There are many activities underway in the realm of information services and administrative systems. In this issue we highlight several of our key applications.

Queensborough Adult Education System

In collaboration with Central Information Systems staff, Queensborough Community College will be offering a new application to other CUNY colleges. Already in use at Queensborough, this application provides all registration, billing, reporting and record-keeping services for continuing education programs. It will run on the central processor at 57th Street and will be available to appropriate campus offices via CUNYNet.

SIMS

The CUNY Student Information Management System (SIMS) is rapidly becoming the standard student system for the University. Running both on campus mainframes and on the central processor, SIMS provides each college with a full range of student information through complete registration, billing, financial aid and record-keeping services. Because SIMS is an application that is common to numerous campuses, it results in significant savings for each college over the cost of independently developed or acquired software. The SIMS project staff, with input from the SIMS User Group, will be developing standard interfaces for such new applications as room scheduling (see Schedule 25/25E below) and telephone registration.

CUPS

The City University Personnel System (CUPS) handles the personnel functions of the colleges and the University. It is a critical component in the production of a wide variety of reports, including the monthly Chancellor's Report to the University's Board of Trustees. A recently introduced feature of CUPS is a highly-developed label production facility that will help the colleges in distributing printed communications between departments and groups of staff. In supporting the CUPS project, the Information Services staff works closely with the University's Office of Faculty and Staff Relations.

SCHEDULE25/25E

SCHEDULE25/25E is a new product that will interface with SIMS and other student systems to provide campuses with room scheduling for courses as well as one-time-only events. Because it allows colleges to schedule space based on very specific criteria, there is a great deal of anticipation that SCHEDULE25/25E will ease the lot of those who must fit the puzzle pieces (classes and rooms) together every semester. An article on this new application will appear in the next issue of FY^eI.

-- Dean James Murtha