The following text describes the 1998-1999 APP&R document prepared by the Instructional Computing and Technology Committee (ICTC) for Dr. Paul Hunt, Vice Provost for Libraries, Computing & Technology. The report is divided into two subject areas. The first relates to policy recommendations prepared ICTC and the second describes proposals related to expenditures and the prioritization of these proposals..

ICTC Policy Recommendations

MSU's Technology Classrooms

MSU's Technology Classrooms have had an important impact on how instructors teach their classes. These classrooms provide ready, easy to use multimedia facilities, expanding the opportunities for more exciting learning experiences. Each classroom allows the use of video, audio, and a networked computer linked to a permanently installed high qualityprojection system.

Instructors can display full color large screen images from compact discs, sites on the World Wide Web, software for word processing, statistical and mathematical analysis, scanned images from books and manuscripts, as well as video clips. They can bring to class their own laptop computers and demonstrate custom software or other computer images and techniques. Instructors using technology rooms no longer need to bring hardware or software to the classroom, nor do they need to order computers or special projection equipment days or weeks in advance.

At the present time MSU has thirty-seven technology classrooms, all constructed in the last two years. Not counting the Con Con Room in the International Center, sixteen of the rooms are large lecture halls with a seating capacity of more than 100. Twenty are smaller classrooms, most with seating capacities in the range of 40 to 60. While the technology rooms are scattered widely across the campus, the buildings with the greatest concentration of rooms are Eppley Center and the Business College Complex, Wells Hall, and Bessey Hall.

By the beginning of Fall Semester 1998, eighteen more technology classrooms will be built. Of these, 13 will be large lecture halls, and 5 will be smaller classrooms.

Faculty use of the rooms for multimedia use has grown dramatically, though exact figures are hard to come by. For the next academic year we know that the Mathematics Department has requested enough technology rooms for all of its courses. In the Economics Department more than twenty percent of faculty members use the facilities of technology classrooms in their courses. Survey data of users show that in the first year the technology classrooms were available, the most popular use was to show videos. As more faculty members learn about the rooms and how to use them, we believe there is now increasing use of web pages, statistical and mathematical software, as well as spreadsheets, and PowerPoint slide shows.

Training faculty to use the classroom facilities is also an important activity. Current efforts include the LC&T Brown Bag Video seminar series, the LC&T Training Program, the Instructional Media Center, and the Faculty Facility for Creative Computing. Historically, the seminars and training sessions in these programs have not had a very large faculty attendance. While more programs are being offered free of charge, faculty must still pay for many of the most important kinds of instruction, such as the creation of web pages for courses. The workshops offered in Spring semester 1998 by the Instructional Media Center on using media in the classroom are a particularly welcome activity that is free to faculty. We also believe it is true that many faculty are simply unaware of the programs that are currently offered to help them use technology in their courses.

Recommendation: MSU should continue to build technology classrooms. Even though the number of large and smaller classrooms is approximately the same, there is a relative shortage of smaller classrooms. A freshman in a large, required course now has an excellent chance of being in a classroom that is equipped to show multimedia. As that student moves from introductory to more advanced courses with smaller class sizes it is less likely that he or she will be in a technology classroom. Yet it is at the advanced level that students and instructors are more likely to need to teach and explore computer applications in their fields. At the graduate level, where small classes are the norm, there are important computer applications in mathematics, statistics, econometrics, and the natural sciences that can be taught effectively only in a computer equipped classroom. The committee therefore recommends that the commitment to technology classrooms put special emphasis on providing facilities in smaller classrooms that will be used in upper level undergraduate, and in graduate courses. We recommend that funding for creating technology classrooms continue at approximately the current levels.

