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Clip: Computing facilities for OU students in 1979
Duration: 00:01:48
Date: 1979
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External view of the Jim Burrows Building on the Open University campus in Milton Keynes. Jim Burrows joined the staff of The Open University in 1970. He headed the Academic Computing Services Department for almost 20 years until his retirement in 2000. The Open University shop is located within the Jim Burrows Building.
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Date: 2018
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24. OU Shop

The OU campus shop is located within the Jim Burrows Building.

 

 

25. Jim Burrows Building

Jim Burrows joined The Open University to help set up practical computing activities for the Mathematics Faculty in 1970. His early work evolved into the Student Computing Service housed in Wimpy 3, a temporary hut on campus now removed. In 1979 he moved to M block and in 1981 his department was renamed Academic Computing Services (ACS). He headed that unit for almost 20 years until his retirement in 2000.

In the video clip on this page Jim Burrows describes the computing facilities available to students in 1979. The image shows the Jim Burrows Building.

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