CIT's Tape and Print services are now located on the seventh floor of Rhodes Hall, in room 747. As of December 1, all output listings printed on the CIT high-speed DocuPrint Laser Printing Systems will be provided at Rhodes Hall.

People who print small or moderate-sized listings using these printing systems may want to switch to EZ-Print/Local, a free service. If you have a LAN printer near your work area, the printer can probably be set up to accept output from other host machines, including CornellC. For more information, visit the EZ-Print Web site or call the Network Operations Center at 255-9900 and ask for Jenny Signor.

If you choose to continue using the DocuPrint Laser Printing Systems, you may receive your output listings by:

• 1) Arranging for your output listings to be sent to you by campus mail.
• 2) Arranging for Red Runner (the campus courier) to pick up your output listings at Rhodes Hall and deliver them to your building. For more information about Red Runner, call manager Mark Hall at 254-8284.
• 3) Picking up your output listings at 747 Rhodes Hall. Currently, you will need to go to room 747 and use the nearby phone to contact the operator. Starting in early January, you will be able to pick up your output listings in the reception area on the first floor. Listings will be delivered to the reception area at 8 a.m., noon, and 3 p.m.

If you have any questions, please call the Network Operations Center at 255-9900.

As of December 1, the Digital Print Shop is managing and providing EZ-Publish. The printer's domain name will remain the same -- gutenberg-express.cit.cornell.edu -- so EZ-Publish customers will not need to make any changes to their software to continue using the service.

During the Thanksgiving break, the CIT Xerox DocuTech 135 that provides EZ-Publish services was moved from the Computing and Communications Center to the Digital Print Shop, located at the corner of Pine Tree Road and Route 366. The Digital Print Shop now has two DocuTechs and a Kodak 1580.

With EZ-Publish, Cornell departments can produce printed booklets and packets without ever leaving the office. The documents are sent electronically, either by using the EZ-Publish software or by attaching the electronic files in an e-mail message, and then printed on the DocuTech. The DocuTech prints 135 black and white pages per minute at a resolution of 600 dots per inch, and can staple, bind, and create booklets.

Pricing will remain at the current level through June 30, 1998. Delivery is free to on-campus departments and organizations. Customers can also pick up their jobs or receive them via campus mail.

The Digital Print Shop is part of the University Print Shop. Business and delivery hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Electronic files may be sent to the DocuTech at any time.

Current and new customers are invited to contact Duke Loverde at 254-4639 for assistance with their printing needs, or for more information about EZ-Publish.

H. David Lambert, who has been instrumental in developing Cornell information technologies for the past nine years, will leave the university Dec. 31. He has been vice president for information technologies since 1995 and was director of network services from 1989 to 1995.

Lambert will assume the newly created position of vice president for information services and chief information officer at Georgetown University.

"My service at Cornell has provided me with the most fulfilling and exciting professional opportunity of my life," Lambert said. "I have had the pleasure to work with the most capable and dedicated technology professionals whose efforts have brought about exciting new applications of technology that have made Cornell a stronger university. I have witnessed a new era of faculty involvement in technology that bodes extremely well for the institution. "

The new Georgetown position, he added, "will provide an array of exciting professional challenges for me. In addition, it will allow me to spend the next chapter of my career much closer to my family in West Virginia, a prospect that at this time in my life has profound personal significance."

Provost Don M. Randel commented, "It is with very considerable regret that I have accepted Dave Lambert's decision to resign. I will miss his leadership very much indeed, both within the Cornell community and for Cornell on the national scene."

For the immediate future, Randel said, "We must ensure that Cornell remains one of the world's leading institutions in information technologies. The depth of talent that we have in Cornell Information Technologies as an organization will be a crucial asset."

A broad search for a new head of information technologies will begin immediately, Randel said.

"Each of the three divisions of CIT is embarked on major undertakings, and these must not be allowed to hesitate or drift," Randel said. "These divisions are led by very gifted people who know how to carry on. Hence, these three people ­ Helen Mohrmann, Pete Siegel and Ann Stunden ­ will constitute an executive committee, with me as chair, that will see us through whatever transitional period there may be until a new vice president for information technologies takes office."

Before coming to Cornell in 1989, Lambert was assistant director for network services at Indiana University. At Cornell, he led the university's involvement in the development of its national research and educational network and was instrumental in the development of NYNET, a high-speed network corridor connecting major research facilities in New York state.

