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University of Toronto departments, colleges and faculties provide a variety of computer services to its students, faculty, and staff. Restrictions vary from unit to unit.

Central Resources

COMPUTING AND NETWORKING SERVICES (CNS)
www.cns.utoronto.ca
Responsible for various network management activities in support of the UTORnet campus network, including computer security administration.
Contact: Alex Nishri, Network Services Supervisor 978-7109; fax: 978-6620

RESOURCE CENTRE FOR ACADEMIC TECHNOLOGY (RCAT)
rcat.utoronto.ca
Supports the use of academic technology to further teaching, learning and research, including consultation and training on: web technologies, courseware, computer visualization, multimedia, and mathematical and statistical software..
Contact: Linda Murphy-Boyer, Assistant Director, Faculty Liaison 946-5341; fax: 978-7705

Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (ATRC)
www.utoronto.ca/atrc
Services and programs that support access to digital resources for people with disabilities.
Contact: Laurie McArthur, Assistant Manager 978-0734; fax: 971-2629

SCOTIABANK INFORMATION COMMONS (IC)
www.utoronto.ca/ic
Enables and facilitates access to information resources through technology to strengthen teaching, learning and research.
Contact: Michael Edmunds, Director 978-6510; fax: 978-0440

Classroom Technology Support Group
www.utoronto.ca/ic/classtech
Assists users with digital and AV technologies in classroom teaching, including support for Electronic Classrooms and provision of AV technologies for other classrooms on campus. The Group makes available a range of AV equipment such as video, slide projectors and sound systems.
Contact: Ernie Lopez, Multi-Media Production Manager 978-6540; fax: 978-3705

Digital Studio
www.utoronto.ca/ic/digitalstudio
Offers a variety of high-end scanning equipment.
Contact: Ihor Prociuk, Manager 978-6875; fax: 946-5608

Help Desk
www.utoronto.ca/ic/helpdesk
Open to all members of the U of T public. The primary help desk for computing problems related to the UTORdial and UTORmail services. Provides walk-in as well as phone-in service at 978-HELP.
Contact: Martha Parrott, Supervisor 978-5071; fax: 978-0440 ; Jon Alexander, Assistant Supervisor 978-6230; fax: 978-0440

Licensed Software Office (LSO)
www.utoronto.ca/ic/softdist
Offers software licences to students, faculty and staff. Negotiates and administers software licence agreements in order to decrease the overall costs of software to the University.
Contact: Harriet (Hua) Ji, Supervisor 978-2223: fax: 978-7159 ; Susan Kovago, License Administrator 978-4990: fax: 978-7159

STAFF DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
www.utoronto.ca/hrhome/staffdev
Provides computer skills training free-of-charge to admin staff. Instructor-led courses in Microsoft Office 2000, Windows, Project, as well as courses related to web page creation. Also a small number of instructor-led sessions related to networking skills. Our learning lab and library loans books and CD-ROM-based training
Contact: Pat Hood,

STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ROSI)
www.rosi.utoronto.ca (students); rosidocs.sis.utoronto.ca (staff)
Develops and enhances ROSI, the University's student information system, and facilitates access to student information through an on-line facility and a website for staff and a website for students.
Contact: Rick Hayward, 978-2695,
(NOTE: In all academic divisions and many administrative divisions, there is a designated 'business process representative'(BPR) who is a member of that division and who reviews/filters/transmits queries and requests from that division to SIS. Staff in these units should contact their BPR first. Contacts may be found at: http://rosidocs.sis.utoronto.ca/accessing/business_reps.html.)

WEB AND INFO SERVICES, OFFICE OF
www.utoronto.ca/utweb.htm
Responsible for oversight of the U of T home page collection (www.utoronto.ca) and its affiliated website, News@UofT (www.news.utoronto.ca), which provides online events listings along with news. Also provides advice and assistance to members of the campus community looking to upgrade or redesign their own online presence.
Contact: Bruce Rolston, Manager, 946-5920; fax: 978-1632

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Libraries

The University of Toronto Libraries also provide a host of electronic resources and services:

LIBRARY AND INTERNET INSTRUCTION
www.library.utoronto.ca/services
A varied programme of library and internet instruction has been established to help facilitate teaching and learning at the University of Toronto. Customized course-related instruction may be requested through individual libraries. Online tutorials are available, and printed guides to using library and internet resources may be picked up at any library.
Contact: Sharon Brown, Head, Reference Department, Robarts Library 978-7626: fax: 978-1608
; Sylvia Newman, Instruction Coordinator, Gerstein Science Information Centre, 978-7668; Fax 971-2848,

