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OPB has been in contact with Richard Firman and I believe that he is using data from CLIFMS (Course Load, Instruction, Funding and Modeling System) for his Faculty Activity report. Burt did a good job describing CLIFMS, but I would like to expand a little upon his comments. CLIFMS is the MSU computer system that records (via web based entry) and provides reports (via web based reports and SQL Server queries) on the following: 1-Links between faculty/teaching assistants and the course sections that they are responsible for teaching. 2-Faculty Effort Distribution -- the percent of time spent on: Scheduled Instruction, Advising and Counseling, Courses and Curriculum, Other Instruction, Research, Creative and Scholarly Activity, Public Service, Administrative and Committee Time. 3-Professional Accomplishments (Refereed Papers, Non-Refereed Papers, Books, Delivered Papers, Major Accomplish, Admin Activities, Advising, Proposals, Evidence of Merit, Patient Care, Web Course Development and the Number of Activities with an Outreach Component). For further information or a login id, contact either Mary Black (353-6463, [log in to unmask]) or Dee McKay (355-4619, [log in to unmask]). RAJ -----Original Message----- From: Burton Bargerstock [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 9:21 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Faculty Activity Report Hi Richard: The MSU Office of Planning & Budgets (OPB) <http://opbweb.opb.msu.edu/> maintains a system called CLIFMS <http://ntweb1.ais.msu.edu/clifms/> which contains the University's central data collection instruments related to faculty work (the Faculty Effort Form and Professional Accomplishment Form). The data that these form take in is numbers and percentages, not titles of articles or books published, etc. Many different units on campus develop their own paper forms to collect a wide range of data from faculty and then have support staff enter it into the various appropriate university forms. You should consider contacting OPB for further information about these systems and maybe to keep them abreast of your efforts as well. For my own part, my office (University Outreach) also maintains a form in CLIFMS to collect data about noncredit instructional programs carried out by faculty and academic staff. I'd be happy to talk with you about that, if it is of interest. Take Care, Burt Bargerstock Burton A. Bargerstock Assistant Director, Research & Technology Office of University Outreach Michigan State University 55 Kellogg Center East Lansing, MI 48824-1022 Telephone: (517) 353-8977 Fax: (517) 432-9541 Email: [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 16:41:55 -0500 From: "Firman III, Richard" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Faculty Activity Report We have received a request in our college to produce an online version of the Faculty Activity Report. Does anyone know if this already exist at a university level? Has anyone done this themselves for their college? Any input, communication, or suggestions would be very helpful. Richard Firman Information Technologist Eli Broad College of Business [log in to unmask]