Lambert oversaw implementation of initiatives like Bear Access, Just the Facts, Employee Essentials and the World Wide Web. He also has been involved with Project 2000, Cornell's effort to make its administrative processes more effective and efficient.

When you move from one office to another on campus or change your home address, what steps do you need to take to notify the university?

Until now updating personal information in Cornell's various directories has been cumbersome, time-consuming and involved updating the same information in many different places. Cornell Information Technologies (CIT), the Office of Human Resources and the Office of Communication Strategies have been working together to simplify the process. (Note: None of this information applies to students.)

Now Cornell faculty and staff can use Employee Essentials and Who I Am ­ both of which are located online on the Bear Access Launch Pad ­ to update much of their personal information. Then the appropriate information will be propagated to the Cornell Electronic Directory, the human resources system and the next edition of the paper Cornell University Telephone Directory.

If you work for Cornell-affiliated institutions, such as Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI), USDA, CRESP or Cornell United Religious Work (CURW), you are unable to use Employee Essentials and, thus, must use Who I Am to generate and maintain your complete individual listings in the Cornell University Telephone Directory and Cornell Electronic Directory. Some affiliates who are adjunct faculty members may have information in Employee Essentials and will need to check both places as described above to view their complete entries.

Later this month all Cornell faculty, staff and affiliates will be mailed a flyer with brief, simple instructions for checking and updating their personal information using this new process. The deadline for updating personal entries to ensure inclusion in the Fall 1997 Cornell University Telephone Directory and the Cornell Electronic Directory is Sept. 18.

The Cornell Workplace of Aug. 7, 1997, contained extensive information about this new approach in the lead article titled "Process for Updating Personal Information Simplified." It included a chart and common questions and answers, and the article can be found on the Web at http://www.cornell.edu/Admin/Workplace/WPCurr.html.

If you have questions about these changes or need additional information, you can:

• Talk with your HR/payroll representative about this project.
• Send e-mail to phone-dir@cornell.edu or check the following Web site: http://www.cit.cornell.edu/cit-pubs/phonedir/.
• Call or e-mail the ATS HelpDesk at 119 Computing and Communications Center (CCC), phone: 255-8990, e-mail: helpdesk@cornell.edu or Web: http://www.cit.cornell.edu/helpdesk/.

During the 1997-98 academic year, Cornell faculty and students will have the opportunity to learn more about the instructional and research uses of information technologies in the humanities through a series of humanities symposia sponsored by Academic Technology Services, Cornell University Library and the Graduate School.

The six symposia constitute the second aspect of a three-stage effort to introduce instructional technology to scholars as well as to train faculty and graduate students in the use of various technology tools.

The first stage was a joint effort of Cornell and Princeton universities. Cornell sent 10 graduate students to participate in the one-week "New Tools for Teaching and Research" seminar at Princeton in June. That seminar, sponsored and initiated by Princeton, included presentations by faculty and hands-on computing instruction by Cornell University Library and Academic Technology Center (ATC) staff.

The first speaker at Cornell, James Noblitt, University of North Carolina research professor and fellow of the Institute for Academic Technology, will be looking at how new technology presents an opportunity to re-examine the traditional problem of balancing theory and practice in instruction. "Information Technology for Teaching and Learning: Redefining Authenticity" is open to the Cornell community Friday, Sept. 12, at 2 p.m. in 100 Caldwell Hall.

Cornell faculty presenting over the course of the year include: Tim Murray (English); Stuart Davis (English); Geri Gay (Communication); Kent Hubbell (Architecture), Marilyn Rivchin (Theatre Arts), David Borden (Music) and Stan Bowman (Art). The final presentation will be given by Jerry Goldman (Political Science) from Northwestern University.

The third stage of the year-long focus on technology and teaching will be "Intensive Faculty Training in the Use of Tools and Resources" for the humanities, arts and languages faculty, planned for spring break 1998.

Find out why Cornell Information Technologies (CIT) is using Netscape 1.x as the Bear Access Launch Pad default version;* why Netscape 2.02 is not yet the default version on the Launch Pad; and how to set Netscape 2.02 or 3 (or another browser altogether) as the default on your individual Launch Pad. For details, see the full text of this discussion.

*As of July 1997, Netscape 2.02 is the default version for PowerPC Macintoshes. Netscape 3.01 is the default version for Windows 95/NT.

