Reporter 1/3/00: University Computing Service: Notice by the Director

University Computing Service: Notice by the Director

Public Workstation Facility application software for the academical year 2000-01

This notice is addressed to all those who currently use or who are planning to use the Public Workstation Facility (PWF) to support their teaching whether for organized courses or for teaching which depends more generally on applications on the PWF.

Requests for new application software or for new versions of application software are needed by the Computing Service by the end of Full Lent Term (Friday, 17 March 2000). They should be submitted either by e-mail (pwf-manager@ucs.cam.ac.uk) or in writing to the PWF Manager, University Computing Service, New Museums Site. Software for which requests are received later than this date will not necessarily be installed in time for the start of the Michaelmas Term. It would also be helpful to be informed of any software that is no longer required.

The list of software which the Computing Service plans to make available for the start of the Michaelmas Term will be announced on the World Wide Web by the division of the Easter Term.

The programme of installation of the new software will need to start immediately after the end of Full Easter Term in order that it can be completed by Monday, 4 September. This time scale will enable those whose teaching depends on these applications to check that they work correctly and to allow for any necessary remedial action to be taken before the start of the Michaelmas Term.

Those teaching over the period of the Long Vacation should note that the installation of new versions of PWF software may have implications for them.

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