Library's Journal Funding Restored
The results of the recent Library Journal Survey, completed by 1,330
employees, have helped spur the restoration of $580,000 to the Library's
journal budget. This decision by Director Chu will allow the renewal of
subscriptions to Elsevier and other journals and the addition of new subscriptions.
The Berkeley Lab Library Committee (LLC) will determine the additions
in consultation with ITSD and the Computing and Communications Services
Advisory Committee (CSAC). Researchers can offer preferences or concerns
to their LLC
division representative.
Reminder to Netscape 4.75 Users: Time to Migrate to Mozilla
If you’re still using Netscape 4.75, ITSD encourages you to migrate
to Mozilla as your standard browser and email client. The supported versions
of Mozilla for Macs, PCs and Linux are on the download
page. Starting this June, in order to minimize the cost of supporting
old products, ITSD will be limiting support for Netscape 4.75 and assist
users with conversion to the new standard wherever possible. ITSD will
continue to evaluate browser and email clients for recommended use in
the future.
Online MS Office Training Now Available
Through an agreement with CompUSA, ITSD is now offering online training
for MS Office applications at all levels. These online training modules
are available for $159 per student and will be accessible through the
end of the calendar year. (Note: Students must use Internet Explorer to
access the training; Mozilla will not work.) Contact Heather
Pinto for more information.
Microsoft ended support for Windows NT 4.0 server at the end of 2004;
and support for Windows 4.0 workstation ended mid-2004. Users of this
legacy operating system face escalating security risks due to new-found
vulnerabilities to which there are no new fixes. Contact CPP’s Gene
Schultz for more information. Read
more.
Service Tip
Take Advantage of Red Hat Licensing Program
The Berkeley Lab has a licensing agreement
with other DOE Labs and Red Hat, Inc. for broad deployment of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. Version 4 of Red Hat Enterprise Linux was recently
released. By purchasing subscriptions through the DOE/Red Hat licensing
program, users receive Red Hat updates and a considerable cost savings
over retail. Users may request to take advantage of this program; contact
the Lab’s site license coordinator.
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