Updated 09/09/97, ljh

Chat was removed as a Bear Access service with the Fall 1997 release of Bear Access in July 1997. Both the IRC server and the public Bear Access client were shut down on Aug. 11.

Why is the service being shut down?

• In January 1997, Cornell's Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server was cut off from the rest of the network ­ known as EFnet ­ to which it was connected. This was due to a policy change on the part of the administrators of the core EFnet servers.
• The Chat client included with Bear Access often will not work for connecting to off-campus servers because it appears to be a clone ­ more than one IRC session with the same user ID and host name ­ and those servers don't allow clones.
• Since Chat is not needed for university business, CIT cannot invest its resources in developing and supporting a new service at this time.

If you would like to continue using IRC, you will need to obtain your own IRC software and find a server to connect it to. To help you, CIT has compiled a list of Web sites (which you can find at http://www.cit.cornell.edu/cit-pubs/misc/chat.html) that contain information about using IRC. Please note, however, that CIT does not currently support the use of these clients, and the HelpDesk will not be able to answer questions about them.

For more information, see http://www.cit.cornell.edu/cit-pubs/misc/chat.html. If you have questions or comments about this change in service, please send e-mail to BA-Feedback-L@cornell.edu.

Posted 09/09/97, ljh

From Aug. 22 through Oct. 1, the Academic Technology Services (ATS) HelpDesk has extended its telephone hours. Regular walk-in and telephone hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Until Oct. 1, telephone hours are extended to Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

The HelpDesk is located in 119 CCC. For more information or to contact the HelpDesk, visit its Web site at http://www.cit.cornell.edu/helpdesk/; send e-mail to helpdesk@cornell.edu; or contact them by telephone at 255-8990.

Posted 09/09/97, ljh

CU People subscribers: you can now obtain monthly statistics reports that tell you how often your Web site is visited. Once you sign up for this service, reports will be generated at the beginning of each month and sent to you via e-mail or saved as a file in your CU People Web page space. In addition, you will receive reports for previous months, starting with the month in which you registered, up to but not including the current month. For example, if you signed up for your CU People Web page on Jan. 15 and you submit your request for statistics in June, you will be sent (within a couple of days) reports for January, February, March, April and May. You will receive your report for June at the beginning of July.

For information, see the following Web address: http://www.people.cornell.edu/statistics/statsrequest.html.

Posted 07/01/97, dzd

For a listing of technology-related events on campus, check out the Calendar section of the CIT News@cornell.edu Web site. This page summarizes technology events of the following types: technology forums sponsored by Academic Technology Services; on-campus technology events sponsored by other Cornell departments or vendors; conferences and meetings sponsored by local, regional and national organizations; and special technology-related instructional opportunities for Cornell faculty and support providers.

If you have a technology-related event that you would like to list on this page, send e-mail to cit_pubs@cornell.edu. Please try to send your information at least a week before your event is scheduled to take place.

Posted 07/01/97, dzd

Answer: No. Unauthorized duplication, distribution or use of someone else's intellectual property, including computer software, is illegal and subject to both civil and criminal penalties. Because it is easy to share copies of software via the Internet, many computer users forget the seriousness of the offense. Always check the license agreement that comes with the software to determine what is permissible.

As a result of the substantial amounts of money the software industry loses each year from software piracy, software companies enforce their rights through courts and by lobbying for and getting stiffer criminal penalties. For example, it is a felony to reproduce or distribute 10 illegal copies of copyrighted software with a total value of $2,500 within a 180-day period. Penalties for a first-time felony conviction of software piracy include a jail term of up to 10 years and fines up to $250,000.

Posted 05/30/97, pjh

It is now possible to use forms (relying on standardized CGI scripts) with your CU People Web page. Some uses for forms on Web pages are to allow visitors to the site to give feedback by filling out a form or to ask a series of questions that give visitors a choice of responses, ranging from simple yes/no answers to more complex questions and responses.

Two ready-made forms that you can customize for your own purposes are available through CU People, to be used with personal Web pages. The first is a feedback form that allows a visitor to your Web site to type comments into a large text area and then sends you an e-mail message with the visitor's comments. The second form allows a visitor to use a number of different Web form devices, such as lists to select from, radio buttons and check boxes, when responding to a series of questions placed within the form. This form is for those comfortable with a variety of interface tools and for those who want to experiment with more complicated Web-based forms. Once the form is filled out, it displays the visitor's choices on the screen and sends this information to you via e-mail.