Recommendation: Using multimedia technology to improve instruction presupposes that faculty are knowledgeable about its advantages and limitations. At the present time, many faculty do not know how to use the facilities to their best advantage, and some may not know how to use them at all. The committee therefore recommends that Libraries, Computing, and Technology expand its education and training commitment to help faculty take advantage of the new techniques. In particular, more free seminars and training sessions should be available to faculty. And those that are offered should be better publicized. The committee recommends continuation and expansion of the free and well publicized seminars offered by the Instructional Media Center on classroom uses of media instruction.

ICTC members carefully reviewed and evaluated 27 proposals for a total of $3,054,443. Voting members were asked to rate each item on a scale of 1 (not a high priority item at this time) to 10 (highest priority, essential to instructional computuing). The proposals are presented in order of priority. Appendix A, at the end of this document, gives a more detailed review of the results.

1. Proposal: Software Fund ($200,000)

The response of faculty and students to the ICTC software fund continues to be strong.

This fund is also used for recurring costs and networking software upgrades. The fund supplies the computing laboratories with copies of basic applications such as word processing and funding the ongoing annual renewal fee required by many software packages. This year, expenses for keyserver ($20,000), Anti-virus software ($20,000) and changes in Microsoft Office Licensing have stressed the fund. Unless Microsoft changes it licensing policies, $70,000 will be needed just for the purchase of MS Office 97 for Windows 95.

2. Proposal: Microlab upgrades ($1,626,000)

The Computer Laboratory is proposing the following microlab upgrades such that:

• All Mac labs will have PowerPC technology. This will allow standardization of the system folder resulting in less maintenance and greater reliability. This will also position the Computer Laboratory to upgrade to MacOS 7.5 (or 8.0) with OpenTransport/AppleShare IP.

• All PC teaching labs will have Pentium technology. This will ease the scheduling burden of CPS 101 and IAH 201 as well as that of other technology-based classes.

• All PC labs will have 486-66 technology, or better. This will allow the retirement of Windows 3.1 and move completely to Windows 95 (as per ICTC recommendation).

• All Macs and PCs will have a minimum of 32MB RAM. This will help to ensure acceptable performance.

The Microlab upgrades recommendations (in priority order) are:

1. 16 Union ($170,000)

   45 Pentium IIs/printers/servers/network/remodeling
   Most heavily used non-teaching lab on campus
   Residence Hall Help Center
   32 486-33s left, 12 Mac II Sis left

2. 101 Eppley/429 Library/B38E McDonel ($175,000)

   54 Pentium IIs/printers/servers/network
   Second most heavily used non-teaching lab on campus
   Academic Help Center
   8 Pentiums to Library
   45 486-66s to McDonel
   8 486-66s, 43 486-xxs left

3. C15 Wilson/B15N Wonders ($100,000)

   37 Pentium IIs/printers/security
   Third most heavily used non-teaching lab on campus
   Residence Hall Help Center
   37 486-66s to Wonders
   37 486-33s left

4. E26A Holmes ($130,000)

   37 Pentium IIs/printers/servers/network/security/remodeling
   Teaching lab (projector) for Lyman Briggs, CPS, IAH
   Residence Hall Help Center 25 486-66s left

5. B100E Wells ($250,000)

   45 Pentium IIs/printers/servers/network/remodeling
   Teaching lab (projector) for MTH, STT, IAH; AOP
   Academic Help Center
   25 486-33s left (from C103 Wells)

6. 120 Chemistry ($140,000)

   31 Pentium IIs/printers/servers/network/remodeling
   Teaching lab (projector) for IAH, CEM
   29 486-66s left

7. 139 Brody ($135,000)

   30 Mac G3s/printers/server/network/security
   Teaching lab (projector) for IAH, ATL
   Residence Hall Help Center
   6 Centris 610s, 24 Centris 650s left

8. 140 Brody ($110,000)

   31 Pentium IIs/printers/servers/network/security
   Teaching lab (projector) for CPS, IAH
   Residence Hall Help Center
   24 Pentium-90s to G9 Holden, 6 left

