Department web sites normally work at specific computers, so designated by the editor in chief, the advertising manager or the production manager. The computers are normally available from the time the office is opened in the morning by the first arriving administration staff member until either the day's production work is complete or until the last remaining administration staff member has gone for the day. Employees who would like to use the computers at other times should contact a member of the administrative staff in advance to make arrangments. Our network has multiple user licenses for several major software programs. However, due to the expense of licensing, all software is not available on every computer.
Software is loaded on selected computers necessary to the production of our publications.
Other software, including Netscape Communicator and Microsoft Internet Explorer, is available on most of the computers, but only for the purpose of operating specific hardware or doing research for specific news or magazine articles. Very good user manuals are available for our major software programs and you are encouraged to use them whenever needed. If you are not sure about a software feature or function, take a moment to ask someone knowledgable. Each computer has a specific computer name, user name, password, and identification number on our network. There are six different locations on the network, both on the individual computer and elsewhere, on which this information is stored and used by the server to facilitate network traffic.