Software and Database Licenses

ACS supports campus software and database needs by participating in CSU system-wide licenses as well as by negotiating our own campus licenses. These agreements support the objectives of the CSULB Strategic Planning Mid-Range Goals 2002-2005 by advancing Planning Area VI, Information Technology. These products provide the tools that support a foundation for excellence in teaching and learning, and promote efficient personal productivity of the faculty, staff, and students.

Specifically, Mid-Range Goals 1 and 2 are as follows:

 

1. Support faculty involvement in high quality instruction enhanced by technology.
2. Develop collaborative campus-wide efforts to promote the efficient use of technology support resources for academic and administrative uses.
   

Software Licenses

ACS distributes licensed software products at the Steve and Nini Horn Center THD Walk-in Service Desk. Faculty and staff members are permitted to use these products for classroom education, research and community service. Current software titles can be viewed at the ACS website. The software categories include:

• AutoDesk Software (e.g. AutoCad 2002)
• ESRI Geographic Information Systems Software (e.g. ArcView)
• Microsoft Campus Agreement (See below)
• Symantec Norton Anti-Virus Software (e.g. Corporate Edition)
• Statistical Software (Minitab, SAS and SPSS and SPSS-AMOS)

The CSU Microsoft Campus Agreement includes the use of Office Professional, Publisher, FrontPage, Visual Studio.NET Professional and Windows XP Professional for the period of January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2005. Campus installations of these products are performed by the division and/or college technical support staff. Home use is only available through the purchase of media at the 49er Shops Bookstore Computer Center.

Database Specialty Centers

ACS contributes a portion of its budget for the CSU Specialty Database Centers. These database centers provide on-line access to financial, social, census, and biologic datasets. These specialty centers are used by faculty and students for classroom and research projects. The centers and their campus locations include:

• Engineering Specialty Center (Sacramento State)
• Geographic Information Systems Specialty Center (San Francisco State)
• Macromolecular Structural Analysis Resource Core Specialty Center (San Diego State)
• Social Science Database Archive (CSU Los Angeles)

Test Scoring Support

ACS provides test scoring services at the Horn Center Development Lab. Scantron's ParScore software can be used to score and grade student tests as well as to collect evaluation and research data. ParScore forms are available at the 49er Shops Bookstore.

Faculty can also take advantage of the 888P+ test scoring scanners available at selected campus locations. The Scantron Loan Marketing Program maintains these standalone scanners on the campus. Scantron forms are available at the 49er Shops Bookstore. Current locations for the 888P+ scanners can be found at the ACS website.