The College Computer Officer will assist this Committee by submitting papers about current activities, formulation of future development and current budget information for each meeting. The College has a shared Computer Room with a variety of PCs, Macs and a laser printer for use by the students. These computers provide basic software such as MS Office and a few course-related packages for use by the students. There are also a few PCs in other locations around the College for those who want quick access to a computer for E-mail purposes or to browse the Library Catalogues. All student rooms in Magdalene College are ethernet-cabled allowing students to use their personal computers on the College's Academic LAN and the Internet.
Students are responsible for setting up their own software on their PCs.
The Computer Officers maintain the ethernet cabling infrastructure around the College. This consists of fibre and copper Category 5 ethernet cabling and a number of 3COM Hubs, all totally managed with Transcend software. The Computer Officer is responsible for overall management of student machines connected to the network and ensuring that rules are adhered to and network traffic is monitored as far as practicable. The Academic Network is connected to the University Computing Service's LANs, as well as those in many other Colleges, thus allowing students access to their files and software from a number of different locations. The Administrative Network covers the Bursary, Tutorial, Admissions and College Offices and Catering, Buttery, Housekeeping, Maintenance, Library and Porters Departments.