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Biomedical Information Communication Center (BICC) records, 1981-2016
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Oregon Health & Science University
- Title
- Biomedical Information Communication Center (BICC) records
- Dates
- 1981-2016 (inclusive)19812016
- Quantity
- 17.71 linear feet, (12 document boxes, 4 document tubes, 1 flat box, 6 oversize folders)
- Collection Number
- 2015-035
- Summary
- The Biomedical Information Communication Center (BICC) at OHSU was completed and opened in 1991. The goal of this building was to bring together all of OHSU's information or communication services. Spanning from 1981 to 2016, the collection consists of materials on the planning, promotion, construction, and the opening of the building, along with the move into it. Materials also document the information and technology programs available at OHSU at the time.
- Repository
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Oregon Health & Science University, Historical Collections & Archives
OHSU Historical Collections & Archives
Oregon Health & Science University
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd. MC:LIB
Portland, OR
97239
Telephone: 5034945587
hcaref@ohsu.edu - Access Restrictions
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There are no restrictions on access. The collection is open to the public.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Biomedical Information Communication Center (BICC) at OHSU was completed and opened in 1991. The objective of this building was to bring together all departments at OHSU that offered information or communication services. At the time, that included the Library, EdCOMM, the EduTech Center, photography, telecommunications, and academic computing. As part of the BICC, Dr. J. Robert Beck, along with Dr. Kent A. Spackman, brought a new research program to OHSU: biomedical informatics. The informatics program moved to the 5th floor of the BICC in 1991 and began a training program in 1992. The BICC was focused on expanding the informatics program, and providing training and services in all things information, communication, and research.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Biomedical Information Communication Center (BICC) Records documents the planning, construction, and promotion of the innovative building, as well as ongoing operations and celebrations. Spanning from 1981 to 2016, the collection consists of committee and group meeting minutes and related documentation, schematic designs and blueprints, photographs of the construction process and people who worked in the BICC, library training materials, staff newsletters, Oregon Health Information Online (ORHION) manuals and information, OHSU Medline reports and information, and Integrated Academic Information Management System (IAIMS) records. Some materials provide information about the Biomedical Informatics program and Dr. J. Robert Beck's early involvement.
Materials in this collection also include publicity material on the construction of the building, and conferences and programs that surround the planning and opening of the BICC. This collection contains extensive materials on the activities that document the planning, opening, and promotion of the new building. In 1996, the BICC celebrated its 5th anniversary and in 2016 its 25th anniversary; coverage of both is included in this collection.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Biomedical Information Communication Center records, Collection Number 2015-035, Oregon Health & Science University, Historical Collections & Archives
Restrictions on Use
OHSU Historical Collections & Archives (HC&A) is the owner of the original materials and digitized images in our collections, however, the collection may contain materials for which copyright is not held. Patrons are responsible for determining the appropriate use or reuse of materials. Consult with HC&A to determine if we can provide permission for use.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
This collection is organized into three series: "Series 1: Building planning and move," "Series 2: Internal communication and documents," and "Series 3: Public materials and outreach."
With the 2025 revision to this collection, multiple BICC collections and new accruals were incorporated to more clearly document the building and the services housed within it. These collection included: BICC architectural plans (1998-010); the Christopher J. Dubay collection on the BICC (2007-012); and the Abdul Anani papers/BICC records (2013-023).