9. G9 Holden ($30,000)

   24 Pentium-90s/printers/servers/network/security
   24 486-33s left

10. Mac Technology carts/429 Library/501 Computer Center ($40,000)

    12 Mac G3s
    7 PowerMac 8600s to 429 Library
    5 PowerMac 7200s to 501 Computer Center
    14 Centris 610s left

11. 128 Hubbard/C4 Shaw/501 Computer Center ($110,000)

    29 Pentium IIs/printers/servers/network/security
    Teaching lab (projector) for IAH, NatSci
    15 PowerMac 7100s to C4 Shaw
    1 PowerMac 7100 to 501 Computer Center
    15 Centris 610s, 13 486-33s left

12. 216 Bessey ($140,000)

    33 Pentium IIs/printers/servers/network
    Teaching lab (projector) for HED, CPS
    AutoCAD, 3D Studio Max, PhotoShop, LapLink
    20 Sun IPCs left

13. Otsego County Library, Gaylord ($30,000)

    6 Pentium IIs/printers/server/network
    6 486-66s left

14. Macs to 32MB/54 machines ($6,000)
    C1 Holmes/16 Union

15. PCs to 32MB/270 machines ($40,000)

    West Central Regional Office, Grand Rapids/C4 Shaw
    429 Library/B15 Wonders/B38E McDonel/B4 Phillips/
    G21 Landon/G26 Yakeley

16. 14 Abbot ($20,000)

    printers/server/network
    PCs to 32MB/PCI ethernet cards/21 machines

3. Proposal: PC microlab infrastructure ($180,000)

Upgrade AFS server(s); upgrade to switched 10baseT network

1. West Central Regional Office, Grand Rapids ($10,000)
2. 102 Human Ecology ($15,000)
3. 429 Library ($10,000)
4. B15 Wonders ($30,000)
5. B38E McDonel ($25,000)
6. B4 Phillips ($15,000)
7. G21 Landon ($25,000)
8. G26 Yakeley ($25,000)
9. C4 Shaw ($25,000)

4. Proposal: Language Lab Network Upgrade ($15,000)

In 1994 a new state-of-the-art language lab was installed in 112 Old Horticulture, consisting of 29 Macintosh 660AV computers, connected by Ethernet and a dedicated hard-wired video control network. The flexible layout was designed to permit groups (classes or workshops) and individuals to work in a comfortable environment. Since these computers only run at 25 Mhz and are served by an old Quadra server, funds were requested and granted to replace them.

The next stage in the lab's upgrade will be the Ethernet wiring to allow us to have better network performance by taking advantage of the university's conversion to fibre optic service. At present network response is very slow when several people need to access the server. Not only is some software run from the server but audio and video files are often transferred, and these files can be quite large. In addition, WWW audio and video streaming is currently not possible in the lab. The estimates for the network upgrade, obtained from Engineering Services, are as follows:

Network, hardware, ES $9,100
Network, Labor, ES $4,200
Network, Physical Plant $1,000

Engineering Services recommends budgeting a total of $15,000 to allow for contingencies.

5. Proposal: Mac microlab infrastructure ($22,000)

1. 214 Bessey/429 Library ($4,000)

   1 AppleShare server
   1 AWS60 to Library
   1 Quadra 700 left

2. 101 Eppley/C15 Wilson ($4,000)

   1 AppleShare server
   1 AWS60 to Wilson
   1 SE/30 left

3. 210 Computer Center ($4,000)

   1 AppleShare server
   1 AWS60 to spare pool

4. AppleShare Servers to 64MB ($5,000)

   429 Library/C15 Wilson/206 Computer Center/
   219 N Kedzie/16 Union/C1 Holmes/189 Comm Arts/
   133 Erickson/140 Brody/C4 Shaw/

5. AppleShare Servers to version 5.0 ($5,000)

   206 Computer Center/219 N Kedzie/16 Union/C1 Holmes/
   189 Comm Arts/133 Erickson/140 Brody/
   43 Kresge/B100C Wells

6. Proposal: Computer Lab Video projectors ($48,000)

1. 337 S Case ($24,000)

2. 218 Natural Resources ($24,000)

7. Proposal: PC microlab security ($30,000)

EtherLock network security; locking cabinet for supplies.

