I would like to see other alternative browsers in the library computer labs. Firefox 2 just came out and is gaining popularity.

Thanks for your suggestion.  We will be installing Firefox as an alternative browser on the Library’s public workstations in the near future.  We will be keeping Microsoft’s Internet Explorer also as our default browser.

Jeremy C. Shellhase
Systems Librarian

As a “non-traditional student” that has decided to live on-campus I am also a student that has chosen to come back to university in order to study long and hard hours in order to make the best grades that I can possibly make while I’m here. It is in this respect that I’d like to request that you extend the hours of operation for the library on weekends in order for many of us to put those extra hours of study in. I feel that I’m not alone in wanting this as I’m not the only one that is “kicked-out” when it’s time for the library to close doors at the end of the night. Thanks for your time and I sincerely hope that you will consider extending the hours of operation here at the library. ~Johnny

Thanks for your suggestion about increasing the Library hours.  We understand your concerns about needing a quiet place to study and wish that we could accommodate your request.  However, due to the ongoing budget reductions, we are unable to increase hours, and, in fact, have been thinking that it might be necessary to decrease them next semester in order to meet this year’s budget reduction.  Although this may not be much consolation to you, HSU has the fourth highest number of open hours in the CSU because we are open 93.75 hours per week.

Best regards,
Sharmon Kenyon, Dean
University Library

Please put Firefox on all the library computers. Right now they have very outdated versions of IE that haven’t been patched and are a significant security concern to those that use these machines. You can also setup Firefox to flush personal information when the browser window is closed, which would really increase privacy on these computers.

Thanks for the suggestions.  We are planning to add Firefox as an alternative browser to all of the Library’s public workstations in the near future. 

The Library workstations are all set to automatically install windows updates, including updates to Internet Explorer, every evening.  To date, an upgrade to the recently released Internet Explorer version 7 has not been included in Microsoft’s schedule of automatic updates.  We will be investigating this, to see if we will have to manually install this upgrade.

The Library’s computers are also protected by security software that completely restores their configuration when the systems are rebooted.  If you are concerned about the persistence of your personnel information on our public workstations,  restart the workstation as you leave it.

Jeremy C. Shellhase
Systems Librarian