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1: Building planning and move, 1981-1998Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 9 | Alternate site study and recommendations |
1988 September |
| 2 | 10 | Architectural interviews |
1987 |
| 2 | 11 | Architectural request for proposals |
1987 |
| 3 | 9 | Architectural services proposal: Broome, Oringdulph, O'Toole, Rudolf, Boles (BOOR/A) |
1987 |
| 4 | 1 | Architectural services proposal: Garfield, Hacker |
1987 |
| 4 | 13 | Architectural services proposal: Giffin, Bolte, Jurgens |
1987 |
| 12 | 15 | Architectural services proposal: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
1987 |
| 3 | 18 | Architectural services proposal: Zimmer, Gunsul, Frasca (ZGF) partnership |
1987 |
| 7 | 2 | BICC (Biomedical Information Communication Center) Annual Report correspondence |
1990 |
| 17 | 1 | BICC architectural plans |
1988 |
| 7 | 3 | BICC Grant request (1 of 2) |
1985 December |
| 7 | 4 | BICC Grant request (2 of 2) (attachments) |
1985 December |
| 1 | 6 | BICC photos |
1994, undated |
| 1 | 5 | BICC planning retreat: Correspondence, minutes, agenda and business plan |
1990 March, undated |
| 7 | 1 | BICC: "A Building Necessitated by the Rapidly Developing Information Technologies" |
1983 |
| 14 | Blueprints: Architectural plans of the BICC (44 pages, bound) |
1989 May 10 | |
| 15 | Blueprints: Architectural plans of the BICC (107 pages, bound) |
1989 December 11 | |
| Folder | |||
| 7 | 5 | Building Dedication & Conference |
1991 |
| 7 | 6 | Building move committee minutes |
1991 |
| 1 | 1 | Building slides |
1990-1991 |
| 1 | 2 | Building slides, including construction and presentation slides |
1989-1991 |
| 1 | 3 | Building slides, including construction and presentation slides |
1981-1991 |
| 7 | 8 | Café planning |
1991 |
| 7 | 9 | Construction grant introduction by Leonard Laster |
1985 |
| 1 | 7 | Dedication materials; contains invitations, photo copies of video conference, schedule and OHSU publication announcements |
1991 |
| 7 | 10 | Design Development meeting notes |
1988-1989 |
| 7 | 11 | Design Development submittal (Garfield, Hacker) |
1989 |
| 7 | 12 | Equipment proposal: Digital Equipment Corporation |
1990 |
| 8 | 1 | Executive Information System request for proposal |
1986 |
| 8 | 2 | Facilities Task Force meeting notes, reports, memoranda |
1987-1988 |
| 17 | 2 | Floor plans and furniture planning |
circa 1990 |
| flat-file | |||
| 5 | 6 | Floor plan: Third floor |
circa 1990 |
| Box | |||
| 8 | 3 | Implementation Planning Report |
1988 July |
| 8 | 4 | Information management long range plan |
1986 |
| 1 | 4 | Logo design contest and entries |
1989 |
| 8 | 5 | Move Group and Metro Planning Group correspondence and meeting materials |
1991 |
| 2 | 1 | Move to BICC building; contains café surveys, finance communications, planning papers, BICC moving bulletin, moving clip art, Campus Gram, library moving research articles |
1990-1991, undated |
| 8 | 6 | National Advisory Committee letters, reports, minutes |
1990 |
| 8 | 7 | National Library of Medicine (NLM) progress reports |
1988-1993 |
| 8 | 8 | Network planning memoranda from Don Crawford |
1990-1991 |
| 8 | 9 | OHSU long range plan (draft) |
1981 |
| 9 | 3 | Oversight Committee meeting minutes and materials |
1987 November-December |
| 10 | 2 | Oversight Committee meeting minutes and materials |
1989 |
| 9 | 1 | Oversight Committee meeting minutes and materials (1 of 2) |
1987 October |
| 9 | 4 | Oversight Committee meeting minutes and materials (1 of 3) |
1988 |
| 9 | 2 | Oversight Committee meeting minutes and materials (2 of 2) |
1987 October |