1. B15 Wonders ($5,000)
2. B38E McDonel ($5,000)
3. B4 Phillips ($5,000)
4. G21 Landon ($5,000)
5. G26 Yakeley ($5,000)
6. C4 Shaw ($5,000)

8. Proposal: VASS ($193,000)

[Visual Arts Studies Studio (VASS) An Electronic Design Center]

The Studio Art area within the Department Art is requesting funds for the purchase of computer and multi-media equipment which will create a specialized and experimental facility for instructional use. This facility will be available to advanced students within the BFA* and MFA Studio Art Program and faculty sponsored majors from disciplines** across the campus to further the study of visual literacy.

The facility will be referred to as the Visual Arts Studies Studio (VASS). VASS will be located in Room 26 of the Kresge Art Center. In the past this room has housed computers, scanners, and printers which are obsolete (an Apple II is among them); all of the software is extinct.

The hardware and software being requested is housed in a separate location to the Kresge Microlab (room 43) because it is to designed to offer advanced high-performance computing resources, allowing a greater in-depth experience. In the reconditioning of this space with advanced imaging equipment for visual communication and fine art works, our students will then be better equipped to develop ideas and skills comprehensively; analyze and evaluate visual information and determine whether this information should be presented as print, multi-media, CD ROM, WWW development or mulitmedia installations, etc.

Many high schools*** have installed the Media 100 editing suite. It is important to be ready for these students when they enter Michigan State University. For example, in STA graphic design courses, web site design is taught. However, students are limited to low end image development because of the present technolgy in the KAC MicroLab is more focused toward print design. Advanced development and production of multi-media, animation, WWW, etc., will be the focus of VASS. The requested server will permit students to do encoding, and stream audio and video. (Graduates of the graphic design program are employed in design studios across the country that are using a Silicon Graphics platform to create multi-media. The same type of equipment used in the design industry is not available in any MSU MicroLabs.

Computers and digital video, as well as multi-media software packages (i.e. Director, etc.) are no longer the exclusive use in a department's course offering; the "new media" is now everyone's media. The VASS project will be ccompetive with other high-performance computing resources (imagedevelopment) at any university level.

The Department of Art has over 250 STA majors, and the majority are graphic design majors.

Presently students from Communication Arts, Computer Science, Engineering, Packaging, Journalism, and Advertising are allowed into advanced STA (computer) graphic design classes.

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1. Desktop Workstations

   Silicon Graphic O2 STUDIO, W 10-195S-4G 65V
   Varsity bundle. 7 stations (includes ext. warr. and support) $84,073
   Removable Storage: JAZ, ZIP $668
   Umax Mirage IISE Scanner $3,201
   Greyscale black and white (1200 dpi) printer $1,400
   Yamaha CDR100/CDE100 CD recorder $799
   HP DesignJet 2500CP printer (600 dpi) $12,000.

2. Non-Linear Video Editing Station

   Macintosh 9600/300 272 MB RAM/4GB $5,463
   17" 1710 AppleVision Monitor w/ 4 MB VRAM $788
   13" Sony Pro Monitor $9;900
   SledgeHammer 18 GB RAID array w/ATTO TwinChannel $8,500
   WACOM 9 X 9 Graphics Tablet $500
   Media 100 XR non-linear edit, software bundled $23,122

3. Video Capture

   SONY DFR 200 video camera 2 @ $6,199 each
   SONY EVO 9800 Deck $4,649
   SONY KV20TS32 20 inch monitor $427
   SONY PVM-1351, RGB/NTSC Monitor $954.

4. The Net Server

   Silicon Graphics Origin 200 Streaming Media
   and File Server: 2cpu, 256 MB. 4 GB system disk
   9 GB data disk MediaBase software (includes training) $24,446.

