXX XX
Student Academic Record   XX XX

E-mail

E-mail is available both intra-institution and inter-institution

D. FUNCTIONS: ACADEMIC

 YESNO
Computers in all full-time faculty offices? nearly all  
Computers in full-time faculty offices networked? X  
All part-time faculty have access to computers? X  
All divisional/departmental offices networked? X  
All students required to have computers?   X
Internet access available from all faculty offices? X  
Library access available from all faculty offices? X  
If YES, is access available to the institutions library(ies)? X  
If YES, is access available to the state-wide or region-wide library system? X  
If YES, is access available to other libraries? X  
Library access available from all classrooms?   some
Computers integrated into instruction? when appropriate  
Off-campus access? X  
If YES, is off-campus access available by the institutional network? X  
If YES, is off-campus access available by the academic network? X  
If YES, is off-campus access available by the Internet? X  
If NO, plans to provide off-campus access within three years?    
Courses on Internet? some  
Interactive courses in real-time (i.e., 2-way video and voice?) some  

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E. SUPPORT and TRAINING

Number of FTE technical staff580
Number of programmers370
Training staff
  • Integrated with Human Resources unit
  • Name and Title of designated educational specialist:
    Lynne Hellmer, Director, Office of Human Resource Development
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F. FINANCES/BUDGET for COMPUTING (FY99)

Total Annual Academic Outlay, Operating Funds CCSO Computing & Networking10,563,000
Other documented budget numbers2,500,000
Estimated dept. expenses5,000,000
Total Annual Administrative Outlay, Operating Funds (1/2 of University budget for Admin data processing,
which is funded at the system level, not the campus)
9,916,000
Capital funds availableAcademic
(special allocations for network infrastructure)
2,000,000
Administrative0
Amount of grants/restricted purpose funds availableICR income to CCSO503,000
Technology feeNo longer assessed0

G. EVALUATION

  YESNO
Formal system of evaluation by students of academic computing?   X
Formal system of evaluation by students of administrative computing?   X
Formal system of evaluation by faculty of academic computing?   X
Formal system of evaluation by faculty of administrative computing?   X
Systems of evaluation linked to plan to evaluate overall institutional effectiveness?   X
Results of evaluation linked to institutional planning and budgeting processes?   X