1967-1977: The Decade of Growth

The Computer Center, as it was now officially called, moved to the Boyd Graduate Studies Research Center in 1968. This building is still the home of the primary UGA Data Center. By 1970 the Computer Center, as it was now officially called, had grown to a staff of 72 programmers, analysts, consultants, researchers, clerks, machine operators, and administrative personnel. The University System of Georgia Computer Network (USCN) was launched in early 1970, with UGA as the home. The Control Data Corporation hardware, purchased with monies received from over 20 National Science Foundation grants, provided high-end computing services to all 33 University System institutions.

HIGHLIGHTS: Began implementation of the Conversational Programming System (CPS), first in the country to do so, 1967; User Services started, 1968; USCN started, 1970; Office of Computing Activities formed from Computer Center, Administrative Data Processing, and University Libraries, 1973; Library Automation Project (later called MARVEL) started, 1976.