LIBRARY RESOURCES
www.library.utoronto.ca/resources
Among the resources available are electronic journals, indexes and abstracts, newspapers, internet resources at U of T and beyond, course collections
Contact: Sharon Brown, Head, Reference Department, Robarts Library 978-7626: fax: 978-1608
; Solange Silverberg, Faculty Liaison Coordinator, 978-7629; fax 978-7653

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (ITS)
www.library.utoronto.ca/its
ITS provides and maintains computing tools to support the University of Toronto Library's role in the dissemination of information to the U of T community and beyond.
Contact: Peter Clinton, Director 978-7649; fax:978-1668

MULTILINGUAL TRANSLATION TECHNOLOGY CENTRE (MTTC)
www.library.utoronto.ca/translation
The Multilingual Translation Technology Centre provides translation tools, and equipment and assistance in using them to the University of Toronto community.
Contact: Naomi Cull, Project Manager 946-3139; fax 978-7705

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Divisional Resources

ARTS AND SCIENCE, FACULTY OF

Computing in the Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS)
www.chass.utoronto.ca
CHASS is a computing facility within the Faculty of Arts and Science with a mandate to promote computing in research and teaching within the humanities and social sciences departments.
Contact: Information Officer 978-2535; fax: 978-6519

Computers in Quantitative and Empirical Science Teaching (CQUEST)
www.cquest.utoronto.ca
CQUEST is a computing facility for undergraduate teaching in the sciences in the Faculty of Arts and Science. Member departments are Botany, Division of the Environment, Geography, Geology, Mathematics, Psychology, Statistics and Zoology.
Contact: Tom Glinos, Manager 978-4302; fax: 5133 ; Howard Lem, Computing Facilities Coordinator 978-4310; fax: 978-6729

CHEMISTRY, DEPT. OF
Electronics and Computing Facility
www.chem.utoronto.ca/general/itelec.html
The Facility provides all computing and electronics services to the department. It designs and builds electronic devices according to researchers' specifications. The Facility also codes user and system software in various languages.
Contact: Frank Bures, Manager 978-5257; fax: 978-8775

COMPUTER SCIENCE, DEPT. OF

Computing Disciplines Facility (CDF)
www.cdf.toronto.edu
The Computing Disciplines Facility provides computing support for courses in Computer Science and related disciplines.
Contact: Matthew Lee, Manager 978-2987; fax: 978-1931

Computer Science Laboratory (CSLab)
www.cs.toronto.edu/cslab
Contact: John DiMarco, Systems Manager 978-5300; fax: 978-1931

COMPUTER SYSTEMS RESEARCH GROUP (CSRG)
www.cs.toronto.edu/csri
CSRG hosts, encourages and facilitates research at the boundary between Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering and between the Faculty of Arts and Science and the Faculty of Engineering.
Contact: Ken Sevcik, Co-ordinator 978-6219; fax: 978-4765

CONTINUING STUDIES, SCHOOL OF
Media and New Technology Program
learn.utoronto.ca
The School of Continuing Studies offers both general interest courses and professional development certification programs in the Internet, Media, Technology, Programming and E-Learning.
Contact: Lihua Gui, 978-4671

ENGINEERING, FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCE AND
Engineering Computing Facility (ECF)
www.ecf.utoronto.ca/ecf
The Engineering Computing Facility provides a variety of computing services for teaching and research within the Faculty, as well as offering support for departmental computers and computer communication throughout Engineering.
Contact: Phil Poulos, Director 978-4604; fax: 978-7320

GEOGRAPHY, DEPT. OF
Geography Computing Facilities
www.geog.utoronto.ca/deptfacs/computing.html
The Department maintains a number of local area networks as well as a fully equipped electronic classroom. It also shares in the CQUEST computing facilities.
Contact: Bruce Huang, Director 978-1450; fax: 946-3886

INFORMATION STUDIES, FACULTY OF (FIS)
FIS Computing Resources
www.fis.utoronto.ca/resources/computing
Windows NT workstations are available for FIS students at four locations in the Bissell Building. All workstations at FIS are connected to each other and to the Internet via Ethernet cabling. FIS users must login to the Netware server using a name and password given to them when they join the faculty in order to use the workstations and take advantage of FIS computing resources.
Contact: Abdulrauf Gehani, Network Administrator 978-7185; fax: 978-5769