5. Miscellaneous

   Furniture, climate control, security, and other studio items $10,000.

8. Proposal: BCS Acquire Digital Television System ($15,000)

An FCC mandate calls for television broadcasters to convert from analog NTSC service to a new Digital Television format (DTV) between now and year 2003 when NTSC stations must relinquish their licenses. With these changes, some higher education institutions will consider producing courses and other instructional materials using superior quality digital television. To evaluate this new technology, and to familiarize faculty, staff, students, and the community with DTV standards, Broadcasting Services should acquire a DTV television set and satellite receiver capable of downlinking DTV programs being transmitted by PBS.

10. Proposal: IMC Hardware ($198,248)

104 Standard Overhead Projectors $ 52,000

5 High Lumen Overhead Projectors $6,000

74 VCR Decks and Dual $ 77,700

11 Carousel Slide Projectors, Special Lenses and $ 15,048

Wireless Remotes

5 Sharp LCD video/data projectors (portables) $47,500

10. Proposal: BCS Upgrade Erickson Hall ($25,000)

Erickson Hall room 133d is used for distance education classes, LC&T Training Programs, Video Brownbags and other faculty two-way TV projects. Faculty using EH 133d have discussed concerns with BCS staff about the facility's capabilities.

a) Because the low-cost cameras lack sophisticated technical controls, excessive video levels sometimes cause audio distortion. A video processing amplifier is needed to control video levels and prevent overmodulation, $1,500.

b) The three cameras currently share one camera control device, causing glitches as cameras are selected. Two more camera control units are needed, $1,500 total.

c) Existing lighting is straight down and casts shadows on participant faces. A Videssence florescent lighting system will correct this problem, $19,000.

d) Faculty using slides for graphic support find the outmoded carousel unit slow and inflexible; an electronic slide projector will facilitate advanced slide-to-video display, $3,000.

The following items represent a faculty member’s recommendation regarding FFCC needs (not submitted through the CC administration). The items are ranked in order of importance and are to be evaluated individually.

Comments: Software: Conflictcatcher is the highest priority (to solve extension conflicts with basic productivity software which are reducing the versatility of workstations); Premiere 5.0 is a major upgrade; Test Strip will allow novice faculty to improve the quality of scanned images simply and quickly.

10. Proposal: FFCC software ($245)

Comments: Software: Conflictcatcher is the highest priority (to solve extension conflicts with basic productivity software which are reducing the versatility of workstations); Premiere 5.0 is a major upgrade; Test Strip will allow novice faculty to improve the quality of scanned images simply and quickly.

Premiere upgrade to 5.0 [pending] $180. est.

Conflictcatcher 4.1.1 $70.

Test Strip $95. est

13. Proposal: Art Department Digital Imaging ($47,000)

Photography course offerings, research, and service/outreach opportunities inthe Department of Art have been based in the traditional chemical-processes of the medium since its initial offering as a course of study over 35 years ago. The Art Department’s digital-imaging involvement in the medium has been limited to an occasional workshop course in Adobe Photoshop, offered only twice in the last five years.

With the impending move of studio photography facilities to a more permanent home in room 201 Kresge Art Center, there will be not only a functional traditional photography studio, but secure storage for the 4"x5" view cameras, studio lighting, and other equipment necessary for such photography. However, there is no photography equipment for either studio or location work, at both elementary and advanced levels, that is technologically any different from that circa 1975. Introductory coursework, and advanced lighting, camera, and film-based processes will all be centered on the traditional photographic means. While this capability presents the most cost-effective means for students to generate volumes of very high quality photographs, it does not in any way allow them to gain experience in the digital technologies which professional studio and location photographers are moving too with increasing rapidity. In short, it prepares them well for a photography career based in 20-year old technology.....which is to say it doesnot prepare them well for the world in which they will spend their professional lives whatsoever. This problem is compounded by an inability to send students out of the classroom and studio to capture digital images on location, to return to immediately input their pictures for editing, manipulation in Photoshop, and further digital extensions or delivery systems.

