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Thin Client pilot project at ZSR Library

This summer the ZSR library partnered with our friends at Information Systems and Computer Science to examine the use of thin clients in different areas of the library. We put the machines in three areas – Public use areas, Circulation … Continue reading

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Launch of new Digital Media Lab

On Tuesday Aug 17, the Bridge opens our new Digital Media Lab. The lab, funded and managed by the ZSR library, Office of Entrepreneurship, Information Systems and the Chambers family fund, provides an environment where students, faculty and staff can … Continue reading

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ZSR Library running pilot project for thin clients

We all know how central cloud computing is to ZSR Library. Now that we are completing our migration at the server level we are beginning to think about what cloud computing could mean for our public and staff library computers. … Continue reading

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Is your computer ready to be virtual?

There has been a trend emerging in computing for several years called Virtualization. Virtualization simply means that rather than running a single “computer” on a piece of hardware you can run multiple computers on one machine. Virtualization offers some interesting … Continue reading

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remote desktop on the iPad

This morning I worked on connecting the iPad to my Mac and Linux machines. I started by setting up sharing on the Mac and the included vnc app on ubuntu 10. I installed vnclite from the app store, set a … Continue reading

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