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“You can not stop innovation.”  —Sun Tzu

Karen Jung, Music Librarian

App-etizers: Music apps for music practice

Story posted March 27, 2012

Karen Jung, Music Librarian, discusses using the iPad for music practice and and accessing library music resources.

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Nani Durnan '13 using wireless at Hawthorne Longfellow Library

New Wireless for the New Year

Story posted January 24, 2012

Students, faculty and staff now have a faster and better wireless signal.  Over the break, Information Technology staff replaced every wireless access point across the entire campus, covering 95 buildings. Bowdoin boasts over 400 new wireless access points, with the latest technology released just a few months ago. Our campus is one of the the first site-wide deployment of Cisco’s new 3600 series wireless access points.

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Game the System with GPUs

Story posted November 15, 2011

How has Bowdoin leveraged the hardware developed for gaming to reduce processing time for research calculations? If you  or colleagues are running computer processes that take more than a few hours on your machine, consider using the Bowdoin Computing Grid.

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Welcome Class of 2015

Story posted August 22, 2011

Welcome Class of 2015! We know you're getting a lot of information, so we'll make this as easy as possible. This article is your gateway to useful information, including how to purchase a laptop at academic pricing, getting free software for your computer, changing your email password, obtaining cellular discounts and more. Click on any of the links to get started!

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Bowdoin Internship Program

Story posted July 08, 2011

Bowdoin College provides internship opportunities to support Maine students in applying and developing the skills they learned in higher education to begin their careers.  Recently, Bowdoin Information Technology (IT) Division’s current multimedia intern, Alex Koenig, created and produced a video about Bowdoin Information & Technology’s internship program that began in 2003.  Through interviews with IT staff and prior interns, you will get a chance to find out what prior interns have done, and what some are still doing.

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Bowdoin's PC Laptops to Arrive in Eco-Friendly Bamboo Packaging

Story posted April 29, 2011

We thought the packaging looked funny, but in a good way.

We immediately noticed something different when we opened our newest Dell Latitude computer packaging. Long gone were the days of massive styrofoam packaging; we had gotten used to smaller amounts of styrofoam combined with recycled cardboard. But this was different. It was light, smooth, and pretty cool looking. Bamboo!

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Geographic Analysis Lab Opening / 20th Anniversary of Hatch Celebration

Story posted April 06, 2011

Information Technology and the Library are pleased to announce the opening of a Geographic Analysis Lab, specifically designed to support geographic information systems (GIS) across the curriculum. We welcome humanists, artists, social scientists, and scientists – anyone whose work would benefit from a geographic lens. The lab was funded with remaining funds from a 2006 Mellon grant and a Dell Computer gift.

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