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Computer Accounts

Graduate students can get computer accounts that allow access to electronic mail, compilers, Usenet News service, the World Wide Web, and text processing. Accounts are available on either Bayou, Jetson, UHUPVM1, the UH Web Server, and the Instructional Support Network. To apply for an account, go to the Central Site Computing Center (110 Social Work) with a current Student ID card. Forms are also available online at:

http://www.uh.edu/infotech/services/forms/.

The Central Site Computing Center, the general use computing lab, is located in 110 Social Work. Consultants are available to provide walk-in assistance 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Approximately 150 Macintosh and Windows NT workstations are available to write and print documents, or to access the Internet for research. Other available resources include scanners, color printers, some technical documentation, and training rooms for many of the computer short courses. For more information about Central Site, call (713) 743-1570.

Computer Labs

Biochemical & Biophysical Sciences Computer Lab

Located in 402G UH Science Center, this lab, open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m., has Microsoft Office, StatView and NextStep software.The lab also offers NeXT hardware, SGI Indigo and X terminal availability. Contact George Fox at (713) 743-8363.

Biology Computing Lab

Located in 203 Science Bldg., this lab is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and evenings by arrangement. This lab has curriculum-intensive and other general software available. Contact Suzanne Lewis at (713) 743-2641.

Center for Information Technology in Education

Located in 329 Farish Hall, you may call for information on hours of operation. This lab has Microsoft Works, Office, other educational software available, and also offers SAS, SPSS and Systat. Contact Jerry D. Price, Jr. at (713) 743-9833.

Center for Students with DisABILITIES

Located in 307 Student Service Center, this lab is open Monday and Tuesday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Wednesday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Consulting is available Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This lab has standard and specialized software. Contact Michael Henry at (713) 743-5400.

Central Site Computing Center

Located in 110 Social Work, this lab is open from Monday at 7 a.m. through Saturday at 12 p.m.; Sunday from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. Consulting is available Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Site has word processing, spreadsheet, graphics and other software available, and also offers NeXT systems and terminals. Contact James McGee at (713) 743-1570.

Communication Computer Lab

Located in 243 and 244 Communications, this lab is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and offers consulting during lab hours This lab has Microsoft Word, Office, PageMaker and other software available. Contact Byron Oler at (713) 743-2871.

Computer Design Center

Located in 301 Architecture, users may call for information on lab hours. This lab has CAD, MacDraw and many other software packages available. Contact Ricardo Rodriguez at (713) 743-2377.

Computer Science Computer Lab

Located in 547 Hoffman Hall, this lab is open Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This lab has a variety of software for computer science course work; it also offers workstations. Contact Lawrence Miller at (713) 743-3352.

Engineering Computing Center

Located in W129 Engineering Bldg. D3, this lab is open Monday through Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. This lab has only engineering software for personal computers, but also offers NeXT systems and DEC Alpha Stations and has many different software packages available for those systems. Contact George Creighton at (713) 743-4241.

English Writing Lab

Located in 45 Heyne Building, users may call for information on lab hours. Consulting will be available during lab hours. This lab has Microsoft Word, grammar and composition software available. Contact David Rossi at (713) 743-3016.

Foreign Language Lab

Located in 309 Arnold Hall, this lab is open Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.; Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Consulting is available during lab hours This lab has software for many languages. Contact Duane Franklet at (713) 743-3132.

GSSW Computer Learning Center

Located in 217 Social Work Building, users may call for information on lab hours and availability of consulting. This lab has WordPerfect software. Contact Paul Raffoul at (713) 743-8087.

Health & Human Performance Lab

Located in 141 Melcher Gymnasium, this lab is open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This lab has word processing and statistical packages available. Contact Dr. Dale Pease at (713) 743-9840.

History Computer Lab

Located in 524 Arnold Hall, this lab is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Contact Steven Mintz at (713) 743-3109.

Honors Center

Located in 16 Anderson Library, this lab is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This lab requires that users supply their own software. Contact William Monroe at (713) 743-9010.

Law Computer Center

Located in 18 Law Center Library, this lab is open the same hours as the Law Library. Contact Robert Henriksen at (713) 743-2260.

Learning Support Services Media Resource Center

Located in 27 University Center Satellite, this lab is open Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This lab has many different software packages available. Contact Patrick Daniel at (713) 743-5430.

M. D. Anderson Library Computer Center

Located in the Current Journals room of M.D. Anderson Library, users may call (713) 743-1050 for information on lab hours. Some consulting help is available. This lab has word processing, drawing, spread sheet and other software packages available. Contact Martha Steele at (713) 743-9733.