The sample forms provided need to be copied into your CU People directory and edited before they can be used, according to the directions posted on the CU People server. They can be found at http://www.people.cornell.edu/scripts.html.

Because of potential security problems, CGI scripts created by individual CU People subscribers are not permitted.

Posted 05/30/97, pjh

For those who use EZ-Remote to connect to the campus network via the high-speed modem pool, CIT recommends that you get into the habit of disconnecting when finished using e-mail, the Web or other on-line services. This way, you free up your own phone line and release campus modems for others to use.

Some network services, such as Eudora, the e-mail software used with Bear Access, can be used without a network connection. You can write messages without being hooked up to the network, connecting only to send and receive mail. This will minimize the amount of time you tie up your telephone line.

For more information on using Eudora, see http://www.cit.cornell. edu/cit-pubs/email or pick up a copy of How to Use Eudora from the HelpDesk (119 CCC).

"Be a good 'netizen' -- use your fair share and when you're done surfing, disconnect promptly so that others can partake," advises Bob Gabriel, product manager for CIT's EZ-Remote Services.

Posted 05/30/97, pjh

Something new has been added to the usual coffee drinking, studying and socializing habits of those who frequent the Green Dragon Cafe, located in the basement of Sibley Hall -- four computers. The computers are equipped with Bear Access so Green Dragon customers can send e-mail, surf the Web and use Just the Facts and other services available via the Bear Access Launch Pad.

The Green Dragon -- which is managed by students -- serves an average of 300 customers per day and is open until midnight Sunday through Thursday nights, as well as being open on Friday and Saturday, said Julie Delay, assistant director of administrative operations in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AA&P), who helped coordinate the on-line project.

"Student use of the computers has been tremendous," she said. "You can find students using one or all of the four stations at all hours of the day and night. Students have access to the information that they need without having to rely on the college's computer labs or the CIT lab in Sibley Hall. This helps to ensure that the labs can be used for course-related work."

CIT's Academic Technology Services (ATS) division and AA&P worked together to install the computers. ATS provided and configured the equipment; the Green Dragon Cafe provided network access by installing the necessary lines and electrical outlets. In the future, the Green Dragon will pay for the monthly port charges, and the ATS lab in Sibley will provide the technical support necessary to keep the machines running smoothly, Delay said.

Scott Swaner, a graduate student in East Asian literature who frequents the Green Dragon, said, "It's really good to have computers here because the other labs are really hard to get into for e-mail."

At the Green Dragon, he said, "you can come in, stand there and check your e-mail, grab a cup of coffee and go about your business."

Posted 04/21/97, dzd

As of March 1 of this year, CIT no longer staffs the computer operations area during weekend hours -- Saturday, 7 a.m., through Monday, 7 a.m.

Normal staffed hours will be Monday, 7 a.m., through Saturday at 7 a.m. CornellC will remain online and available to all users throughout the weekend. However, functions requiring operator intervention -- computer tape mounts and production laser printing systems (DocuTech and DocuPrints) -- will not be available during the weekend period. Staff in the Network Management Center (NMC) will continue to monitor CornellC along with the campus network and other critical central servers (such as Mail, News, EZ-Remote and SP2 cluster), and if problems arise, they will continue to resolve the problems.

Posted 04/21/97, dzd

New York Times Books is now available on-line, according to an e-mail announcement made in March by The New York Times. The "Books" section, which includes the complete Sunday Book Review and an archive of more than 50,000 New York Times book reviews, is updated daily with book-related news and reviews and is searchable by author and title.

Subscribers also can read the first chapters from a selection of best sellers and recently reviewed books, track expanded New York Times best-seller lists featuring the top 30 fiction and non-fiction titles, interact with other readers in forums and listen to presentations of authors reading from their own works.

Visit New York Times Books on the Web at http://www.nytimes.com/books/. You must register in order to read New York Times Books and other sections of the New York Times on-line, but it is free of charge.

Posted 04/21/97, dzd

Answer: No. It is a violation of Cornell policies to share your NetID and password with anyone. Your password protects access to personal information about you, such as grades and financial aid information (for students), addresses, telephone numbers, salary, benefits (for employees) and more. In addition, Cornell has an obligation to the vendors from whom it licenses software to ensure that the software is used only by members of the Cornell community.

