Oregon Health & Science University, Historical Collections & Archives
Biomedical Information Communication Center (BICC) records
Oregon Health & Science University
2015-035
17.71 linear feet
12 document boxes, 4 document tubes, 1 flat box, 6 oversize folders
1981-2016
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.
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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.
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.
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).
Biomedical Information Communication Center records, Collection Number 2015-035, Oregon Health & Science University, Historical Collections & Archives
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Beck, J. Robert
Oregon Health & Science University. Biomedical Information Communication Center (BICC)
Oregon Health Information Online (ORHION)
Oregon
Buildings
Anniversaries
Libraries
Meetings
Advisory Committees
Fund raising
Medicine and Health
Architecture
newsletters
Series 1: Building planning and move
1981-1998
Alternate site study and recommendations
1988 September
2
9
Architectural interviews
1987
2
10
Architectural request for proposals
1987
2
11
Architectural services proposal: Broome, Oringdulph, O'Toole, Rudolf, Boles (BOOR/A)
1987
3
9
Architectural services proposal: Garfield, Hacker
1987
4
1
Architectural services proposal: Giffin, Bolte, Jurgens
1987
4
13
Architectural services proposal: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
1987
12
15
Architectural services proposal: Zimmer, Gunsul, Frasca (ZGF) partnership
1987
3
18
BICC (Biomedical Information Communication Center) Annual Report correspondence
1990
7
2
BICC architectural plans
1988
17
1
BICC Grant request (1 of 2)
1985 December
7
3
BICC Grant request (2 of 2) (attachments)
1985 December
7
4
BICC photos
1994, undated
1
6
BICC planning retreat: Correspondence, minutes, agenda and business plan
1990 March, undated
1
5
BICC: "A Building Necessitated by the Rapidly Developing Information Technologies"
1983
7
1
Blueprints: Architectural plans of the BICC (44 pages, bound)
1989 May 10
14
Blueprints: Architectural plans of the BICC (107 pages, bound)
1989 December 11
15
Building Dedication & Conference
1991
7
5
Building move committee minutes
1991
7
6
Building slides
1990-1991
1
1
Building slides, including construction and presentation slides
1989-1991
1
2
Building slides, including construction and presentation slides
1981-1991
1
3
Café planning
1991
7
8
Construction grant introduction by Leonard Laster
1985
7
9
Dedication materials; contains invitations, photo copies of video conference, schedule and OHSU publication announcements
1991
1
7
Design Development meeting notes
1988-1989
7
10
Design Development submittal (Garfield, Hacker)
1989
7
11
Equipment proposal: Digital Equipment Corporation
1990
7
12
Executive Information System request for proposal
1986
8
1
Facilities Task Force meeting notes, reports, memoranda
1987-1988
8
2
Floor plans and furniture planning
circa 1990
17
2
Floor plan: Third floor
circa 1990
5
6
Implementation Planning Report
1988 July
8
3
Information management long range plan
1986
8
4
Logo design contest and entries
1989
1
4
Move Group and Metro Planning Group correspondence and meeting materials
1991
8
5
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
2
1
National Advisory Committee letters, reports, minutes
1990
8
6
National Library of Medicine (NLM) progress reports
1988-1993
8
7
Network planning memoranda from Don Crawford
1990-1991
8
8
OHSU long range plan (draft)
1981
8
9
Oversight Committee meeting minutes and materials
1987 November-December
9
3
Oversight Committee meeting minutes and materials
1989
10
2
Oversight Committee meeting minutes and materials (1 of 2)
1987 October
9
1
Oversight Committee meeting minutes and materials (1 of 3)
1988
9
4
Oversight Committee meeting minutes and materials (2 of 2)
1987 October
9
2
Oversight Committee meeting minutes and materials (2 of 3)
1988
9
5
Oversight Committee meeting minutes and materials (3 of 3)
1988
10
1
"PERT/CPM Network Analysis" schematic design
1987 October 23
5
6
"Planning an Integrated Academic Information Management System"
circa 1990
10
3