Optometry Computer Lab

Located in 2225 Optometry, this lab is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This lab has Microsoft Word, Excel and Works, and Novell Netware software available. Contact Masood Haroon at (713) 743-1910.

Psychology/Statistics Computer Lab

Located in 201 Heyne Building, users may call for information on lab hours. This lab has Word for Windows, SAS, LISREL and BMDP software available. Contact David Francis at (713) 743-8531.

Research & Instructional Computing Services (RICS)

Located in 275 Melcher Hall, this lab is open Monday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Consulting is available during lab hours. This lab has many software packages available, including statistical packages. Contact Michael Walters at (713) 743-4871.

Residential Life & Housing Computer Labs

Located throughout the residence halls, users should call for locations. These labs are open 24 hours, Monday through Friday. Contact Michael Redmond at (713) 743-6056.

Social Science Data Lab

Located in 446 Hoffman Hall, this lab is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.. Consulting is available during lab hours. This lab only has data analysis packages, but also offers terminals. Contact Leesa Boeger at (713) 743-3918.

Speech Clinic Lab

Located in 146-F South Office Annex, this lab is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This lab has Microsoft Word and Excel software available. Contact Mary Curl at (713) 743-2899.

Technology Cameron Computing Lab

Located in Room 239 Technology. For more information, please contact Susan Mierschin at (713) 743-4038.

Department of Information Technology
http://www.uh.edu/infotech

Information Technology comprises several departments that work to assist faculty members with their computing and networking needs: Central Computing and Telecommunications Services, Customer Services, Information Services, and University Media Services.

Central Computing and Telecommunications Services maintains and supports the academic and administrative computer systems, as well as the University's data, voice and video networks on campus. In the Computing Center, CCTS maintains computers running VM/ESA, VMS, and UNIX, as well as NEC SX-3 and IBM SP/2 supercomputers.

For more information on services provided, call (713)743-1111. Customer Services provides computing and network support for research, instructional, and administrative customers. It comprises the Central Site Computing Center, the Faculty Lab, Emerging Technologies, Instructional Computing, Training and Documentation, and the IT Support Center.

The IT Support Center can provide computing and technical assistance across all supported hardware and software. In addition, ITSC provides free, non-credit short courses, seminars, and technical documentation to acquaint faculty members with the University's computing systems and services.

The IT Help Desk is available at (713) 743-1411 between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Central Site Computing Center in 110 Social Work provides around-the-clock lab assistance, general information and account generation.

Information Services manages the main campus Web server and other Internet services and publishes The Open Channel, a free newsletter that provides information to help students, faculty and staff use and understand UH machines and services. Subscribe by calling (713) 743-1505, filling out the web-based subscription form at http://www.uh.edu/tocsub, or sending electronic mail to infoserv@uh.edu.

University Media Services (56 M.D. Anderson Library) provides a wide range of on-campus media services for personal or classroom needs. Services are professionally produced in a timely manner, and are available at reasonable costs. Many services are one-day or next day, while others take longer. Satisfaction is always guaranteed.

University Media Services is conveniently located in the basement of the M.D. Anderson Library, near the library copy center. Hours are 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Popular services include:

• Art/Computer Graphic Services
• Stats/PMT (one day)
• Computer graphic slides or prints
• Other art services
• Photography Services
• Color slide processing (one day)
• Color passport prints (same day)
• Black/white processing and contact sheets (two days)
• Slides from flat copy (two days)
• Duplicate slides
• Television Services
• Video production (editing and mixing)
• Tape duplication (non-copyrighted materials)
• Video standards/format conversion (Pal or SECAM to NTSC)
• Audio Services
• Audio production (editing and mixing)
• Audio duplication (non-copyrighted materials)
• Audiovisual Equipment
• Equipment for classroom presentations is available through course professor at no charge
• Equipment rental to approved campus organization and consent of advisor (on-campus use only).

Special Services:

University Media Services is the home of UH Instructional Television (ITV) where graduate and undergraduate classes are broadcast live to remote sites in the metropolitan Houston area. ITV classes are also rebroadcast over PBS (Channel 8) and several cable television networks, and are available on video tape.

All ITV studios are located in the basement of the M.D. Anderson Library. Studio-1 is in room 14, Studio-2 in room 56B, and Studio-3 in room 58. Students attending the studio section should arrive no later than five minutes before the start of class.

Studio-2 (Room 56B) is a videoconference receive site. Satellite and digital videoconferences can be scheduled in this room. Studio-2 seats 28 participants. For more information, call (713) 743-1145.