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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 092 169 IR 000 733 TITLE Facts and Futures; What's Happening Now in Computing for Higher Education. Annual Proceedings of the EDUCOM Fall Conference (9th, Princeton, New Jersey, October 9-11, 1973). INSTITUTION Interuniversity Communications Council (EDUCOM), Princeton, N. J. PUB DATE 74 NOTE 361p. AVAILABLE FROM EDUCOM, P. O. Box 364, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 ($9.00) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.75 HC-$17.40 PLUS POSTAGE DESCRIPTORS Computer Assisted Instruction; Computer Oriented Programs; *Computers; Computer Science; *Conference Reports; Cost Effectiveness; Data Bases; *Higher Education; Information Centers; *Information Science; *Information Systems; Management Information Systems; Professional Personnel; Research; Statewide Planning IDENTIFIERS Compatibility; EDUCOM; Transportability ABSTRACT The ninth annual EDUCOM conference developed its theme along four major lines: computing for research; computing for inetruction; management information _sys_temsLansi the _allooation_.pf computing resources. Papers in this volume address primarilythe organizational and political considerations (Parts II, III, IV, and V), and technological/economic issues (Part VI) relevant to the` utilization of computing and networking in higher education.(VCM) FACTS and FUTURES r-4 CCi WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW CD IN COMPUTING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION PROCEEDINGS of the EDUCOM FALL CONFERENCE October 9, 10, 11, 1973 Princeton, New Jersey EDUCON1, The Interuniversity Communications Council, Inc. O S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EDUCAT;ON 6 WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION to..., OLLE4 REPRO EXACT'. ROM nt qEtlEJC; ORIGIN ATIN,. CR CPIN,ONS ST: -TED DO NOT `11,:i.--,AA,L Y SEPAL AL Nyti*li I f CE E P01 - C' 'PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS COPY. RIGHTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY EDOC O M TO ERIC AND ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING UNDER AGREEMENTS WITH THE NATIONAL IN. STITUTE OF EDUCATION FURTHER REPRO- DUCTION OUTSIDE THE ERIC SYSTEM RE. QUIRES PERMISSION OFTHE COPYRIGHT OWNER Library of Congress Catalog Card Number; 74.79222 Further information and additional copies of this book may be obtained from EDUCOM, P.O. Box 364, Princeton, New Jersey 08540. The price per copy is $5.00 for members ar.d 9.00 to nonmembers of EDUCOM. 0974 EDUCOM, The Interuniversity Communications Council, Inc. Printed in the United States of America Contents Preface 1 Introduction 3 -PART I: KEYNOTE 1. Administration of Computer Resources GENE F. FRANKLIN 7 2. Management Information Systems DONALD C. CARROLL 13 3. Computers in Instruction CHARLES H. WARLICK 18 4. Computing in Research ROBERT L. ASHENHURST 28 iii PART It. ADMINISTRATION OF COMPUTER RESOURCES 6. Administration of Computer Resources: An Overview JAMES POAGE 37 6. Alternatives In Computer Administration The Games Universities Play JOHN E. SKELTON 40 The Information Utility in a University Environment PAUL STEPHAN 46 The Future of University Computing Centers WILLIAM KEHL 52 7. Considerations of Networking Network Management for Expanded Resource Sharing DENNIS W. FIFE 55 An Information Dissemination Network Model GLENN 0. WARE and JOHN H. SCHUENEMEYER 62 The Economics of University Computer Networking D. A. DUNN 68 8. Statewide Plans for Computing Introduction E. REX KRUEGER 73 Educational Information Services, Inc. GILBERT G. MOSER 75 Iv Critique of the New Jersey Plan FREEMAN HOLMER 78 Critique of the New Jersey Plan DAVID McINTYRE 81 Computer Services in the Oregon Department of Higher Education MICHAEL A. JENNINGS 83 Critique of Oregon Network Plan EUGENE KEENOY 100 The Florida Regional Computing Center Plan JAMES MORGAN 104 Critique of Florida Computing Plan GEORGE STRUBLE 109 Computer Activities in Illinois TIMOTHY GRIFFIN 111 What is IECCS7 RONALD BRADY 112 Statewide Networks for Computing CHARLES J. MOSMANN .. ........ 1151_ PART III. MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS 9. An Ort HAROLD WAKEFIELD 121 10. MIS Case Studies The Effects of Management Information Systems in Colleges & Universities: A Perspective from the Statewide Level IN. K. BOUTWELL 124 MIS: The Ugly Duckling JOHN W, GWYNN 129 Protect FIND JOHN S. McGEACHIE 137 Evolutionary Tendencies of MIS at the University of Houston RALPH C. McKAY 146 11. Exporting and Importing MIS Exportability and the Inhouse MIS CHERYL. M. TRAVER 153 On-line Administrative Information Systems: A Case Study PAUL W. SIRE 156 Importing MIS Components: A PractitionerManager Perspective HENRY G. VAUGHAN 164 One University's View of Data Management Systems KENNETH E. SHOSTACK 174 PART IV. COMPUTING IN INSTRUCTION 12. Computing in Instruction: An Overview WILLIAM ATCHISON 187 