Wired

Among the newest features of the UI's home page on the World Wide Web is an
on-line calendar of campus events.

The UIUC Events Calendar "is intended to be an official, accurate and
up-to-date listing of events associated with the campus that are of
relatively general interest to the campus community and/or the public at
large," according to descriptive information linked to the calendar page.

The calendar provides access to information about lectures, performances,
athletic events and other campuswide activities. Days with events scheduled
are highlighted on the user's screen; a single click on a date brings up
detailed information about events planned for that day. Users also may
elect to view the academic calendar as well as lists of holidays, ongoing
activities and exhibits.

Additional options allow users to search the calendar for specific types of
events or indicate particular time ranges. A search feature also is planned
that will make it possible to search for events containing specific words.

While the calendar may be viewed by anyone with access to the Web, "it is
still very much in the development stage," according to Trudy Gordon,
assistant to the director of the Office of Facility Planning and Management
and coordinator of the project. The committee designing the calendar and
getting it up and running - a subcommittee of the campus's Coordinating
Committee on Entertainment Events - is still refining guidelines, policies
and procedures governing what types of events will be included in the
calendar, as well as determining who will be allowed to add, modify or
delete events, Gordon said.

At this point, events are being added to the calendar by Facility Planning
and Management, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, MillerComm and the
News Bureau (based on information submitted for inclusion in the Inside
Illinois calendar).

"We're looking now at a phase II, in which the Division of Intercollegiate
Athletics, Assembly Hall, Illini Union Board and Star Course will be adding
events soon," Gordon said. Yet to be determined is how and when other
groups or individuals - such as registered student organizations - will be
authorized to add events to this calendar.

Meanwhile, she said, "we don't want people to e-mail announcements to us,
or to the calendar's designer, Mike Grady of the Computing and
Communications Services Office."

Gordon added that the committee does welcome feedback, and noted there is
an option available on the calendar that allows people to send in ideas.

To view the on-line calendar, point your Web browser to
http://www.uiuc.edu/uicalendar/cal.html.