1. Planning Issues Involving Libraries and Information Technology
Vice Provost King introduced UC Library Council representatives Joanne Euster, Chair, and members Richard Lucier
and Richard Walters. In briefing the APC, they emphasized how the "one university" concept can guide
effective investment in new technological information delivery tools to benefit all UC faculty and students. At
the same time, these new tools challenge UC in the realms of control of intellectual property, technical standards
and compatibility of systems, cost of infrastructure, the traditional library role of preservation, and continuing
patron services.
Digital Library Initiative: The Library Council's UC Digital Library Initiative will develop a plan, to be issued
by September 1996, to establish a UC digital library to complement, not replace, the paper library through high
quality, personal, integrated electronic access tools. Many current UC experiments, such as UCSF's Galen II, are
piloting digital library services. The Task Force is also exploring a UC on-line publishing role. The Task Force's
Executive Work Group will use focus groups of faculty, students, and staff to help shape the Digital Library Plan.
CINITAP and Networking Issues: After two meetings, the Committee on Intercampus Networking and Instructional Technology
for Academic Purposes (CINITAP) has sharpened its charge and issued a draft vision statement on which it is soliciting
APC comment. The statement stresses that development of instructional technologies must be driven by a strong concept
of what UC should be as a research university and how the technologies can assist in reaching that goal. CINITAP
advocates increasing UC's capability to use the new technologies within and across campuses (increased bandwidth)
and hopes to mount one or two major pilot projects to showcase what is possible.
All-University Faculty Conference: Special Faculty Assistant Randy Katz is guiding planning for a possible All-University
Faculty Conference on how technology can be used effectively in education. As well as responding to systemwide
initiatives such as the Digital Library Plan, faculty might demonstrate exciting applications of instructional
technologies drawn from their own classrooms.
Through periodic briefings, APC members want to continue to probe how UC is planning infrastructure development,
especially in cooperation with CSU and CCC; how extensively UC should consider marketing mediated courses; and
how UC should position itself as technology changes concepts of copyright, publication, and ownership of intellectual
property.
2. Continuing Activities
A. Long-Range Enrollment Planning
Assistant Vice President Smith presented a suggested format for annual updates of long-range UC enrollment plans,
including (1) any changes in the information on which this year's projections were based, (2) new information and
analyses that add to our ability to project enrollment, and (3) a discussion of the implications of the new information.
The APC advised that a limited number of key indicators be tracked by OP as a basis for annual adjustments in enrollment
projections.
B. Intercampus Cooperation
Assistant Vice President Smith announced the Round Two of the Intercampus Academic Program Incentive Fund (IAPIF)
competition funded 19 projects on eight campuses to plan intercampus programs, share courses, and develop new instructional
materials in a range of disciplines. She also reported that 1450 UC faculty so far have responded to an e-mail
survey of classroom uses of technology, results of which will be reported this fall.
C. Realignment of the Agricultural Experiment Station Resources
Provost Massey announced that, while there is no consensus in UC or on the APC, he has fully considered the conflicting
viewpoints and would advise the President to implement the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Agricultural
Experiment Station Realignment (the Ticho Committee). The majority of APC members who were present voted to endorse
the Academic Council's resolution that implementation of the Ticho Committee report be delayed pending completion
of the Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources strategic plan.