Library Staff Software Standards List


1. Included Standard XP software applications – full support, Library-wide licenses paid by LSO or Campus:

Adaptec - Easy CD Creator 5 (CD/DVD Burning software)
Adobe - Acrobat 7.0 (PDF Reader)
Cisco Systems - VPN Client (Virtual Private network)
Citrix - ICA Client (Thin client software)
CRT 3.0 (Telnet Client) Unencrypted authentication
CyberLink - PowerDVD (media Player)
DivX - Pro Codec (Video Codec)
EMCO Malware Bouncer (Malware scanner)
Eudora 6.2 (mail program) - Meets campus security requirements
ffdshow (Video Codec)
Global IME – all available languages
Google Toolbar (pop-up blocker)
HighMAT CD Writing Wizard (Windows XP's built-in CD burning software)
Hummingbird 10 (telnet app)
HyperSnap DX 5 (Screen capture application)
Indeo (Codec)
Intel - InfInst (Intel chipset drivers)
MR Win6530 (telnet) Tandem 6530 emulator – Gladis Maintenance
MS Internet Explorer version 6 and above
MS Office 97 (Access97 only)
MS Office XP Pro (Document applications: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access 2002)
MS Windows Media Player 10 (media player)
MS Windows XP (Operating System)
Oracle
Calendar (Cal Agenda)
QuickTime (media player)
Real - RealPlayer (Media player)
SSH Communications Security (secure encrypted Telnet & FTP application)
Spybot Search & Destroy (Malware scanner)
Symantec (previously known as Norton) - LiveUpdate
Symantec (previously known as Norton) - Client Security: AntiVirus & Firewall
Winzip - latest version (file compression utility)
WS_FTP 95 (ftp client)
XviD (video codec)

2. Special Applications, full support, per user licenses paid by Library units or LSO:

Ad-Aware – anti-spyware
Adobe Acrobat – full version, creates PDF files
Adobe Framemaker
Adobe Photoshop – full version
Ariel software, need upgrade from 4.1 to 4.x for MS Windows XP compatibility. Requires MS Windows 2000
BlackICE - firewall software
BRIO
CD-ROM standalone applications – requires compatibility testing
CLIO users must use Access 2000 only. MS Office comes with MS Access 2002
Endnote - bibliographic software
Equitrack – Print release station software
FileZilla - FTP utility
GoToMyPC (for remote access to user's Library PC)
Hyperion
Kronos client software
LARS
Lasersoft Imaging – SilverFast AI (image scanning software)
Macromedia – Dreamweaver (Web page creation)
MS Project
MS Visio
Nero (DVD and CD burning software)
Networked CD-ROM applications – requires compatibility testing
NewspaperDirect
NFS Software ILS needs to be tested with MS Windows XP client
OCLC Connexion - (current version 1.4 is problematic, we will include version 1.5 above when available)
Omnipage Pro – OCR software
Oracle 8 VDX - needs to be tested with MS Windows XP client
Outlook Express (mail program for special language users only)
Palm Desktop
Peachtree accounting
Quicken accounting software – ILS
Raiser’s Edge – current version requires MS Windows 2000 only – Development, Bancroft
Refworks
Remote Admin
Scifinder Scholar
Secure CRT – ILS has licenses
SoundForge (audio file editing software)
StartStop (transcription software)
STG TextPrint software – ILS (Until MS Windows XP testing is complete, Version 7.x is needed for stable XP compatibility)
WebEdit

3. Non-standard, limited support, per user licenses paid by Library units:

Foreign versions of MS Windows XP: (Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean)
Itunes
Mozilla Firefox
Netscape all versions
Real Rhapsody
WordPerfect

4. Non-standard, no support, not recommended:

All chat clients, IRC software, etc
All games
Gambling software
P2P – peer to peer, File-sharing software, i.e. Kaazaa, Morpheus
Porn