The Art Department serves, on average, 80 photography students per semester in 3 introductory sections and 2 advanced classes. To take advantage of the security and usefulness of the new space, and to allow an introduction in both the studio and on location to digital imaging for our students, The Art Department hereby propose the following purchases:

20 Kodak DC-210 Zoom cameras, or similar mega pixel device

$850.00 per camera

1 Megavision digital camera back for 4"x5" view camera with Apple Mac interface $30,000.00

13. Proposal: BCS Acquire Digital Tape Systems for Central Distribution ($48,000)

Faculty often view instructional programs on the campus ITV network. Tapes are played on machines in ITV's central distribution area at Com Arts building. Some machines are aging and failing. Faculty expect high quality playbacks for their courses. To provide this, and to be compatible with current standards, older video tape machines must be replaced with digital systems. When programs are recorded off satellite and played back on digital systems, high quality will be assured. Four new units are needed, each costing $12,000. This equipment will be used for campus classes and for distance education.

15. Proposal: IMC Labor ($200,200)

In addition to meeting the continuing increase for regular classroom audiovisual service and the 36 High Tech classrooms which became operational in the Fall of 1997, an additional 16 High Tech rooms will be on line by Fall 1998. While IMC has placed on-call personnel (for which IMC has not received funding and forced IMC to borrow money from another operation) in four buildings (BCC, Berkey, Bessey and Wells) to assist the faculty with both regular services and high-tech service, it does not address the larger picture for the rest of the campus. The Instructional Media Center believes, that without the vigorous support of ICTC members, IMC cannot efficiently and effectively address the problems associated with providing faculty the media support they need to carry out their teaching mission.

While funds for equipping the high-tech rooms was provided from the special 10.4 million appropriations, there has not been sufficient funding for support staff and consumable supplies. In order to meet the demands from faculty on how to use this high-tech equipment and integrate these capabilities into their courses, IMC has assigned a staff person full-time. This individual was reassigned from the responsibility of managing IMC Distribution Services, Customer Service Representatives and Photographic Operations in order to provide the necessary support to the faculty. To date, he has assisted 300+ faculty. IMC hopes that this will be a temporary solution until funding is provided by the Vice-Provost for Libraries, Computing and Technology for a Coordinator/Consultant for Classroom Services. IMC has not received this funding and are again asking that this be considered as urgent so that IMC can maintain the growth and quality of other services.

The Instructional Media Center, like many other employers both on and off campus, has been experiencing problems with retaining student employees. In order to avoid this problem, IMC believes that funding for on-call/temp positions rather than students, will provide IMC with greater stability and reliability that is essential for taking care of faculty needs in the classrooms. The alternative is continuing to recruit and train student employees which has been problematic because IMC has no assurance that the student will carry out the assigned responsibilities or just not "show up" leaving the faculty member stranded in the classroom.

Therefore, the Instructional Media Center is requesting the following:

High Tech Classroom Services Coordinator (Frank Tate) $ 42,900

Labor $115,500

Motor Vehicle Operator $41,800

16. Proposal: BCS Acquire Digital Tape Systems for Two-Way Classrooms ($48,000)

Faculty teaching distance education courses need tape copies of course sessions (for review by faculty and students throughout the semester). Faculty expect high quality recording and playback capabilities. To provide this, and to be compatible with current standards, older video tape machines must be replaced with digital systems. One new unit should be placed in each of these four facilities: Life Science, Com Arts 145, Engineering Building 1208 and 1220. Equipment will be used for campus classes and for distance education. Each unit costs $12,000.

17. Proposal: PC dot matrix printing ($32,500)

Replace switch boxes with HP Jet Direct boxes; upgrade printers; move to printer "clusters".

