ACCESS: Computing Resources at UC Santa Barbara
                 
Machines available for Student Access in some capacity. Doesn't include probable "pockets" of availabiltiy on campus, or any off-campus access. Percentages are rounded.
                 
    # of Tiers   # of stations
    stations 0 1 2 3   % of Total
1. Open Access Resources: 234 0 205 29 0   19%
  Instructional Computing: 98 0 98 0 0   8%
  Instructional Computing collaborating w/Instructional Resources: 40 0 40 0 0   3%
  Library (general access): 55 0 55 0 0   4%
  Residence Halls: 29 0 0 29 0   2%
  ADA Lab: 6 0 6 0 0   0%
  UCEN: 6 0 6 0 0   0%
2. Centralized Instructional Units: 315 0 31 212 72   25%
  Instructional Computing: 171 0 31 114 26   14%
  Instructional Computing collaborating w/Instructional Resources: 45 0 0 35 10   4%
  Instructional Computing collaborating w/Letters & Science: 35 0 0 0 35   3%
  Letters & Science: 64 0 0 63 1   5%
3. Department Instructional Facilities: 661 11 199 384 67   53%
  Creative Studies: 12 0 0 12 0   1%
  Graduate School of Education: 66 0 0 26 40   5%
  College of Engineering: 192 0 0 192 0   15%
  College of Letters & Science:              
  Humanities & Fine Arts: 59 9 32 13 5   5%
  Mathematical, Life & Physical Sciences: 242 0 96 124 22   19%
  Social Sciences: 29 2 10 17 0   2%
  L&S Total: 330 11 138 154 27   27%
  Library (excluding general access): 36 0 36 0 0   3%
  Bren School: 25 0 25 0 0   2%
4. Access in Research Units: 34 11 12 10 1   3%
                 
  Access Total, by machines, by tiers: 1244 22 447 635 140   100%
                 
Definition of Tiers:
              # stations % of Total
Tier 0: Obsolete 22 2%
                 
Tier 1: Supports email, web browsing of text and graphics pages and Pegasus (Library Card Catalog) 447 36%
                 
Tier 2: Supports email with attachments, audio, video broadcast, client-side Java, personal productivity tools (e.g. Office 97), printing, and removable storage media. 635 51%
     
Tier 3: Supports video-on-demand, video conferencing, scanning, media conversion, CD writing, X-server, ftp service, distance learning. 140 11%
     
                 
Undergraduate Student vs. Graduate Student Access
              # stations % of Total
Seats dedicated to Undergraduate Students (mostly in Centralized Units or Departments): 352 28%
                 
Seats dedicated to Graduate Students (mostly restricted to a Department's own grads): 320 26%
                 
Seats available to either (mostly in Open Access) 553 44%
                 
Seats not classified 19 2%

Last Updated on 2/4/99
By Elise Marie Meyer