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[[Image:Oxford University Computing Services, Banbury Road, Oxford - geograph.org.uk - 82198.jpg|thumb|Oxford University Computing Services building on [[Banbury Road]].]]
'''Oxford University Computing Services''' ('''OUCS''') until 2012 provided the central [[Information Technology]] services for the [[University of Oxford]].<ref>[http://www.dariah.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=42&Itemid=154 OUCS — Oxford University Computing Services], [http://www.dariah.eu/ Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities] (DARIAH).</ref> The service was based at 7-19 [[Banbury Road]] in central north [[Oxford]], [[England]], near the junction with [[Keble Road]]. OUCS became part of IT Services, when the new department was created at the University of Oxford on 1 August 2012 through a merger of the three previous central IT departments: Oxford University Computing Services (OUCS), Business Services and Projects (BSP) and ICT Support Team (ICTST).<ref>[https://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/uassections/itservices/ UAS IT Services Home]</ref>
At the time when Oxford University Computing Services ceased to operate as an independent department, it offered facilities, training and advice to members of the
== History ==
A lease on a house was obtained in 1957 and operation started in 1958, initially as the [[Oxford University Computing Laboratory|Computing Laboratory]] at 9 [[South Parks Road]], a [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] building, now demolished to make way for the Experimental Psychology and [[Department of Zoology, University of Oxford|Zoology]] departments.<ref>[http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/internal/history/ History], Oxford University Computing Services, Oxford, UK.</ref> In 1963, due to space problems, the staff and computers moved to 19 [[Parks Road]], the old Engineering Building. In 1970, the Computing Service occupied 17 and 19 Banbury Road, having split from the Computing Laboratory, which became the university's [[Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford|Department of Computer Science]]. By 1975, the Computing Service had taken over all of 7 to 19 Banbury Road, as IT Services still does today. An outpost at 59 [[George Street, Oxford|George Street]] in central Oxford closed in the mid
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