1. 521 Baker ($3,500)
2. 216 Berkey ($3,500)
3. 501 Computer Center ($1,000)
4. 12 Olds ($2,500)
5. 222 S Kedzie ($3,500)
6. 429 Library ($1,500)
7. B15 Wonders ($3,000)
8. B38E McDonel ($3,000)
9. B4 Phillips ($2,000)
10. G21 Landon ($3,500)
11. G26 Yakeley ($3,500)
12. C4 Shaw ($2,000)

17. Proposal: Equipment for Kresge Art Museum ($5,500)

As the primary visual arts center in mid-Michigan, Kresge Art Museum plays a vital cultural role in providing accessability and educational opportunities in the visual arts to not only the MSU community, including students, staff, and faculty, but also to the larger community of mid-Michigan.

As part of KAM's goal of utilizing all of its available resources toenhance the educational experience of a visit to the museum, we have for several years made use of a computer display on the museum floor to provide an interactive, multimedia exploration of several pieces in the KAM collection. This computer has been on loan from the Center for Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities since 1992; by now, this computer is nearly obsolete.

Thus, KAM would like to request $5,500 to purchase new computer equipment for the museum's exhibit space. This would allow us to purchase equipment that will retain its usefulness for a number of years, and immediately expand on the interactive programming currently available, which has been limited by the capabilities of the current system. Funding for a new computer was unsuccessfully requested in both the 1996-97 and 1997-98 museum budgets, and we are approaching a point at which the museum will be unable to continue to provide this instructional/educational opportunity.

Specifically, Kresge Art Museum is seeking funding for two desktop systems, each of which will fill a particular need on the museum floor. One of the computers would be used as a station running multimedia programming on the museum's permanent collection, including in-depth exploration of the museum's major pieces. This station would also serve as a research point by providing public access to KAM's database of its holdings, which includes information such as dimensions, publication records, medium, etc., on over 5,500 objects in the museum's collection. KAM is currently planning the implementation of guest access to this database, and we feel the ability to access this information in the context of the museum space will be an invaluable educational tool. A printer hooked up to this station would provide the ability to print out both data accessed as well as information and graphics associated with multimedia programs.

The second computer would also provide access to multimedia programming on general museum pieces, but would serve as a mobile station to provide specific multimedia instruction and information on current exhibitions. KAM recently had ethernet connections installed in several locations throughout the galleries; this computer could be moved to the gallery of any specific exhibit on view and enable visitors to access programs specific to that exhibit as well as explore various art-oriented internet sites that illuminate that particular exhibit.

The KAM floor computer is utilized by a significant array of the MSU and mid-Michigan community; while no formal usage tracking occurs, the interactive programs are used by university classes that visit the museum, including IAH 201 and 211D; Museum Studies; Studio Art and History of Art; American Thought and Language, and English and History courses. The floor computer is also used as a part of the tours provided by the KAM docent volunteer staff to the 6,000+ mid-Michigan public school students from 22 school districts that visit the museum each year, as well adult tours. And, of course, the thousands of general visitors to the museum each year make use of the system as a means of investigating more in-depth the history, context and meaning of works in the collection.

On-line and interactive approaches to learning are, obviously, quickly becoming a significant part of not only how we do research, but how we learn in general. Without an adequate system for public use, KAM will be unable to take advantage of the new tools and opportunities that exist for education in the visual arts and the encouragement of students (and all community members) toward greater usage of culturalresources that museums such as KAM provide.

Computer System (2 requested)
INTEL Atlanta Pentium II 300 MHz LX AGP w/Sound
Western Digital 3.2G IDE Hard drive
TEAC 24X IDE CD-ROM drive
32MB DIMM system memory
ATI AGP Video Card with 8Mb video memory
SMC Etherpower PCI OEM Combo network adapter
Optiquest 17" .26dpi SVGA monitor
1.44Mb floppy drive
Altec ACS-45 speakers
Mouse, keyboard
Printer (1 requested)
Epson 800 color inkjet printer

19. Proposal: BCS Replace TV Channel Modulators ($10,000)

Students and faculty often watch MSU courses and other instructional materials on community cable channels. To be sure these channels have the highest technical capability, Broadcasting Services must replace several television channel modulators. This equipment is vital in our technical connection with TCI and Media One cable television systems. Some students viewing instructional materials on these channels are enrolled in MSU distance education classes.

