About Technology Resources

Mission Statement

The Computer Center provides the computing network, telephone system, information processing infrastructure and services to support effective teaching, administration and a challenging technology environment for students.

General Information

The LSC-O data network consists of approximately 700 nodes. These 700 nodes are distributed across eight (8) buildings within the campus and two (2) remote sites. Ten (10) student computer labs are used for instruction, two (2) open access labs along with the Learning and Testing Centers. The LSC-O server environment consists of 16 physical servers on campus running a mix of Windows, Sun Solaris, VMWare, and Linux operating systems. The servers provide file/print, email, distance education, and web services.

LSC-O currently has thirty four (34) instructional classrooms that have audio/visual stations installed. These audio/visual stations include projection systems or LCD displays, DVD/VCR, visual presenter and computer with internet access.

The software applications supported include; but are not limited to office technology, pharmacy, dental office, doctor's office, CLEP testing, Microsoft certification testing, various allied health study applications, programming, administrative computing and PGP applications.

The administrative computing resources are provided and maintained by Lamar University through an interagency contact. The administrative computing consists of student records, financial records, human resources information and library catalog services. The connection to the administrative computers and the internet is via a Gigaman line to Lamar University. A separate 20Mbs connection provides commodity Internet services to the campus.

The technology resources staffing consists of ten (10) full-time employees. These employees provide the support for all technology resources on the LSC-O campus.