UC Santa Barbara Policy 5503
Policies
Issuing Unit: Administrative Services Date: May 1, 1978
UCSB CAMPUS CABLE SYSTEMS
I. REFERENCES:
None.
II. POLICY:
Buildings on the Santa Barbara campus are interconnected with
several distinct systems of underground cables. These systems
include telephone, fire alarm, computer, control, audio, and
television. This policy assigns responsibilities for all systems
except telephone and the multi-channel radio frequency cable
television system.
A. Campus Departments:
Cables or equipment that need to be installed within an
existing structure or building provide service to a specific
user. The using department is responsible for:
1. Projecting its needs for cable facilities.
2. Obtaining administrative approval of expenditure of funds
as well as the program changes which require additional
cable facilities.
3. Providing or securing the funds for installation of the
cable facilities within an existing building or structure,
as well as funds for cost estimating by Facilities
Management.
4. Requesting through Facilities Management, new internal
cable facilities. The request will include the type of
service required, location within the building, services
to which terminal devices and new cables are to be
connected, and any other information which will assist in
estimating costs, planning, or facilitating the
installation.
5. Notifying Facilities Management when existing cable
facilities are no longer needed, making them available for
use by another department.
B. Facilities Management:
1. Existing Facilities. For cable facilities already in
place, Facilities Management is responsible for:
a. Documenting, in consultation with agencies which have
dedicated facilities (e.g., Computer Center, Learning
Resources, Control Systems), the assignment of cable
pairs within buildings and between buildings.
b. Inspecting and maintaining all cables, as well as
securing funding for ongoing preventive maintenance
and the correction of deficiencies.
c. Designing and altering/installing any cable
facilities. All work within the cable system shall be
done under the control of Facilities Management. No
other agency or department may make any arrangements
for alterations without the express approval of
Facilities Management.
2. New Facilities or Additional Uses. For all proposed
changes to the cable system, both inter- and
intra-building, Facilities Management, in consultation
with other campus departments, is responsible for
processing all requests for service to:
a. Determine whether existing facilities are available
to meet the requirement, and if so, assign existing
facilities to satisfy the requirement.
b. Consult as necessary with the Communications Network
Committee and other campus departments such as the
Computer Center and Learning Resources to determine
information on the type of cable, number of pairs,
terminal board requirements (if any), location,
identification of cables to which new cables will be
connected, and any other information which will
assist in facilitating the installation.
c. Estimate costs of making changes or of installing the
new facilities, as well as the costs for maintaining
the facilities.
d. Forward requests for proposed changes to the cable
system, together with cost estimates and a
recommendation, to the Communications Network
Committee
C. Communications Network Committee:
The Communications Network Committee (a subcommittee of the
Physical Planning Committee) is responsible for reviewing and
recommending to the Vice Chancellor, Administrative Services,
approval/denial of requests received through Facilities
Management.
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Last Modified By: HMW, 5/21/97
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