20. Proposal: BCS Acquire Automatic Gain Amplifiers ($15,000)

Faculty often view instructional materials on campus ITV channels. Faculty and students expect high quality in the technical performance of these channels. To provide this quality, Broadcasting Services must install audio and video automatic gain amplifiers. This will assist technicians in setting parameters for consistent levels on all ITV channels as they are viewed in campus classrooms (including rooms where distance education courses originate).

21. Proposal: FFCC Nikon Super Coolscan slide scanner ($2,150)

Comments: Slide scanner: scanned transparencies are the best source of high quality images for multimedia/classroom use. The existing unit (Leaf) is 1) heavily used, causing delays for some faculty; 2) now an orphan (out of production); 3) considerably slower than the recommended unit. This investment will save many man-hours, particularly as more high-tech classrooms come on line.

Nikon Super Coolscan slide scanner with 100/slide feeder $2150. [alternative: Polaroid super sprintscan, no feeder, $1800]

22. Proposal: IMC Supplies ($14,300)

Lamps for Sharp and High Lumen Overhead Projectors $ 11,000

Additional Costs for Replacement Batteries for Wireless Microphone $3,300

23. Proposal: BCS Acquire Fiber Optic Receiver ($2,500)

For research and reference purposes, MSU makes recordings of all Michigan Government Television (MGTV) originations of state legislative activities. Simultaneously these originations are distributed on campus channel 16. The recordings, made by Broadcasting Services, are available for MSU faculty and others conducting research through MSU Archives. Faculty teaching campus and distance education classes may view these recordings as they prepare course materials. Archival recordings must have high quality video and audio. However, the signal coming to Broadcasting Services from TCI community cable is inadequate to assure consistent picture and sound quality; it would be greatly improved if TCI could send it on a currently unused fiber optic channel. To facilitate this improvement, Broadcasting Services needs a fiber optic receiver.

23. Proposal: FFCC HD replacement (4 gig) ($300)

Comments: FFCC backup Hard Drive: a convenience/timesaver recommendation. Many faculty do not have zip or jaz drives, and there is just one of each in the FFCC (requiring staff time to install/remove). The defunct HD offered 1 gig for Faculty users and was always nearly full; this drive would be similarly used, and provide a secure place to put partially completed projects.

25. Proposal: BCS Replace Classroom TV Receivers ($35,000)

Faculty and students watch courses and other instructional materials on more than 400 television receivers in campus classrooms. Some courses using these receivers are designed for on-campus and distance education students. Broadcasting Services frequently receives complaints about the quality of older receivers, and approximately 40 receivers must be replaced this year.

26. Proposal: FFCC Olympus D600 L slr 3-1 zoom digital camera with Accessories Kit, ($1,500)

Comments: Olympus camera: its image quality is praised as rivaling that of $10,000 units; its images contain 4x the data of the camera now in use; its SLR viewing, precise focusing, and quality zoom lense allow it to exploit those additional pixels to the full.

D600 specs: 1280-1024 resolution; single-lens reflex viewing- 3x zoom (36-110 mm equivalent); iso rating of 100; (4 MB SmartMedia card store up to 49 high res. images; 4-mode auto flash; 1.8" color LCD; PS plug in + PhotoDelux software & presentation software.

Accessories kit (ac adapt; leather case; smartmedia card, nicad batt; bat charger

27. Proposal: VASS Media Specialist ($40,000)

The Art Department planns to provide students 24 hour access to the equipment in the Visual Arts Studio. An artist/designer Media Specialist is of need and is being requested. The Media specialists will assist in the VASS lab and the Kresge MicroLab as well.

Artist/Designer Media Specialist $40,000.