GSLIS Gateway: Technology Lab

Lab Services

Tech Lab Equipment Resources
Cataloging Equipment Resources
Items Available for Borrowing
Software Available on Lab Machines

Tech Lab Equipment Resources
41 dual boot iMacs (with Microsoft Vista & Apple Leopard operating systems) with CD/DVD burners
5 standard size flatbed scanners with document readers
2 oversized flatbed scanners
1 document scanner
1 slide scanner
3 media card readers
3 printers

Cataloging Equipment Lab Resources:
6 PCs with CD Burners (Windows Vista)
1 printer

All machines in the main Tech Lab and the Cataloging Lab are connected to the college's network and have access to the internet and library databases.

Items Available for Borrowing:
Digital Cameras are available for student use and can be signed out for five days.
Headphones for use in the lab only.

Software available on Lab Machines:

Adobe Software:
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Adobe Imageready CS3
Abode Acrobat Reader 9.0

Advanced Programming Tools:
Java 1.5
MSXML 4.0
PHP

Editors:
Crimson Editor
SciTE
Oxygen

GIS Tools:
ArcView GIS 3.2a
Seagate Crystal Reports
ArcExplorer 

IM Applications:
AIM
Pidgin
Skype

Internet Tools:
Google Earth
Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
Putty
The Gimp
WinSCP
Second Life
Cyberduck

Media Tools:
Roxio Easy CD Creator
Audacity
iTunes
Power DVD
Quicktime
RealPlayer
Windows Media Player
Windows Movie Maker
Jing (screencasting)

Microsoft Office:
Access 2007
Excel 2007/08
Powerpoint 2007/08
Project 2007/08
Word 2007/08

OpenOffice:
Base (Databases)
Calc (Spreadsheets)
Draw (Graphics & Diagrams)
Impress (Slideshows)
Math (Equation Editor)
Writer (Word Processing)

NeoOffice

Refworks:
Write n Cite

Sagebrush InfoCentre ILS

Statistical Software:
SPSS 16

Web Browsers:
Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Opera
Flock
Seamonkey

Additional Software available on 2 Pro Stations:

File Maker Pro 8
Adobe Acrobat Professional
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Fireworks
Adobe Captivate

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