| 9 | 5 | Oversight Committee meeting minutes and materials (2 of 3) |
1988 |
| 10 | 1 | Oversight Committee meeting minutes and materials (3 of 3) |
1988 |
| flat-file | |||
| 5 | 6 | "PERT/CPM Network Analysis" schematic design |
1987 October 23 |
| Box | |||
| 10 | 3 | "Planning an Integrated Academic Information Management System" |
circa 1990 |
| 10 | 4 | Planning Committee reports, minutes, retreat materials and notes |
1987-1992 |
| 10 | 5 | "Planning for a BICC at OHSU" NLM/NIH (National Institutes of Health) proposal |
1983 |
| 10 | 6 | Planning meetings (space, furniture, café) materials and correspondence |
1990-1991 |
| 2 | 2 | Publicity of construction and ground breaking ceremony |
1989 July-August |
| flat-file | |||
| 5 | 1 | Schematic design furniture plan: First floor of the BICC (mounted) |
undated |
| 5 | 2 | Schematic design furniture plan: Second floor of the BICC (mounted) |
undated |
| 5 | 3 | Schematic design furniture plan: Third floor of the BICC (mounted) |
undated |
| 5 | 4 | Schematic design furniture plan: Fourth floor of the BICC (mounted) |
undated |
| 5 | 5 | Schematic design furniture plan: Fifth floor of the BICC (mounted) |
undated |
| Box | |||
| 13 | Schematic design and furniture plans: Bound series of blueprint drawings, 10 pages |
1989 May 12 | |
| Folder | |||
| 10 | 7 | Schematic Design Report |
1988 December |
| 10 | 8 | Steering Group meeting notes, reports, memoranda, statements of work |
1983-1984 |
| 10 | 9 | Technical report on planning and development program |
1984 |
| 10 | 11 | "Towards the 21st Century: Key Initiatives in Information Technology at OHSU" (BICC master plan, revised) with related memoranda |
1990 |
| 10 | 10 | "Towards the 21st Century: Key Initiatives in Information Technology at OHSU" (BICC master plan) |
1990 |
| 10 | 12 | "Towards the 21st Century: Key Initiatives in Information Technology at OHSU" (vendor conference material) |
1990 |
| 1 | 8 | Workstation project proposal |
1990 |
Series 2: Internal communication and documents, 1981-2016Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 11 | 1 | AT&T donation program proposal |
1988-1989 |
| 11 | 2 | AT&T Starlan equipment request |
1990 |
| 11 | 3 | Automated library systems and services reports, memoranda, correspondence |
1981-1984 |
| digital-file | |||
| 2015-035 | 2022.09.23 | BICC anniversary (25th): Design scans from Hacker Architects |
2016 |
| 2015-035 | 2022.09.23 | BICC anniversary (25th): DMICE images and scans |
1984-2003 |
| 2015-035 | 2022.09.23 | BICC anniversary (25th): Hacker Architects web archive |
2016 |
| 2015-035 | 2022.09.23 | BICC anniversary (25th): Photographs from Valerie Fishler |
1992-1994 |
| Box | |||
| 11 | 4 | BICC anniversary (25th): Planning correspondence, David Witter's curriculum vitae |
2016 May |
| digital-file | |||
| 2015-035 | 2022.09.23 | BICC anniversary (25th): Task Force planning, presentations, photographs, and other documentation |
2004 |
| Box | |||
| 2 | 7 | "BICC Clicks" communication; contains surveys and e-mails |
1990-1997 |
| 2 | 3 | "BICC Clicks" staff newsletter |
1989-1990 |
| 2 | 4 | "BICC Clicks" staff newsletter |
1991-1992 |
| 2 | 5 | "BICC Clicks" staff newsletter |
1993-1994 |
| 2 | 6 | "BICC Clicks" staff newsletter |
1995-1997 |
| 2 | 8 | BICC information center; contains guides, internal correspondence, help desk information, contact lists. |
1994-1995, undated |
| 3 | 1 | BICC information desk orientation, databases, OHSU statewide computer network |
1996, undated |
| digital-file | |||
| 2015-035 | 2022.09.23 | BICC Movie (1997 staff-made movie in the style of Star Wars) |
2008 |
| Box | |||