KNOWLEDGE MEDIA DESIGN INSTITUTE (KMDI)
www.kmdi.utoronto.ca
KMDI, an institute in the School of Graduate Studies, carries out collaborative cross-disciplinary research in knowledge media design. We design, development and evaluate media that support and enhance the ability of individuals and groups to think, learn, communicate, and create knowledge. Research in knowledge media design will shape the products, processes and practices of the 21st century.
Contact: Gale Moore, PhD, Director 978-4655 ; Christina Parker, Administrative Assistant Phone/fax: 978-KMDI

LAW, FACULTY OF
Bora Laskin Law Library Computer Facilities
The Library provides a computer training lab for law students and a number of networked computers with Internet access that are available to all users of the Library. Computer services staff manage the network, do training, provide software support for students and faculty and create and manage the Library's Web site.
Contact: Gian Medves, Coordinator, Coordinator of Computer Services 978-5537; fax 978-8396 ; Henry Harris, Network Administrator 978-0330; fax: 978-7899

MANAGEMENT, ROTMAN SCHOOL OF
Computing Services
The Rotman Computing Services provide computing resources for MBA and Ph.D students, faculty and staff of the Rotman School of Management.
Contact: Larry Harrison, Manager 978-7427; fax:978-5433

MEDICINE, FACULTY OF

Computing Support Division
Provides network and computing services for members of the Faculty of Medicine. Assistance is provided for email, communications software, infrastructure needs, etc.
Contact: Al Fogels, manager, 978-7555; fax: 978-2256

Educational Computing Support
icarus.med.utoronto.ca
Faculty and students are kept up-to-date on the resources available for computer assisted education in the Faculty of Medicine. All computers in the lab are connected to the University Backbone and the Internet.
Contact: Dr. Lawrence Spero 978-6014; fax: 978-6168

OISE/UT
Education Commons (EC)
www.oise.utoronto.ca/EC/echome.html
In partnership with academic programs and research initiatives, the Education Commons facilitates the integration of information and technology in the teaching, learning, research and field development activities of OISE/UT. The Education Commons provides services and facilities, including the OISE/University of Toronto Library; computing technical services and application support; computer labs; multimedia services; and support to technology-mediated and off-campus programs.
Contacts: Judy Snow, Co-Director, Information Resources and Services 923-6641 ext2380; fax: 926-4745 ; Bob Cook, Co-Director, Technology 923-6641 ext5440 ; fax 926-4737 ; Carl Bereiter, Co-Director, Programs and Research 923-6641 ext2567; fax 926-4708

PHYSICS, DEPT. OF
Physics Computing Services (PCS)
www.physics.utoronto.ca/pcs
PCS provides a broad spectrum of computing services including network management, system administration, application development, internet services, purchasing and consulting, on a cost-recovery basics.
Contact: Jun Ye, Manager 978-2746; fax: 978-8221

PSYCHOLOGY, DEPT. OF
Psychology Computing Resources
www.psych.utoronto.ca/resources
Computing resources include a basic Unix tutorial, Unix manual, a faculty homepage creation tool and access to various newsgroups. Windows-based intranet, printer server, ftp server, web-based IT service forum and departmental equipment on-line database.
Contact: Joe Zhou, Manager 978-3396; fax: 978-4811 ; Mike Goggan, Engineering Technologist 978-3396; Fax: 978-4811 ; Ke Jiang, Unix System Administrator 978-3948; Fax: 978-4811

SOCIAL WORK, FACULTY OF
Computing Facilities
www.utoronto.ca/facsocwk/facgen/comfac.html
The computing facilities include access to many standard applications, the Internet as well as some specialized software such as SPSS, Endnote, NVivo, digital video production and scanning. There is also some support for computer use in languages other than English and for those with special visual needs.
Contact: David Shewchuk, Research Associate 978-2103; fax: 978-7072

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SCHOOLS (UTS)
Students at UTS have access to a modern computer lab, comprised of mostly PCs. A Silicon Graphics machine is available for Research and Development work. At UTS, the key emphasis is on integration of technology in meaningful ways into the curriculum with a strong focus on information and technological literacy.
Contact: Rose Dotten, Director, Library and Information Services 978-6246; fax: 978-6775

ZOOLOGY, DEPT. OF
Zoology Computer Systems
www.zoo.utoronto.ca/zcs
Computer Systems provides Zoology staff and graduate students with a centralized email service and internet connectivity, maintains networked PCs and also handles computer questions/problems/requests.
Contact: Steve Smith, Systems Administrator 978-5303: fax: 978-8532

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Colleges and Campuses

INNIS COLLEGE
The Microcentre
www.utoronto.ca/innis/library
The Microcentre is open to all U of T students, providing access to word-processing, the Internet, e-mail and the UofT catalogue.
Contact: Leonard Ferstman, Librarian 978-4497; fax: 978-5503