The university has received a number of complaints related to the sharing of NetIDs and passwords. For example, household members have used a shared NetID and password, and in the process, violated federal copyright law and violated federal law by participating in "get rich quick" pyramid cash schemes. In addition, children have participated in sex bulletin boards and chat channels--which is not illegal, but could prove to be embarrassing for the parent and could expose children to materials to which their parents might not want them to have access.

If your family members or others you know want Internet access, there are a number of private Internet service providers (ISPs) in the Ithaca area. These companies provide a wide variety of services, from e-mail to World Wide Web access. For information on local ISPs, see IthacaNet's Internet Access listing.

For more information on Cornell policies, see the Information Technology Rights and Responsibilities Web page .

Posted 03/31/97, dzd

Answer: Yes. Using e-mail to solicit sales or conduct business, setting up a Web page to advertise or sell a service or posting an advertisement to a newsgroup all constitute commercial use. Even if you use your own personal computer, but you use the university's network (either from a dorm room, office or via dial-in access from home), you are in violation of the policy if you use Cornell resources for commercial purposes. Occasional advertising of used personal items, such as clothing, furniture, an old computer or bicycle, on the cornell.marketplace newsgroup is not considered commercial use.

For further information on Cornell policies and violations thereof, see the Information Technology Rights and Responsibilities page.

Posted 02/25/97, dzd

U.S. income tax deadlines are approaching, but before you panic completely, consider this: you could file your taxes electronically -- or at the very least, you could print out your tax forms from the World Wide Web, if you didn't get them in the mail, don't want to drive to the post office, or are living away from your home state and need that state's forms.

The federal and state governments provide their tax forms online. For federal forms, visit the IRS forms Web page listed below. If the IRS Web site is busy, try FedWorld, another federal tax form site. For state forms, see Yahoo's listing of tax forms by state.

Additionally, using most Web search engines, you can find information about companies that (for a fee) will help file your taxes electronically and about software that helps you do your own taxes. Yahoo's links to tax-related Web sites are found under its "Business and Economy" heading, and Lycos is offering a tax section.

FedWorld
IRS tax forms page
Lycos taxes page
Yahoo
Yahoo's listing of forms by state

Posted 03/31/97, dzd

Apple has released version 7.6 of the Macintosh system software (MacOS). Members of the campus community can update to this new version under Cornell's volume license agreement. As with any new software release, caution is the best approach. You should wait before installing version 7.6 on a mission-critical system. If you are in a departmental environment, consult with your network/system administrator before updating.

The new system software and more information is available on the CIT Public AppleShare server (accessible from most campus networks and in the ATS computer labs). Since CIT's FTP server currently is open to anonymous access, full system software releases cannot be posted there.

Important change in system software distribution: Starting with System 7.6, the ATS HelpDesk/Site License Office will no longer be distributing Mac system software diskettes. Under the terms of Cornell's volume license, the university can order copies of MacOS, in both diskette and CD format, at reasonable prices. CIT is working with the Technology Connection to make CDs and diskettes for the new system software available for purchase at the Campus Store.

Effective March 17, the ATS HelpDesk/Site License Office also will stop distributing older versions of the Macintosh system software (7.1, 7.5.3). This material will still be available from the CIT Public AppleShare server.

If you have any questions, contact the ATS HelpDesk, helpdesk@cornell.edu , 255-8990.

Posted 02/25/97, dzd

Eudora 3, the latest version of the e-mail software used with Bear Access, is now available for both Windows and Macintosh platforms. This release offers many new features, without changes to basic use of the application or the level of hardware needed.

A special "test" button for updating to the new Eudora can be found under the "Updates & Extras" sublist on the Bear Access Launch Pad. Since the Windows version of Eudora 3 has not been previously available for testing, it will not become the default until after the spring semester. Eudora 3 for the Macintosh has been extensively tested on campus, but its introduction as the standard version under Bear Access is being delayed pending resolution of some intermittent problems with the nicknames feature.

For information about the new features in Eudora 3, see the description of changes under the "Guide" menu in Eudora for the Macintosh and under "Help/Topics" on Windows systems.

An introduction to using Eudora with Bear Access and the vendor's documentation are available from the ATS HelpDesk (119 CCC) or on the Web at http://www.cit.cornell.edu/cit-pubs/email/ .

Posted 02/13/97, dzd