| 16 | Blueprints: First and second floor remodel plans |
1998 July 9 | |
| Folder | |||
| 11 | 5 | Campus resell program report |
1995 |
| 11 | 6 | Customer Support Task Force documents |
circa 1994 |
| 3 | 4 | Draft of BICC section of medical school catalog |
1993 |
| 11 | 7 | Education Support Task Force minutes and meeting materials |
1997-1998 |
| 11 | 8 | Email planning committee memoranda and notes |
1989 |
| 3 | 5 | Foundation annual report excerpt, donation list, grant applications |
1990-1991, 1997, undated |
| 11 | 9 | "History of BICC Building" |
1988 |
| 11 | 10 | Infrastructure correspondence |
1993 |
| 11 | 11 | Integrated Library System: Request for proposal |
1988 February |
| 3 | 7 | Kay Kendall farewell party planning and flyers |
1996 |
| 11 | 12 | Library and Information Resources analysis and appraisal |
1994 |
| 11 | 13 | Measure 5 Task Force reports |
1992 |
| 3 | 6 | OHSU graduate catalog |
1991 |
| 11 | 14 | Old building - new building cooperation |
1991 |
| 3 | 8 | Oregon Health Information Online Subscriber (ORHION) manual materials; contains ORHION subscriber manual final copy |
1990 |
| 3 | 2 | Organizational charts |
1988-1998 |
| 17 | 3 | Organizational charts |
1990-1991 |
| 3 | 15 | ORHION manual materials; contains customer support |
undated |
| 3 | 13 | ORHION manual materials; contains Introduction to OHSU library catalog, library catalog instructions |
undated |
| 3 | 12 | ORHION manual materials; contains OHSU Medline database paperwork |
undated |
| 3 | 11 | ORHION manual materials; contains ORHION introduction with notes |
1990 |
| 3 | 10 | ORHION manual materials; contains ORHION subscribers manual with notes, OHSU online catalog commands |
1990 |
| 3 | 14 | ORHION manual materials; contains Other ORHION services; contains Library request line and telephone directory |
undated |
| 3 | 16 | Personal planning (PIP); contains Organizational charts, communication, technology services descriptions, BICC planning, staffing document and department survey |
1990 |
| 11 | 15 | Photographs of compact shelving construction |
2000 |
| 3 | 17 | Photos, design award, NLM meeting, medical informatics and grant applications |
1991-1998 |
| 11 | 16 | Post-construction issues and meeting minutes |
1991-1993 |
| 12 | 1 | Rural telemedicine grant program application |
1994 |
| 4 | 2 | Service center survey for internal staff |
1993 |
| 12 | 2 | Staff reorganization proposal report |
1990 |
| 12 | 3 | Technology services presentation |
1992 |
| 12 | 4 | User services report |
1990 |
| 12 | 5 | User services retreat materials; includes multiple departmental strategic plans |
1991 |
| 4 | 3 | User services; contains meetings, communication and planning |
1989-1991 |
| 12 | 6 | User survey reports |
1989 |
| 3 | 3 | Workstation/Network conceptual design guide |
1990 January |
| 12 | 7 | Writings on rural health and education |
1990 |
Series 3: Public materials and outreach, 1983-1998Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 12 | 8 | Architecture magazine, featuring an article on the BICC |
1992 December |
| 4 | 5 | BICC and SUN Microsystems SUN DAY event; contains communication, flyers and planning documents |
1990 |
| 4 | 6 | BICC Event; contains polaroid day, planning documents, flyers, polaroid information |
1991 |
| 4 | 7 | BICC grand opening; contains correspondence, planning, flyers, publicities and maps |
1994 |
| 4 | 8 | BICC informational materials; contains information about BICC, promotional materials about technologies and services |
1989-1992 |
| 4 | 9 | BICC press releases |
1989-1992 |
| 4 | 11 | BICC project fair; contains BICC to the future; contains participant survey |
1990 March 27 |