MISSISSAUGA, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO AT (UTM)
UTM Computing Services
www.erin.utoronto.ca/~w3cc
UTM Computing Services provides academic, administrative and research computing support as well as network support. It also maintains the undergraduate labs, ERINConnect (UTM Residence network) and the Multiple Choice Scoring Facility.
Contact: Karen Thiffault, Coordinator 905-828-5344; fax: 905-569-4343
Joe Lim, Manager 905-828-5311; fax: 905-569-4343

NEW COLLEGE
Student Computer Facilities
www.library.utoronto.ca/new_college/computer_lab
Teaching staff may have special software set up on the system to assist in instructing their courses. Computing facilities include a local area network with various applications, access to the Internet and a variety of language software applications.
Contact: Sharine Leung, Computer Lab Administrator 978-5395; fax: 978-0554

SCARBOROUGH, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO AT

Teaching and Learning Services (TLS)
library.scar.utoronto.ca/TLS
TLS supports excellence and innovation in teaching and learning at U of T at Scarborough by bringing together writing instructors, librarians and new media technology specialists. They work with faculty to develop course materials and to integrate new media technology into the classroom. In addition, the Centre for Instructional Technology Development of TLS assists faculty to electronically publish scholarly material and works on projects with non-profit organizations around the globe.
Contact: Janice Crichton-Patterson, Communications Coordinator 287-7504; fax:287-7507 ; William Barek, Director of CITD 287-7505; fax: 287-7507

Computing Centre
www.scar.utoronto.ca/depts/cc
The Computing Centre promotes the application of advanced information technologies in learning and teaching by assisting faculty to integrate information technologies into the curriculum; developing and maintaining the infrastructure to support information technologies on and off campus; developing and supporting academic computing clusters equipped with a broad range of hardware and software, and
supporting technology use in the classroom.
Contact: Alan Rosselet, Manager Academic Services 287-7390; Fax: 287-7677 ; John Guchardi Academic Computing Coordinator 287-7344; Fax: 287-7677

ST. MICHAEL'S COLLEGE
John M. Kelly Library - Research Commons
www.utoronto.ca/stmikes/library/rescomm.html
The Research Commons provides access to the U of T catalogue, the internet via Netscape, UTORMail, local CD-ROMs and Microsoft Office 97. Users can print in black or white or colour from any of the 47 networked computers and a stand-alone computer for use with a scanner is also available.
Contact: Louise Girard, Chief Librarian 926-7250; fax: 926-7262 ; Noel McFerran, Head of Public Services 926-7114, x 3472; fax:926-7262 .

TRINITY COLLEGE
Computing Services
The Trinity Computer Labs provide Trinity students with several workstations for web access, email, word-processing, laser printing (b/w and colour), and accessing the University of Toronto network, including the U of T catalogue. The Trinity College Residence Network (Resnet) connects all Trinity residence rooms to the University of Toronto network via dedicated ethernet.
Contact: Gilbert Verghese, Coordinator 978-1917; fax: 978-4949 or

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
Computer Lab
www.utoronto.ca/laidlaw.library/elec.htm
Facilities for UC students include: laser printers and PC workstations with access to the U of T catalogue, UTORMail, Netscape and word processing etc. The Laidlaw Library has additional workstations with access to the U of T catalogue and Netscape as well as a networked laser printer.
Contact: Carolyn Murray, Librarian, Laidlaw Library 978-8107; fax: 978-8854

VICTORIA UNIVERSITY
Victoria University Library Computing Services
vicu.utoronto.ca/library
The Victoria University Library, including both the E.J. Pratt and Emmanuel College Libraries offer students workstations with catalogue, web and e-mail access, as well as network access to several unique CD-ROM indexes and research tools. Laptop computers with both Word and WordPerfect are available for use within both libraries. Users can print essays and other documents on the public laser printers.
Contact: Doug Fox, Systems Librarian 585-4485; fax:585-4591 ; Lisa Sherlock, Acting Head of Reader Services 585-4463; fax: 585-4591

WOODSWORTH COLLEGE
Computing Facilities
www.utoronto.ca/woods/academic_support.htm
Workstations are available equipped with both Macintosh and PCs. Students have access to various applications such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), ClarisWorks and Claris Home Page, Woodboard BBS (FirstClass Client), the Internet and the U of T catalogue.
Contact: Maureen Gomes, Assistant to the Systems Manager 978-5567; fax: 946-3515

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