Planning Committee reports, minutes, retreat materials and notes
1987-1992
10
4
"Planning for a BICC at OHSU" NLM/NIH (National Institutes of Health) proposal
1983
10
5
Planning meetings (space, furniture, café) materials and correspondence
1990-1991
10
6
Publicity of construction and ground breaking ceremony
1989 July-August
2
2
Schematic design furniture plan: First floor of the BICC (mounted)
undated
5
1
Schematic design furniture plan: Second floor of the BICC (mounted)
undated
5
2
Schematic design furniture plan: Third floor of the BICC (mounted)
undated
5
3
Schematic design furniture plan: Fourth floor of the BICC (mounted)
undated
5
4
Schematic design furniture plan: Fifth floor of the BICC (mounted)
undated
5
5
Schematic design and furniture plans: Bound series of blueprint drawings, 10 pages
1989 May 12
13
Schematic Design Report
1988 December
10
7
Steering Group meeting notes, reports, memoranda, statements of work
1983-1984
10
8
Technical report on planning and development program
1984
10
9
"Towards the 21st Century: Key Initiatives in Information Technology at OHSU" (BICC master plan, revised) with related memoranda
1990
10
11
"Towards the 21st Century: Key Initiatives in Information Technology at OHSU" (BICC master plan)
1990
10
10
"Towards the 21st Century: Key Initiatives in Information Technology at OHSU" (vendor conference material)
1990
10
12
Workstation project proposal
1990
1
8
Series 2: Internal communication and documents
1981-2016
AT&T donation program proposal
1988-1989
11
1
AT&T Starlan equipment request
1990
11
2
Automated library systems and services reports, memoranda, correspondence
1981-1984
11
3
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
2015-035
2022.09.23
BICC anniversary (25th): Planning correspondence, David Witter's curriculum vitae
2016 May
11
4
BICC anniversary (25th): Task Force planning, presentations, photographs, and other documentation
2004
2015-035
2022.09.23
"BICC Clicks" communication; contains surveys and e-mails
1990-1997
2
7
"BICC Clicks" staff newsletter
1989-1990
2
3
"BICC Clicks" staff newsletter
1991-1992
2
4
"BICC Clicks" staff newsletter
1993-1994
2
5
"BICC Clicks" staff newsletter
1995-1997
2
6
BICC information center; contains guides, internal correspondence, help desk information, contact lists.
1994-1995, undated
2
8
BICC information desk orientation, databases, OHSU statewide computer network
1996, undated
3
1
BICC Movie (1997 staff-made movie in the style of Star Wars)
2008
2015-035
2022.09.23
Blueprints: First and second floor remodel plans
1998 July 9
16
Campus resell program report
1995
11
5
Customer Support Task Force documents
circa 1994
11
6
Draft of BICC section of medical school catalog
1993
3
4
Education Support Task Force minutes and meeting materials
1997-1998
11
7
Email planning committee memoranda and notes
1989
11
8
Foundation annual report excerpt, donation list, grant applications
1990-1991, 1997, undated
3
5
"History of BICC Building"
1988
11
9
Infrastructure correspondence
1993
11
10
Integrated Library System: Request for proposal
1988 February
11
11
Kay Kendall farewell party planning and flyers
1996
3
7
Library and Information Resources analysis and appraisal
1994
11
12
Measure 5 Task Force reports
1992
11
13
OHSU graduate catalog
1991
3
6
Old building - new building cooperation
1991
11
14
Oregon Health Information Online Subscriber (ORHION) manual materials; contains ORHION subscriber manual final copy
1990
3
8
Organizational charts
1988-1998
3
2
Organizational charts
1990-1991
17
3
ORHION manual materials; contains customer support
undated
3
15
ORHION manual materials; contains Introduction to OHSU library catalog, library catalog instructions
undated
3
13
ORHION manual materials; contains OHSU Medline database paperwork
undated
3
12
ORHION manual materials; contains ORHION introduction with notes
1990
3
11
ORHION manual materials; contains ORHION subscribers manual with notes, OHSU online catalog commands
1990
3
10
ORHION manual materials; contains Other ORHION services; contains Library request line and telephone directory
undated
3
14
Personal planning (PIP); contains Organizational charts, communication, technology services descriptions, BICC planning, staffing document and department survey
1990
3