| 4 | 10 | BICC project fair; contains BICC to the future; flyer, pictures for the flyer, photography receipts, information packets, participant survey, planning materials and planning communication |
1990 |
| 4 | 12 | BICC publications; contains library guides, BICC manuals, newsletters, information sheets, BICC map |
1994, undated |
| 5 | 7 | BICC publicity, finances, patients and buildings |
1992 |
| 5 | 2 | BICC publicity; contains "campus forum", telemedicine |
1993-1996 |
| 5 | 3 | BICC publicity; contains "connection" magazine, satellite video information, and Willamette Week news paper |
1993 |
| 4 | 13 | BICC publicity; contains Architecture magazine article |
1992 December |
| 5 | 1 | BICC publicity; contains BICC news, funding, catalog, electronic library and technology |
1989 |
| 5 | 5 | BICC publicity; contains Dr. J. Robert Beck profile and articles, Campus Gram magazine, BICC description and information materials and Oregon Health Information online (ORHION) info |
1989-1995 |
| 5 | 6 | BICC publicity; contains fellowship flyer |
undated |
| 5 | 8 | BICC publicity; contains grants, funding, information systems, computer databases and community outreach |
1990 |
| 5 | 9 | BICC publicity; contains OHSU campus forum publication |
1997 |
| 5 | 10 | BICC publicity; contains OHSU publications policy |
undated |
| 5 | 11 | BICC publicity; contains Oregonian article; contains "High tech house calls" |
1995 March 16 |
| 5 | 12 | BICC publicity; contains ORHION, computer systems and BICC architecture |
1991 |
| 5 | 13 | BICC publicity; contains technology, telemedicine |
1994-1995 |
| 4 | 4 | Biomedical Information Communications Center(BICC) 5th Anniversary; contains flyers, correspondence and planning memoranda |
1996 |
| 5 | 14 | Bridge Publicity; contains planning, documents, correspondence, papers and flyers |
1992-1995, undated |
| 6 | 1 | Cancer center; contains grant announcement, Oregon scientists magazine |
1992 |
| 12 | 9 | Clippings and news items |
1985, 1989-1992 |
| 12 | 10 | Clippings and news items: Grant award announcement |
1983 |
| 5 | 4 | Computer Buy Program brochure and flyers |
1990, undated |
| 6 | 3 | Conference; contains information technology for the health sciences conference |
1991 |
| 6 | 2 | Dedication, grand opening, conference, articles and OHSU newspaper articles, Campus Gram |
1989-1998 |
| 12 | 11 | Event flyers and materials |
1990-1991 |
| 6 | 4 | Information for the health sciences conference; contains programs, flyers and participant list |
1989-1990 |
| 6 | 5 | Integrated academic information management system (IAIMS); contains 2nd annual IAIMS workshop and report |
1990-1991 |
| 6 | 6 | IAIMS; contains communication, planning and information |
1989-1993 |
| 6 | 7 | IAIMS; contains communication, planning and information |
1989-1993 |
| 6 | 8 | Marquam Hill Lecture, health information on the starship enterprise; contains communications, planning materials, enterprise photo, correspondence and flyers |
1989-1990 |
| 12 | 12 | Newsletters, workshop flyers, and service flyers for BICC departments (Library, Edu-Tech, Instructional Media) |
1988-1992 |
| 6 | 9 | Oregon convention center grand opening; contains BICC booth plans, schedule, computer demo instructions and invitation |
1990 |
| 12 | 13 | ORHION outreach |
1990 |
| 6 | 10 | Outcome research services |
1995 |
| 12 | 14 | "Welcome to the BICC" brochure, informational flyer |
1993, 1996 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
Personal Names
Corporate Names
- Oregon Health & Science University. Biomedical Information Communication Center (BICC)
- Oregon Health Information Online (ORHION)
