After reading Nadine's post about Mathematica, I visited the UDeploy site and under Scientific and Research Software included download links for some of the software we list as unavailable at the Student Multimedia Design Center.
Today, a patron asked if we had SPSS available , and my instinct was to say "Sorry, we do not but Smith, McDowell and Purnell do," a la our cheat sheet on the receipt printers at each of the desk PCs. However, it struck me that maybe he could visit UDeploy and download the software himself.
It turns out that some of theses resources are not accessible to students for their own computers but can be downloaded on a UD-owned computer for student use. For instance, SPSS would still be available to students in Smith, McDowell and Purnell but could also be downloaded on a UD-owned computer, such as one of ours. As usual, to download, the student would have to ask someone at the desk to log them in.
Are there any issues that could arise from this, such as limited amounts of licenses?
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