16
Photographs of compact shelving construction
2000
11
15
Photos, design award, NLM meeting, medical informatics and grant applications
1991-1998
3
17
Post-construction issues and meeting minutes
1991-1993
11
16
Rural telemedicine grant program application
1994
12
1
Service center survey for internal staff
1993
4
2
Staff reorganization proposal report
1990
12
2
Technology services presentation
1992
12
3
User services report
1990
12
4
User services retreat materials; includes multiple departmental strategic plans
1991
12
5
User services; contains meetings, communication and planning
1989-1991
4
3
User survey reports
1989
12
6
Workstation/Network conceptual design guide
1990 January
3
3
Writings on rural health and education
1990
12
7
Series 3: Public materials and outreach
1983-1998
Architecture magazine, featuring an article on the BICC
1992 December
12
8
BICC and SUN Microsystems SUN DAY event; contains communication, flyers and planning documents
1990
4
5
BICC Event; contains polaroid day, planning documents, flyers, polaroid information
1991
4
6
BICC grand opening; contains correspondence, planning, flyers, publicities and maps
1994
4
7
BICC informational materials; contains information about BICC, promotional materials about technologies and services
1989-1992
4
8
BICC press releases
1989-1992
4
9
BICC project fair; contains BICC to the future; contains participant survey
1990 March 27
4
11
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
10
BICC publications; contains library guides, BICC manuals, newsletters, information sheets, BICC map
1994, undated
4
12
BICC publicity, finances, patients and buildings
1992
5
7
BICC publicity; contains "campus forum", telemedicine
1993-1996
5
2
BICC publicity; contains "connection" magazine, satellite video information, and Willamette Week news paper
1993
5
3
BICC publicity; contains Architecture magazine article
1992 December
4
13
BICC publicity; contains BICC news, funding, catalog, electronic library and technology
1989
5
1
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
5
BICC publicity; contains fellowship flyer
undated
5
6
BICC publicity; contains grants, funding, information systems, computer databases and community outreach
1990
5
8
BICC publicity; contains OHSU campus forum publication
1997
5
9
BICC publicity; contains OHSU publications policy
undated
5
10
BICC publicity; contains Oregonian article; contains "High tech house calls"
1995 March 16
5
11
BICC publicity; contains ORHION, computer systems and BICC architecture
1991
5
12
BICC publicity; contains technology, telemedicine
1994-1995
5
13
Biomedical Information Communications Center(BICC) 5th Anniversary; contains flyers, correspondence and planning memoranda
1996
4
4
Bridge Publicity; contains planning, documents, correspondence, papers and flyers
1992-1995, undated
5
14
Cancer center; contains grant announcement, Oregon scientists magazine
1992
6
1
Clippings and news items
1985, 1989-1992
12
9
Clippings and news items: Grant award announcement
1983
12
10
Computer Buy Program brochure and flyers
1990, undated
5
4
Conference; contains information technology for the health sciences conference
1991
6
3
Dedication, grand opening, conference, articles and OHSU newspaper articles, Campus Gram
1989-1998
6
2
Event flyers and materials
1990-1991
12
11
Information for the health sciences conference; contains programs, flyers and participant list
1989-1990
6
4
Integrated academic information management system (IAIMS); contains 2nd annual IAIMS workshop and report
1990-1991
6
5
IAIMS; contains communication, planning and information
1989-1993
6
6
IAIMS; contains communication, planning and information
1989-1993
6
7
Marquam Hill Lecture, health information on the starship enterprise; contains communications, planning materials, enterprise photo, correspondence and flyers
1989-1990
6
8
Newsletters, workshop flyers, and service flyers for BICC departments (Library, Edu-Tech, Instructional Media)
1988-1992
12
12
Oregon convention center grand opening; contains BICC booth plans, schedule, computer demo instructions and invitation
1990
6
9
ORHION outreach
1990
12
13
Outcome research services
1995
6
10
"Welcome to the BICC" brochure, informational flyer
1993, 1996
12
14