13. Instructional Computing Case Studies Computers in Instruction KENNETH L. BOWLES 190 FreeAccess Computing at Dartmouth ARTHUR W. LUEHRMANN 193 vi Computing Services at Chicago FRED H. HARRIS 198 Trends in Instructional Use of Computers GERARD P. WEED 206 14. Transportability of Instructional Systems Networking Challenges: The User's Viewpoint THOMAS N. PYKE, JR. and ROBERT P. BLANC 211 CAI Programs for MultiUniversity Use KEITH A. HALL 218 Scientific and Technical Information Transfer for Education ISTITEI PRANAS ZUNDE 229 Chemical Engineering in Structural Packages WARREN D. SEWER 231 15. Software Compatibility in the Social Sciences Performance Differences in Social Science Statistical Software WILLIAM 0. SLYSZ 235 Software Compatibility in Social Science Computing JUDITH ROWE 244 Reducing Incompatibilities in Social Science Software and Data: A Report on the SIGSOC Workshop RONALD E. ANDERSON 246 vii PART V. COMPUTERS IN RESEARCH 16. Computers in Research: An Overview DOUWE B. YNTEMA 257 17. Information Services for Research New Channels of Distribution in the Information Industry WILLIAM R. NUGENT 260 NASIC: A Regional Experiment in the Brokerage of Information Services DAVID M. WAX and R. D. MORRISON, JR. 268 The Ohio State University Mechanized Information Center HUGH C. ATKINSON 274 Data Bases and Libraries G. A. HARRER 18. Resource Sharing for Libraries Major Trends in Library Computerization RICHARD DE GENNARO .... .. ........ 282 Cooperative Automation for Libraries RUSSELL SHANK 286 19. Discipline Oriented Applications Hierarchical Computing for Chemistry JOHN CORNELIUS 289 Computer-Based Medical Records ELEMER GABRIELI 293 viii User Issues in Medical Record Automation ROBERT M. STRONG 299 Facilities for Data Manipulation in the Humanities MICHAEL E. LESK 305 Steps Toward Making Literary Texts Available STEPHEN V. F. WW1 309 PART VI. A BROADER VIEW 20. Data Transmission Services Regulation of Computer Communications ROBERT P. BIGELOW, ESQUIRE 317 Bell System Services for Digital Data Transmission CARL F. STUEHRK 322 PCI's VANLINE Service LEE B. TALBERT 327 Apoendik-A FIND System Commands 333 Appendix B FIND Available Data Bases (December 1973) 335 Appendix C Resident File OMIC, 1973 337, Appendix D Sample Queries of University of Vermont Data Bases 341 Appendix E Agenda SIGSOC Working Session on COMPATIBILITY 345 Appendix F Conference Participants 347 ix Preface A sense of purpose and an underlying confidence that things long talked of were beginning to happen characterized the Ninth Annual EDUCOM Ea 11 conference, Facts and Futures. After several decades of experimentation with modes of delivering computing services to higher education, colleges and universities now view computing resources in quite a different light than when they werefirstintroduced. The use of computers for research is taken for granted and one now talks seriously about resource sharing, management and organization rather than solely about the technical aspects of using the computer. Resource sharing can be discussed only because resources which are worth sharing have been created. The- related questions of management and organization must be- considered because computing is now usedinaltfunctions of the university from instruction and research to administration. Although computing in higher education is still in a state of transition, the use of computers for educational purposes has in many ways come of age. Extending the theme of resource sharing for computing in higher education which has run through previous EDUCOM meetings, the Fall 1973 Conference, Facts and Futures; What's happening NOW in Comput- ing for Higher Education, developed this theme along four major tines: Computing for Research; Computing for Instruction; Management Infor- mation Systems; and the Allocation of Computing Resources. Spanning the wide range of EDUCOM members, this conference brought together representatives of many disciplines from universities, colleges, junior colleges, and educational service organizations to share their experiences and their views of what is happening now in computing for higher education, The attendance of 340 surpassed that of all previous FDUCOM meetings and included participants from Italy, Africa, Canada and Puerto Rico as well as both coasts of the continental USA. Keynote addresses and papers presented in panels and workshops have been edited and collected in the following pages. Further information concerning any of the systems or applications described hi these chapters can best he obtained by writing directly to the author of the presentation. The names and address of all conference participants are listed in the back of this volume. On behalf of all the conferees, I want to extend sincere thanks to the Conference Chairman, Joe B. Wyatt, for the stimulating and comprehen- sive program which he developed for the conference. Special thanks are also due to Charles Mosmann and James Poage who assisted in arranging